How long does it take to program your press brake for the next job? Two, three, five minutes? While that might seem trivial, every minute that your press brake sits idle is lost revenue – likely a lot of it. And those minutes add up to a staggering amount at the end of the week, month, or year.

For a growing number of fabricators, regardless of size, the answer lies in offline programming. Unlike traditional at-the-machine programming, offline programming involves creating press brake bending programs on a computer, separate from the machine’s physical location.

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