Jigging is a Software Problem Now Brett Kinny Spec sheets for truss assembly machinery describe the press: tonnage, roller diameter, table length. They say less about the software, yet on an automated table the software decides where the pucks go, where the truss sits, how much of the table is in use, and what happens when the next truss... Read More November 2026 Issue #18328 Page 29
Why We Treat Software as Core Engineering Brett Kinny Frame and truss machinery has always competed on mechanical engineering design, and it still does. But, when you ask a plant manager where the day-to-day pain and gains in their plant actually come from, increasingly the answer is software. Throughput, uptime, operator experience — these... Read More June 2026 Issue #18323 Page 29