制造商和钢铁服务中心面临的挑战是找到更好的方法，高效地生产中低批量的精密钣金坯料。随着产品生命周期的持续缩短和批量生产向准时生产转变，传统的剪切方法受到了挑战。本文讨论了一种满足综合制造商、钢铁服务中心、合同制造商和大型车间剪切需求的新方法。

THE CHALLENGE FACING MANUFACTURERS AND STEEL SERVICE CENTERS IS TO FIND BETTER WAYS OF EFFICIENTLY PRODUCING PRECISION SHEET METAL BLANKS IN LOW TO MEDIUM VOLUME QUANTITIES. AS PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND PRODUCTION BATCH QUANTITIES SHIFT TOWARDS JUST-IN-TIME PRODUCTION, TRADITIONAL SHEARING METHODS ARE CHALLENGED. THIS PAPER DISCUSSES A NEW METHOD OF MEETING SHEARING NEEDS FOR INTEGRATED MANUFACTURERS, STEEL SERVICE CENTERS, CONTRACT MANUFACTURERS AND LARGE JOB SHOPS.