The large automated crane tasked with sorting, stacking, and removing heavy sheets of metal for processing. Plans are moving forward for a second crane to be installed in the open space in the foreground. TRIBUNE PHOTOS / ELIZABETH LANNING
Sheets of metal are laser cut; sometimes a whole pattern is cut from a sheet, or perhaps only a small hole is carefully cut from the sheet depending on the specifications for that order.
Editor’s Note: The facility at Priefert Manufacturing is large and complex and, we believe, of interest to our readers. We will be featuring various stories describing some of their processes over the course of the next several weeks.
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