When considering investing in a compact feed line, compared to a more conventional long-loop line, metalformers should carefully consider the application-specific guidelines discussed here. Every few years a new catch phrase floats around the industry until it becomes a bit generic, such as "servo feed" in the early 1980s and "servo press" more recently. Not long ago, no one had heard much of the "compact feed," introduced in the early 1990s and many years later becoming another of those catch phrases.
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