Rules of the Game

For the future, suppliers see even more competition entering the rule processing market. Customers can also look forward to the advent of different styles of machines, able to bend rule in many ways not now available. Speed and accuracy are expected to soar, and learning to operate systems will become even easier. "More functions will be included in the work process, and die designs of any type will no longer pose any problems to the machine operator," Kengott predicts.