09/09/2026
When our Metalforms team upgraded its plasma cutting system, they expected faster cuts. What they got was even better: an operator who saw what the machine could really do.
Cutting pass partition plates for heat exchangers once took hours of manual work. Metalforms machine operator Ruben Torres taught himself the new CAD software, using an AI assistant to speed his learning, then worked with the shop's experienced fitters, including his own father, to program their decades-old formula into the system.
Now the plasma table cuts each plate to contour and engraves traceability numbers automatically, a process that once took most of a day, done in a few hours.
It's what happens across TransTech Group companies when new technology meets hands-on experience. Great work, Ruben.