Slivers are the result of the aluminum interfacing with the cutting sections or punches. To reduce the production of slivers the severity of friction at the point where the two surfaces interface must be reduced. The general rule for cutting materials is the softer the metal the smaller the cutting clearance.

Roper Whitney has released the Autobrake 1212, which provides accuracy and repeatability when forming 12-ga. mill steel and 14-ga. stainless steel, according to the company. The machine features the rotating Kombi beam, which expands the machine’s folding capabilities to produce straight to box...

Compression die springs from Lee Spring have a shot-peened finish and preset process in production that help extend life and minimize in-service length loss, the company reports. They fit the company’s “complete spring” concept with closed and ground ends, as well as identification by color...

AIDA de México, a subsidiary of AIDA-America, a metal stamping press manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio, has expended its Querétaro, Mexico, service facility and has increased its staff by more than 25 percent over the past year to support customers in Mexico. The Mexico facility now employs 13 team...

AIDA-America, a metal stamping press manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio, has hired Mason Round as project manager to join the company’s degreed engineer project management team. The company offers servo and mechanical stamping presses in capacities from 30 to 4,000 tons and 1 to 1,500 SPM, as well as...

In 1993 Germany-based Schuler delivered the first three hot stamping lines—a brand-new method at the time—to automobile manufacturer Ford. Schuler has announced it now has sold the 100th hot stamping line to an automotive supplier in China. The hot stamping method involves heating sheet steel...

R&B Machining Inc. has launched a new line of all-electric servo presses. The product line includes four standard models with 15-, 30-, 50-, and 100-ton capacities. The presses are controlled with a standard Allen Bradley or optional Siemens PLC. The digital, Ethernet-based control system has...

A production cell equipped with robotic benders and pipe encoding has been developed by transfluid Maschinenbau GmbH for processing pipes from short to very long in a single automation system. The system bends small-diameter pipe nearly 20 ft. long at a consistently high speed, the company reports....

If a shop moves from conventional fabrication toward the precision market, an investment in precision-ground tooling can make a bending department much more efficient.

Netherlands-based SafanDarley, with a U.S. plant in Annapolis Junction, Md., has sold an E-Brake 200T servo-electronic press brake to Harris Fabrication, Topeka, Kan. According to the press brake manufacturer, cycle times on the machine are far shorter than on conventional press brakes because of...

Wila USA, Hanover, Md., a supplier of high-precision tooling, clamping, and crowning systems for press brakes, has hired Jordan Edwards as marketing communications officer. He received a bachelor’s degree in communications and media studies from Goucher College and has since served as a marketing...

Editor’s Note: Part I of this article, which appeared in the November/December 2017 issue of STAMPING Journal®, reviewed the methods most commonly used to evaluate edge fracture in various materials.Edge fracture can be minimized by following certain steps. Following are the most important...

Not all draw bending applications in a tube fabrication shop require a mandrel, a wiper, or the pressure die assist feature. However, understanding each of them can help a fabricator troubleshoot problems more accurately and quickly and determine the need for one of these if it is absent.

Art Hedrick explains the numerous factors that can affect the life and performance of cutting die sections and pierce punches.