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Bending and Forming - Page 104
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Forget the heroes; your shop needs systems
Small and mid-sized shops often prosper because key employees deliver heroic efforts on a daily basis. If a fabricator wants to expand, however, it can’t attract enough heroes to do that.
- From The Fabricator
Shop Outfitters’ #1-ORB roller-bender forms decorative ornamental ironwork
- Jan 19, 2018
- Product Release
Shop Outfitters offers the #1-ORB ornamental roller-bender. The machine features a built-in internal gear-driven ring roller for forming and rolling parts for decorative ornamental ironwork. The bender can form scrolls, twist pickets, make baskets, and bend rail cap. It bends flats, solid rounds,...
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Beckwood receives contract for two servo-driven, electromechanical presses
- Jan 16, 2018
- News Release
Beckwood Press Co., St. Louis, a manufacturer of custom hydraulic presses, automation systems, and precision forming equipment, has been awarded a contract to manufacture two 13-ton, servo-driven, electromechanical presses for use by a footwear manufacturer in a trimming application. The 40- by...
- From The Fabricator
Dallas Industries delivers feed line to Orick Stamping
- Jan 16, 2018
- News Release
Dallas Industries, Troy, Mich., a manufacturer of coil handling and press feeding equipment and controls for the stamping industry, has delivered a feed line to Orick Stamping in Elida, Ohio. The feed line employs the Dallas LoopSelect compact coil line concept, which allows for two material loops...
- From The Fabricator
Press brake bending basics: Die angles, tonnage, and K-factors
- By Steve Benson
- Jan 11, 2018
- Article
Bending guru Steve Benson answers several reader questions about die angles, tonnage calculations, and what the K-factor really means.
- From The Fabricator
Next-gen angle rolling
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 11, 2018
- Article
Promau Davi introduced its next-generation section bending machine line at its conference in October. The most notable improvement to the company’s section roll machines line is that they are equipped with a new radius-checking vision system called iRoll-Camera.
- From The Fabricator
Coe Press Equipment appoints regional sales manager, southwestern U.S. and Mexico
- Jan 10, 2018
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., a manufacturer of coil handling and servo roll feed equipment, has announced the appointment of Guy Spencer as regional sales manager serving the southwestern U.S. and Mexico. Spencer has nearly 20 years of experience in sales and business development...
- From The Fabricator
Fluidforming Americas FormBalancer FB42 uses fluid, 60,000 PSI to create complex parts
- Jan 9, 2018
- Product Release
FluidForming Americas has introduced the FormBalancer FB42 bladderless fluid forming machine. It can create large, single prototypes and oversized, high-run parts that require the extra-large 47-in.-square forming table capacity. The company also offers FB35 and FB25 models for smaller...
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Telos Global names Europe key account manager
- Jan 8, 2018
- News Release
Caryville, Tenn.-based Telos Global, a provider of design, training, and production services associated with press-hardened and aluminum stampings, tooling, and thermal and production equipment, has appointed Christian Kovacs as Europe key account manager. In this role, Kovacs handles turnkey...
Schwarze-Robitec CNC 100 E TB MR tube bender offers short cycle times
- Jan 8, 2018
- Product Release
Schwarze-Robitec offers the CNC 100 E TB MR machine for bending a wide variety of different tube and profile dimensions. According to the company, the bender provides short cycle times, high speed, and high accuracy. It has individually adjustable tools and can bend tubes with very short lengths...
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System delivers consistent lubrication in small press windows
- Jan 6, 2018
- Product Release
Unist offers the Uni-Roller® S2 stock lubrication system, designed to deliver consistent lubrication in small press windows. Guarding has been improved to help guide material when loading coil stock or feeding blanks and to increase protection for the system’s rollers. The internally fed roller...
- From The Fabricator
Servo press available
- Jan 6, 2018
- Product Release
Nidec Minster Corp. offers the Minster P2H-FX-160 servo press. With a low-inertia drive, the press features high acceleration and deceleration rates, a reduced stopping angle, and high overall efficiency, reports the company. Engineered from Minster’s Piece-Maker design, the press is built from a...
- From The Fabricator
Roll coating system introduced
- Jan 5, 2018
- Product Release
Industrial Innovations has introduced the Roll-Coater. According to the company, the unit provides precise application of coating, uniform coverage, optimum quality, and minimal waste. Features include external roller lubricant application, quick-release roller replacement, programmable independent...
- From The Fabricator
Power straightener processes high-yield materials
- Jan 5, 2018
- Product Release
Coe Press Equipment has introduced its upgraded series 250 power straightener. Featuring design enhancements to enable processing of a wider range of materials, including AHSS, the straighteners offer a 30+ percent improvement in strength and rigidity because of increased roll journal diameter and...
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Software proves progressive dies to be interference-free in less than an hour
- Jan 5, 2018
- Product Release
Logopress3, a Gold Certified Partner product for SolidWorks®, has taken die simulation (die kinematics) and dynamic interference detection (as opposed to static interference detection) to the next level, says Accurate Die Design Software. With the new interface, complex progressive and transfer...
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