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Bending and Forming - Page 44
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Bud’s Machine Tools launches website for imported machines
- Apr 1, 2021
- News Release
Bud’s Machine Tools, Murray, Utah, has launched a new website to showcase its imported machines, primarily from Turkey. The site features fabricating, sawing, and cutting machines, with a heavy emphasis on CNC press brakes and plate rolls, as well as spare parts. A chat tool gives visitors quick...
- From The Fabricator
Engineering Angle: Controlling edge splitting in sheet metal part production
- By Dr. Sergey Golovashchenko
- Apr 1, 2021
- Article
Engineering Angle columnist and director of Oakland University's CAMM program Dr. Sergey Golovashchenko reviews typical failure modes related to edge splitting of sheet metal.
- From The Fabricator
Rocklinizer micro helps solve slug pullback with battery-operated portability
- Apr 1, 2021
- Product Release
Rocklin Manufacturing has introduced the Rocklinizer micro, a battery-operated version of its Rocklinizer system designed to prevent slug pulling. Slug pullback occurs when slugs, or the scrap produced during the punching process, are pulled up from underneath the panel or sheet being punched. The...
- From The Fabricator
BluTec Machinery names territory manager for Florida
- Mar 31, 2021
- News Release
Hickory, N.C.-based BluTec Machinery has appointed Joy Abbitt as a Florida territory manager. BluTec is a distributor for MC Machinery lasers, automation, press brakes, and shears covering Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and part of West Virginia. Abbitt has...
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Logopress ProgSim software from AutoForm simulates progressive die forming
- Mar 30, 2021
- Product Release
Logopress, part of the AutoForm Group, has launched Logopress ProgSim, a new software that enables progressive die designers working in SOLIDWORKS to simulate, modify, and validate their strip layouts. The software allows them to gain insight into the forming process and take corrective measures on...
- From The Fabricator
5 ways that advanced software maximizes bending activity
- By Casey Greer and John Parenzan
- Mar 29, 2021
- Article
Bending software allows metal fabricators to maximize their money-making efforts on their press brakes.
- From The Fabricator
President Biden’s "Made in America" order will help U.S. manufacturers
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 29, 2021
- Blog Post
The Buy American executive order that President Biden signed will benefit U.S. stamping manufacturers and metal fabricators supplying the federal government, despite the requirement that the materials they purchase be produced domestically as well.
- From The Fabricator
Bystronic appoints regional sales manager for Midwest
- Mar 26, 2021
- News Release
Bystronic Inc., Hoffman Estates, Ill., a supplier of laser cutting systems, press brakes, automation, and software, has hired Geoff Laughlin as regional sales manager for the Midwest. Laughlin has more than 25 years of diverse industry experience related to direct manufacturing, engineering,...
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Banner Metals Group marks 100 years in business
- Mar 22, 2021
- News Release
Columbus, Ohio-based Banner Metals Group is celebrating 100 years in business. The Banner Die, Tool and Stamping Co. began providing full-service metal stampings in 1921. Today the company offers complete metal products for industries including aerospace, automotive, commercial truck and...
- From The Fabricator
Tonnage limits for press brake applications: Absolute or per meter or foot?
- By Steve Benson
- Mar 22, 2021
- Article
When press brake operators calculate the tonnage limit of a tool, they're finding the absolute tonnage limit. The forming tonnage a specific job requires should be less.
- From The Fabricator
Improving advanced manufacturing practices through AI's Bayesian network
- By Bill Frahm
- Mar 19, 2021
- Article
The Bayesian network, an AI component, reflects an accurate view of the probability of conditions and events occurring in an advanced manufacturing shop. Bill Frahm writes that this leads to fine-tuned maintenance schedules, good practices, and confident troubleshooting for metal formers and fabricators.
- From The Fabricator
AutoForm Assembly software addresses body-in-white process chain
- Mar 19, 2021
- Product Release
AutoForm Engineering GmbH offers AutoForm Assembly software, which allows users to address complex issues in the body-in-white (BIW) assembly process before they can arise in production and expand digitalization. The software supports the BIW process chain, covering early feasibility, process...
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EHW/Eccentric Dual Plunger presses from Sutherland offer capacities to 1,200 tons
- Mar 18, 2021
- Product Release
Sutherland Presses has introduced the EHW/ Eccentric Dual Plunger guided series of mechanical two-point straight-side presses in capacities from 300 to 1,200 tons. They are designed to handle thick steel plates. Features include minimal deflection; eccentric weight-balanced main gears on center...
- From The Fabricator
TrimLine installs 630-ton AIDA progressive die servo press
- Mar 17, 2021
- News Release
TrimLine, an automotive supplier and high-volume metal stamper, has installed a new AIDA-America 630-ton progressive die direct-drive servo press at its facility in LaGrange, Ohio. The straight-side, tie-rod press features Allen-Bradley servo press control, 500-job recipe storage, an automatic...
- From The Fabricator
Can metal fabricators prosper with wind power?
Misinformation about wind power during the winter storm in Texas can’t derail the push for more renewable energy, even in the Lone Star State. Metal fabricators can learn more about the sector in an upcoming webinar sponsored by plate rolling equipment manufacturer Faccin.
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