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Bending and Forming - Page 90
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ToolCell XT press brake from LVD Strippit offers increased tooling capacity
- Nov 14, 2018
- Product Release
LVD Strippit has introduced ToolCell XT, an automatic-tool-changing press brake with extended capacity to hold 50 percent more tooling than the original design. It is designed to bend small-batch/high-mix parts with high accuracy and with minimal changeover time. The large capacity of tools housed...
- From The Fabricator
LVD Strippit’s Dyna-Cell robotic electric press brake cell bends at 1 IPS
- Nov 14, 2018
- Product Release
LVD Strippit has introduced Dyna-Cell, a robotic bending cell featuring a high-speed electric press brake. The press brake and robot function as a compact, integrated unit to automate the bending of small to medium-sized parts in varying batch sizes at bending speeds up to 1 IPS. Built on the...
- From The Fabricator
Wisconsin family turns autobody business into metal fabrication shop
- By Gareth Sleger
- Nov 13, 2018
- Article
Matt and Chris Brunner closed their longtime autobody shop to start a small-scale metal fabrication operation in Manitowoc, Wis.
- From The Fabricator
Coe Press Equipment redesigns heavy-duty servo roll feed line
- Nov 12, 2018
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., has announced the redesign of its Heavy-Duty (HD) Servo Roll Feeds to offer increased speed, precision, and decreased cost of operation while being more robust and capable of handling thicker materials, the company says. Based on a modular design, the...
- From The Fabricator
One shop’s bending department evolution
After years of equipment investments, process changes, and training efforts, Enterprise Welding & Fabricating, Mentor, Ohio, has reformed its press brake operations.
- From The Additive Report
Xometry supplies quotes for die-cast, stamped, and extruded parts
- Nov 9, 2018
- News Release
Xometry connects customers needing parts with a network of U.S. shops that perform various manufacturing processes, including 3-D printing/additive manufacturing, CNC machining, injection molding, and sheet metal fabrication. The company, based in Gaithersburg, Md., recently added suppliers with...
- From The Fabricator
Century Spring Corp. achieves AS9100 Rev. D certification for custom aerospace parts
- Nov 8, 2018
- News Release
Los Angeles-based Century Spring Corp. (CSC), an MW Industries company, has achieved AS9100 Rev. D certification for its custom aerospace spring manufacturing quality management system. AS9100 is an aviation, space, and defense quality standard based on the ISO 9001 quality management system and...
- From The Fabricator
Novelis partners with Impression Technologies on hot stamping for automotive aluminum
- Nov 7, 2018
- News Release
Novelis Inc., an Atlanta-based aluminum roller and recycler, has announced a partnership with Impression Technologies to explore ways to increase the broader adoption of aluminum through the hot stamping process. Impression Technologies has the exclusive rights to Hot Form Quench (HFQ®), a...
- From The Fabricator
Main Street investment facilitates buyout of Kickhaefer Mfg.
- Nov 6, 2018
- News Release
Principal investment firm Main Street Capital Corp., Houston, has led a new portfolio investment to facilitate the management-led buyout of Kickhaefer Mfg. Co. LLC, a manufacturer of precision metal parts and components in Port Washington, Wis. Kickhaefer uses a variety of manufacturing processes,...
- From The Fabricator
The many variables of manufacturing stamped components
- By Bill Frahm
- Nov 5, 2018
- Article
Today’s sheet metal former must understand the evolving sciences of metallurgy and forming technologies to be effective at the job.
- From The Fabricator
60-ton Autoform press brake from Cincinnati Incorporated features compact base dimensions
- Nov 2, 2018
- Product Release
Cincinnati Incorporated has introduced a newly enhanced, 60-ton Autoform hydraulic press brake. The compact hydraulic machine has a 6-ft.-long bed and base dimensions of 83 in. wide by 48 in. deep. The machine includes a swinging pendant control that can be positioned in front or at the side. Other...
- From The Fabricator
Cylinder-actuated Transporter magnet from Industrial Magnetics transfers parts, stampings from press to press
- Nov 1, 2018
- Product Release
Industrial Magnetics Inc.’s patented Transporter® magnetically transfers metal blanks, stampings, and parts in automated station-to-station, press-to-press transfer or robotic pick-and-place applications. It is engineered with rare-earth magnets that hold the part during transfer. The...
- From The Fabricator
Ernest Industries to close Michigan plant
- Nov 1, 2018
- News Release
Ernest Industries Co. has announced the closing of its metal stamping plant in Westland, Mich. Layoffs began Oct. 15. The closing eliminates 70 jobs. The company, which also has plants in Plymouth, Mich., and Monterrey, Mexico, manufactures metal stampings, welded assemblies, mechanical assemblies,...
- From The Fabricator
Schuler installs servo press at Huissel for automotive part manufacturing
- Oct 31, 2018
- News Release
Schuler Inc., Canton, Mich., has supplied an MSP 800 servo press to Huissel, a die and sheet metal part supplier for the European automotive and supplier industry. Huissel wanted to complete the die manufacturing process chain in Frankenthal, Germany, and the related delivery of sheet metal parts...
- From The Fabricator
Safeguarding press brakes without sacrificing productivity
- By Carrie Halle
- Oct 30, 2018
- Article
New press brake safeguarding, such as laser AOPD, keeps operators safe.
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