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Fred Simonson
Victory Tool
1151 McKinley St.
Anoka, 55303
763-323-8877
- From The Fabricator
Making the transition from fabricating to stamping
- By Fred Simonson
- Aug 12, 2021
- Laser Cutting
- Article
Typical fabricating job shops and OEMs make parts using traditional fabrication methods, such as turret punching, laser cutting, and press brake bending. But for the production of some flat sheet metal parts, the most efficient method is stamping using hard tooling.
- From The Fabricator
Design for stamping manufacturability begins with function
- By Fred Simonson
- Apr 12, 2021
- Bending and Forming
- Article
The process of stamping parts from the initial request for quote (RFQ), through the tooling design/build process, and finally, to the stamping production can be a long and winding road with a large gap between what is designed and what can be manufactured. Knowing a feature’s function during the tool tryout process—or better yet at the time of RFQ—can help a tooling house wring out cost and smooth an operation. Which costly features and dimensional criteria may be unnecessarily complex or overdimensioned?
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- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/07/2024
- Running Time:
- 67:38
Patrick Brunken, VP of Addison Machine Engineering, joins The Fabricator Podcast to talk about the tube and pipe...
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