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Ken Shoop
Braner USA Inc.
9301 W. Bernice
Schiller Park, IL 60176
847-671-6210
- From The Fabricator
6 ways to focus on slitting lines
- By Ken Shoop
- Sep 11, 2007
- Bending and Forming
- Article
By improving entry coil storage, coil inside diameter (ID) changes, slitter tooling changeover, scrap handling, and strip tensioning, you can slitting line efficiency.
- From The Fabricator
Leveling flat-rolled strip
- By Ken Shoop
- Sep 11, 2007
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Operating a leveler requires training and skill, but computers are making the task much easier. A computer can quickly set the machine to a good starting point and allow very fine adjustment of the back-ups. Once the leveler is delivering good results on a particular coil, the settings can be saved and called up later. That saves setup time when coils are partially run and then sent back to stock.
- From The Fabricator
Holding the line on metal costs
- By Ken Shoop
- Sep 12, 2006
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Stampers and roll formers can look at edge trim, heads, tails, skeletons, and coil damage for ways they can reduce scrap to hold the line on metal costs.
- From The Fabricator
A focus on slitting lines
- By Ken Shoop
- Sep 13, 2005
- Bending and Forming
- Article
As manufacturing has moved overseas, the U.S. slitting market has become saddled with overcapacity. Coil processors can improve efficiencies by upgrading the equipment they use in the following areas: coil storage, changeovers in coil and slitting tooling; scrap handling; and tensioning.
- From The Fabricator
Survival of the fastest
- By Ken Shoop
- Sep 14, 2004
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Because metal fabricators and OEMs have increasingly strict requirements, many suppliers of sheets and blanks must provide high-quality metal stock in terms of flatness, finish, and dimensional accuracy. Competition for every bid is tight, making it easy to take the quality for granted. If every...
- From The Fabricator
Improving stamping production end to end
- By Ken Shoop
- May 30, 2002
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Exploring the benefits of welding coils in roll forming and progressive stamping operations. Welding coils can reduce scrap, downtime, and tooling damage. A variety of coil end joiners are described, such as portable, stationary, single-and double-cut, fully automatic, and semiautomatic.
- From The Fabricator
What's new with multiblanking lines?
- By Ken Shoop
- May 30, 2002
- Bending and Forming
- Article
Multiblanking lines are used to produce small, accurately shaped blanks directly from large coils. Modern lines can process many different types of material over a range of thicknesses, while still allowing quick changeovers and minimal maintenance. New technology is available in several key areas that limit the capacity of a typical multiblanking line, which include leveling, slitting, feeding, shearing, and stacking.
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- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 03/05/2024
- Running Time:
- 65:35
After Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. (LMI) received The Fabricator's 2024 Industry Award, Todd Ludlow, founder and president of the...
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