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April 30, 2013
Product line manufacturing meets contract fabrication
Tie Down has made a significant investment in fiber and disk laser technology.
Sloan MacKarvich remembers eating at downtown Chicago’s Firehouse Restaurant, an all-too-appropriate venue considering the cellphone call he received... Read more...
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March 19, 2013
Fiber laser system designed for small-tube processing
BLM Group has introduced the Lasertube LT5, an entry-level, automated laser tube cutter designed to handle small and medium-sized tubes. Equipped with a 1-kW IPG fiber laser, the unit can process mild steel, as well as highly reflective... Read more...
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March 5, 2013
BLM Group USA appoints southern region sales manager
BLM Group USA, Wixom, Mich., a manufacturer of tube processing equipment, has appointed Jason E. Blair as its new southern region sales manager. In this position, Blair is responsible for customer account management and sales of the... Read more...
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December 3, 2012
Bringing new laser cutting, bending capabilities to market
Robbie Krickeberg, laser programmer and operator at Sharpe Products Inc., shows an example of the laser machine’s capabilities.
In a competitive environment, differentiation is the key to success. The differentiator can be just about... Read more...
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June 27, 2012
Machining center processes tube in three stages
BLM Group USA offers the EM80 combined automatic sawing and end machining center for the cutting, chamfering, facing, boring, threading, and profiling of tube.
The machine operates in several stages or stations. The first cuts the tube or... Read more...
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March 26, 2012
BLM Group USA appoints laser tube service technicians
BLM Group USA, Wixom, Mich., a manufacturer of tube processing equipment, has announced the appointment of three new service technicians — Diego Perez, Ronald (Eddie) Hobbs, and Jeff Benglian — to handle its laser tube installations. The... Read more...
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March 7, 2012
BLM Group USA appoints southwest sales manager
BLM Group USA, a Wixom, Mich.-based manufacturer of tube processing equipment, has announced the appointment of Todd O’Brien as its new southwest region sales manager. In this position, O’Brien is responsible for customer account... Read more...
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October 3, 2011
Laser cutting system designed for large-diameter, thick-walled tubes and nontubular open structural sections
BLM Group USA has introduced the LT Jumbo series automatic laser tube cutting system for large-diameter, thick-walled tubes.
The system can be used to cut round, square, and rectangular tubes, as well as nontubular open structural... Read more...
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July 25, 2011
Fiber laser tube cutting system processes galvanized steel and highly reflective materials
LT Fiber from BLM Group USA is the first automated laser tube cutting machine to use a fiber laser resonator, the company reports. With its 2-kW IPG fiber laser source, the system can process highly reflective materials such as brass,... Read more...
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June 20, 2011
Automatic tube saw operates as stand-alone unit or part of processing line
The TC720 automatic tube saw from BLM Group USA is designed to operate as a stand-alone unit or as part of a fully automated tube processing line controlled by a single CNC.
The programming system has an applications-tested database that... Read more...
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January 31, 2011
All-electric tube bender holds up to eight tool sets
The ELECT XL™ all-electric, 12-axis tube bending machine from BLM Group USA is designed to bend tubes up to 6 in. in diameter.
The multistack bender holds up to eight tool sets, permitting rapid processing of complex parts and quick... Read more...
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January 24, 2011
Tube, pipe cutting equipment - Part I
An inside view of a Rattunde sawing and machining center shows tubes in several stages of processing. The part at left has just been cut in the saw portion of the machine; the part in the center has just had both ends machined simultaneously;... Read more...
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October 21, 2010
All-electric, multisense tube benders enhance design freedom for OEMs, add flexibility for job shops
The advantages of all-electric tube benders have become more widely known over the last five years. The attributes of improved accuracy, greater repeatability, faster cycle times, ease of setup, low noise, better electrical efficiency, and... Read more...
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August 17, 2010
All-electric tube bender performs left-hand, right-hand, variable radius bending in multistack configuration
BLM's Smart is a new all-electric tube bender with 3-D visual graphic programming (VGP3D) software capable of bending tubes up to 1.10 in. in diameter. The bender can perform left-hand, right-hand, and variable-radius bending in a multistack... Read more...
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April 1, 2010
If you don't measure it, you can't improve it
In 2004 Impulse Manufacturing had your typical job shop floor. Jobs came in, bounced around the shop to various areas, and then headed out the door. Part flow wasn't top of mind. The company had made some significant machinery... Read more...
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November 10, 2009
BLM Group appoints VP
BLM Group USA, Wixom, Mich., has appointed John P. Ovsek as vice president. He is responsible for all equipment sales and after-sales service of the company's business in North America. Ovsek has 28 years of increasing responsibilities in direct... Read more...
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August 1, 2009
To think 'in tube'
Emerging from the plane at the new terminal of the Indianapolis Intl. Airport earlier this year, Michael Lee looked up and saw a sight: intersecting tubes carrying roof lines, supporting glass walls, opening space.
"For a tube guy, it's... Read more...
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June 30, 2009
Bystronic Group, BLM Group form marketing alliance
Bystronic (sheet metal processing systems) and the BLM GROUP (tube processing systems) have formed an alliance to work closely together in market development. The alliance between the two groups is effective July 1, 2009. It includes numerous... Read more...
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March 11, 2008
Machine shop sees the (laser) light
Figure 1 Laser-cut tube parts are given a close inspection after coming off the BLM- Adige LT712D laser tube cutting machine at MG Products Inc. Mark George, president of Elkhart, Ind.-based MG Products Inc., chuckled when asked whether his... Read more...
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August 9, 2005
Recreational tube cutting
The exposed chassis of Polaris' Predator ATV shows just how important tubing has become in the aesthetics of product design. Hear the word "pioneers" and Osceola, Wis., at the same time, and you might assume the talk is about the early... Read more...
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July 12, 2005
Beyond Tool and Die
BTD made its first investments in tube fabricating equipment, including a BLM-Adige 803D tube laser cutting system, in 2003. Now tube fabricating accounts for roughly 15 percent of its total business.
The story is short,... Read more...
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September 14, 2004
Thinking about an equipment upgrade?
It's no secret that manufactured products change continuously. Technological developments and higher consumer expectations are two of the forces that drive changes in nearly every manufactured item. Just as manufactured goods change, so... Read more...
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November 7, 2002
Focusing on tube cutting lasers
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It travels at 186,287.490 miles per second (299,792,458 meters per sec.). Its visible spectrum ranges from 400 to 700 nanometers. Its smallest unit is a packet of energy, a photon. While its chief use is illumination, it has many... Read more...