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Articles tagged with "bending machines"

Results: 9

	Knocked down, but not out: Contract manufacturer makes a comeback, modernizes, automates Publish date: July 10, 2007 Tech cell: Folding
	Stud-maker throws church building a curve: Curved studs facilitate free-spanning dome By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor Radius Track, a fabricator specializing in its patented curved metal studs, replaced many of the heavy-gauge beams in the a church's dome frame with light-gauge steel studs. As a result, the dome was light enough to be supported without view-obstructing columns. Publish date: September 12, 2006 Tech cell: Roll Forming
	Spending time with capital equipment: The 2007 Capital Spending Survey indicates that manufacturing expenditures will grow this year By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief Metal fabricators and formers are expected to spend more than $2.3 billion on capital equipment in 2007. The 2007 FMAC Capital Spending Survey provides more details. Publish date: January 9, 2007 Tech cell: For CEOs
	Reducing tube bending cycle times: Automating benders and peripheral equipment By: Sabine Neff Because any multiple-step manufacturing process is only as fast as the slowest machine, fabricators interested in purchasing an automated tube bender might suddenly find his production line saddled with bottlenecks. It's necessary to analyze the entire production line and learn about the equipment that is available before automating the bending process. Publish date: March 13, 2007 Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication
	Constant radius or variable radius?: Complex bending requires a sophisticated bending technology By: Sabine Neff While rotary draw bending is the mainstay of the tube bending industry, variable-radius bending is making some headway. Variable-radius bending offers many advantages, primarily more sophisticated bends and faster cycle times. However, it has limitations, too. A main one is that an initial bend must be a minimum of approximately 15 degrees. Publish date: July 10, 2007 Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication
	Understanding benders and bender applications: Matching them up for optimal output By: Sabine Neff If you bend tube for a living, you have many choices when it comes to buying a new piece of bending equipment. Understanding how bending demands have changed over the decades and how bender manufacturers have responded are two key components in selecting the optimal bender for your particular application. Publish date: December 11, 2007 Tech cell: Tube and Pipe Fabrication
	Metal fabricating in a new millennium: How metal fabricators elevated plate cutting, bending, welding, and finishing to an art form to create Millennium Park's Cloud Gate By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor The forming and fabricating of the 925-foot BP Pedestrian Bridge located at the east section of Chicago's Millennium Park, and the Jay Pritzker Pavilion is explored. Publish date: May 9, 2006 Tech cell: Art and Sculpture
	Pipe fabricator saves big time with big bends: 4 lessons to learn from Universal Pipe and Steel Supply and its four-roll bender By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief Universal Pipe and Steel Supply, Fort Myers, Fla., needed a roll bender with greater capacity to capitalize on the market for larger pipe sections. The company found its answer with a four-roll bender from Bertsch. Publish date: April 10, 2007 Tech cell: Bending
	New roll bender 'bales' out farm implement manufacturer: Powder River reduces scrap and time needed to make horse feeders By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief Powder River, a Provo, Utah-based fabricator of farm implements, turned to KNUTH Machine Tools USA for a three-roll bender the company uses to make its round bale feeders for horses. Publish date: May 13, 2008 Tech cell: Bending