Content tagged with "bending-machines"
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Article
May 13, 2008
New roll bender 'bales' out farm implement manufacturer
Powder River added tooling that helps feed and square sheet before it enters the three-roll bender. Hugo Hernandez and his shop floor team weren't horsing around on the shop floor, but it sure did take them more time than it should have to bend 14-gauge sheet for a horse feeder. The round... Read more...
Article
December 11, 2007
Understanding benders and bender applications
Tube bending methods vary in complexity as much as any fabricating process does. At the simple end are applications that involve tubing so small and bends so simple that bending by hand is a suitable process. Manual bending machines and dedicated hydraulic or pneumatic benders occupy the... Read more...
Article
July 10, 2007
Constant radius or variable radius?
Like many industries, the automotive industry is in a state of perpetual change. Automobile manufacturers continuously strive for higher safety ratings, reduced fuel consumption, smaller environmental impact, and reduced costs. To address these concerns, many automakers work to develop... Read more...
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July 10, 2007
Knocked down, but not out
Changing from manual processes to an automated flexible manufacturing system allows EPMP Ltd. to manufacture complex bent parts such as this one quickly and without the risk of handling damage. It would be an understatement to say that contract manufacturer EPMP Ltd., Seguin, Texas, got off... Read more...
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April 10, 2007
Pipe fabricator saves big time with big bends
A four-roll bender carries a higher price tag than most three-roll benders, but it might be the easiest to operate because the material fed into the machine is clamped during the squaring process and held during the entire rolling operation. Photo courtesy of Bertsch. Tom Mooney, the... Read more...
Article
March 13, 2007
Reducing tube bending cycle times
Two trends—unrelenting cost pressures and the inclination to send manufacturing jobs to low-cost countries—have left many fabricators feeling that they are caught in a trap with no way out. While the pressure to reduce costs will never subside, and the low manufacturing costs in... Read more...
Article
January 9, 2007
Spending time with capital equipment
Ask fabricators how they view business in 2007, and you'll likely get for a response, "Cautiously optimistic." In these days of potential terrorist attacks, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, tightening oil supplies, a shallow labor pool, and the constant threat of being replaced by an overseas... Read more...
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September 12, 2006
Stud-maker throws church building a curve
The 60-ft.-dia. hybrid frame—made of a plate steel skeleton and light-gauge steel ribs—converges from a platerolled base to an 8-ft. dia. plate steel compression ring in the dome's apex. Architecture firm Williams/O'Brien Associates Inc., Minneapolis, was pleased to be... Read more...
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May 9, 2006
Metal fabricating in a new millennium
"What I wanted to do in Millennium Park is make something that would engage the Chicago skyline ... so that one will see the clouds kind of floating in, with those very tall buildings reflected in the work. And then, since it is in the form of a gate, the participant, the viewer, will... Read more...
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