Content tagged with "press-feeding"

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August 8, 2007

Spec the correct feed line Many factors are taken into consideration when ordering feed lines. To show how to spec this equipment could fill up this magazine, but this article is intended to show what information to supply to get the best possible results. Ordering the Straightener The straightener is the most... Read more...

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April 11, 2005

Evaluating in-house coil slitting As the cost of steel rises and profit margins shrink, small to medium-sized stampers are looking for ways to reduce costs and streamline operations while maintaining quality. One area to consider is the cost of slitting steel. Shops that run 10,000 to 50,000 tons a year usually... Read more...

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April 11, 2005

Analyzing coil handling equipment purchases Refurbishing can be a cost-effective way to breathe new life into an old piece of equipment. This cam feed was originally built in 1974. Recent economic growth finally has spilled over to the manufacturing sector, so this might be a good time to upgrade your stamping process. While... Read more...

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July 13, 2004

Pushing plate processing productivity An infinite-rotation compound-skew-axis manipulator with a plasma torch allows automated contour bevel cutting of mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. Maximizing productivity. Making more with less. You hear about it almost every day. Productivity improvements are what saved... Read more...

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May 4, 2004

Sizing up pallet decoilers Buying a decoiler that is too small for your jobs won't increase production and may actually cost more in downtime and maintenance. Some of these maintenance costs are replacement of the motor or controller because of frequent power overload, bent guide arms, and increased bearing wear. However,... Read more...

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April 6, 2004

Sizing up servo presses For example, progressive or transfer applications that require forming, coining, or blanking of high-strength alloys or dual-phase materials with critical tolerances at production speeds of 20 to 100 strokes per minute (SPM) can benefit from servo technology. However, if a progressive-die... Read more...

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February 13, 2003

Everything you need to know about flatteners and levelers for coil processing—Part 4 Photo Courtesy of Atlas Steel Products Co., Twinsburg, Ohio. We can almost always improve the shape of the metal, but there are limits. If you have good material coming in, you can make it into superb material. If you have bad material coming in, you might make it into... Read more...

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January 16, 2003

Everything you need to know about flatteners and levelers for coil processing—Part 3 Photo courtesy of Atlas Steel Products Co., Twinsburg, Ohio. If you have reviewed your existing equipment and processes as discussed in Part I of this article series and need to upgrade your flat-rolled processing further, you have a number of options that will be... Read more...

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November 7, 2002

Everything you need to know about flatteners and levelers for coil processing—Part 2 Metallurgically, most metals that coil processors deal with act similarly, as does the equipment used to fabricate those metals. A stress-strain curve, such as the curve plotted for carbon steel in Figure 1 , shows the relationship between the force on a metal and the metal's change in... Read more...

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October 11, 2001

Correcting shape problems in flat-rolled coil Object Flattener Designs Flatteners can be spread-center or close-center machines (see Figures 1 and 2 ). The rolls on spread-center machines generally are separated by more than one roll diameter so that the top bank of rolls can pass down through the bottom bank of rolls. A close-center... Read more...

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May 30, 2001

Minimizing knife deflections in coil slitting When it is time to buy new rotary knives for your steel service center company, you must consider several things. Typically, you will ask several manufacturers of rotary knives for quotes based on: The type of material being slit. The gauge range of the material being slit. The size of... Read more...

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