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Bending and Forming - Page 13
- From The Fabricator
Smart inspection planning boosts quality without slowdown
- By Kate Bachman
- Dec 3, 2022
- Article
Smart inspection planning allows metal stamping operations to boost quality without slowing down the process. Using deep learning, 3D imaging, novel algorithms, and intelligent robotic planning technologies for single-part inspection, vision systems can ensure that only defect-free parts make it off the line.
- From The Fabricator
Variegate marks 30 years in business
- Dec 2, 2022
- News Release
Variegate Inc., a supplier of metal forming products in Huntsville, Ala., is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
- From The Fabricator
Coe single-reel uncoiler’s modular design adapts to shop floor needs
- Dec 2, 2022
- Product Release
Coe Press Equipment has announced a new modular design for its single-reel uncoilers, allowing users to add optional features to adapt to changing shop floor needs.
- From The Fabricator
Gestamp acquires strategic stake in Gescrap
- Dec 1, 2022
- News Release
Gestamp, a multinational manufacturer of highly engineered metal components for the automobile industry, has acquired a 33.3% stake in the Gescrap Group.
- From The Fabricator
Burloak adds servo press to production line
- Dec 1, 2022
- News Release
Production stamping provider Burloak Tool, Burlington, Ont., has commissioned its first new 300-ton direct-drive servo press for production stamping. Complemented by a high-speed feed line, the press is now implemented for full-time production.
- From The Fabricator
Workforce training and automation, recurrent interwoven themes at FABTECH 2022
- By Kate Bachman
- Nov 30, 2022
- Blog Post
Workforce training and automation in manufacturing were recurrent and interwoven themes at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta. In the stamping and metalforming area, several of the technological advancements exhibited there are intended to either support a human workforce or reduce the reliance on it.
- From The Fabricator
HRB press brake from AMADA includes features for handling large, complex parts
- Nov 29, 2022
- Product Release
The HRB series press brake from AMADA AMERICA offers several features designed to help resolve specific manufacturing challenges.
- From The Fabricator
Prima’s eP Genius 1030 combines bending with automated tool storage
- Nov 28, 2022
- Product Release
Prima Power offers the eP Genius 1030 flexible automated bending system, which integrates an eP-1030 servo-electric press brake with an automatic tool storage unit.
- From The Fabricator
What excess tonnage does to a press brake and tooling
- By Steve Benson
- Nov 28, 2022
- Article
Excess tonnage can damage a metal fabrication shop's press brake and embed tools into the bed and ram. The best practice is to avoid excess tonnage in the first place.
- From The Fabricator
Robotic automation improves safety, efficiency on five-press tandem line
- Nov 25, 2022
- News Release
Spartanburg Steel recently approached AP&T North America to automate a press line.
- From The Fabricator
How stamping manufacturers retrofit presses with linear servo technology
- By Amina Kopic-Osmanovic
- Nov 23, 2022
- Article
Stamping manufacturers struggle with what to do about their older presses that incur frequent downtime, are no longer able to stamp complex parts, and are limited by an outdated controls infrastructure. The resolution for these challenges just might be a servo retrofit.
- From The Fabricator
Step-by-step process for rebuilding a mechanical stamping press gearbox
- By Henry Shumaker Jr.
- Nov 22, 2022
- Article
Sometimes, when parts are not stamped properly, it's not the die that's at fault; it's that the press has become out of square or alignment. There are at least 60 steps and checks to completing a mechanical press gearbox rebuild.
- From The Fabricator
Compact P-Robot system from Salvagnini combines robot, panel bender
- Nov 18, 2022
- Product Release
Salvagnini has introduced P-Robot, which combines a panel bender with a robot to produce kits, batches, and single parts autonomously.
- From The Fabricator
Ford partners with Manufacture 2030 to enhance supply chain sustainability
- Nov 17, 2022
- News Release
Ford Motor Co. and Manufacture 2030 have announced a strategic partnership to help Ford’s suppliers meet their carbon-reduction targets toward the automaker’s goal of reaching carbon neutrality no later than 2050 globally and 2035 in Europe.
- From The Fabricator
American Punch Co. appoints VP of operations
- Nov 17, 2022
- News Release
Euclid, Ohio-based American Punch Co., a manufacturer of tooling for the metal fabricating and stamping industries, has named Matt Bendula as vice president of operations.
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