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Bending and Forming - Page 8
- From The Fabricator
Understanding the performance of punching inserts for lightweight automotive structural parts
- By Alan Gillard, Dr. Krishna Murali, Dr. Sergey Golovashchenko, Natalia Reinberg, Saeid Nasheralahkami, and Weitian Zhou
- Apr 13, 2023
- Article
Oakland University researchers investigated wear in coated and uncoated punching inserts when stamping aluminum alloy sheet AA5754, typically used for lightweight automotive structural parts.
- From The Fabricator
Beckwood Press to build 1,500-ton hydraulic stamping press for Hendrickson USA
- Apr 10, 2023
- News Release
Beckwood Press Co. has been awarded a contract to engineer and build a 1,500-ton hydraulic stamping press for Hendrickson USA.
- From The Fabricator
STLE to host annual meeting and exhibition May 21-25
- Apr 10, 2023
- News Release
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE) will host its 77th annual meeting and exhibition May 21-25, 2023, at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, Calif.
- From The Fabricator
Agile cost estimating for metal stamping operations with ERP software
Stampers can use ERP software to manage estimating and costly raw material price increases. Analyzing the costing data captured by the software is imperative to maintaining and increasing profits.
- From The Fabricator
Flexline I 4.0-ready rapid-clamping system from Roemheld detects potential problems early
- Apr 4, 2023
- Product Release
Roemheld North America has released its new Flexline I 4.0-ready rapid-clamping system for presses and punches.
- From The Fabricator
Coil processing basics to teach today’s workforce
- By Tom Brockie
- Mar 30, 2023
- Article
Training employees on coil processing equipment starts with the basics, then moves to operation and processes. Video training can be a great resource.
- From The Fabricator
Bobcat invests in energy-efficient press technology from AP&T
- Mar 30, 2023
- News Release
Bobcat Co., a manufacturer of compact equipment, has increased the production capacity at its Gwinner, N.D., facility, with the addition of a highly automated AP&T tandem press line.
- From The Fabricator
Tier 1 masters massive stampings with 3,000-tonne press
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 30, 2023
- Article
Martinrea’s fast-growing plant in Hopkinsville, Ky., needed to expand press capacity, so it installed two large mechanical transfer presses and built a new building to house them.
- From The Fabricator
Laminate tooling, depression grooving, and more about bending sheet metal
- By Steve Benson
- Mar 21, 2023
- Article
Bending guru Steve Benson answers questions about laminate press brake tooling, 6061-T6 aluminum, and radius formation in air bending sheet metal.
- From The Fabricator
GM agrees to 10% pay increase for union workers at Mexico factory
- Mar 20, 2023
- News Release
General Motors will increase salaries for union workers at its pickup truck factory in Silao, Mexico, by 10% this year.
- From The Fabricator
North American Deep Drawing Research Group to hold spring meeting May 23
- Mar 17, 2023
- News Release
The North American Deep Drawing Research Group will hold its annual spring meeting on May 23 in Troy, Mich. Autoform USA will host the event. NADDRG is a group of industry and research professionals who support the sheet metal forming industry. Members’ research initiatives include forming...
- From The Fabricator
Big Rapids Products to expand in Michigan
- Mar 16, 2023
- News Release
Big Rapids Products has announced plans for a $3 million expansion of one of its three metal fabrication facilities in Big Rapids, Mich., reports the Huron Daily Tribune.
- From The Fabricator
The big job of bending big metal on a 2,000-ton press brake
A plant manager and a press brake operator at Merrill Technologies Group, Alma, Mich., discuss what needs to happen to make the right bend on a 2,000-ton brake. It has even bigger bending plans in store this summer when it gets its new 4,400-ton brake up and running.
- From The Fabricator
PBM and PBH profile benders from Kaast capable of vertical, horizontal operation
- Mar 14, 2023
- Product Release
Kaast Machine Tools Inc. offers PBM and PBH series angle rollers for circular bending of metal profiles, including angles and pipes.
- From The Fabricator
MG srl delivers four-roll plate bender to CuBuilt Engineers
- Mar 14, 2023
- News Release
Italy-based MG srl has delivered a model ME 3095 N four-roll plate bending machine to CuBuilt Engineers Pvt Ltd., a manufacturer of welding rotators and windmill towers in India.
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