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Bending and Forming - Page 8
- From The Fabricator
Measuring and managing variables for sheet metal forming success
- By Bill Frahm
- Apr 18, 2023
- Blog Post
To ensure the variables in a manufacturer's sheet metal forming operation are working together well, a shop will need to measure each one and understand its acceptable operating range.
- From The Fabricator
Wintersteiger now providing North American sales and service for Kohler Maschinenbau
- Apr 18, 2023
- News Release
Wintersteiger Inc., Salt Lake City, has announced it will provide full North American sales and support for Kohler Maschinenbau GmbH part leveling machines and strip feeding lines.
- From The Fabricator
Coe Press Equipment names machine shop manager
- Apr 18, 2023
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., has promoted Bill Shomo to the position of machine shop manager.
- From The Fabricator
The robotic press brake gets flexible for metal fabrication operations
- By Peter Vandromme
- Apr 18, 2023
- Article
Historically, for robotic press brake bending to make economic sense, a job needed to be of a certain volume in a metal fabrication shop. That, however, is starting to change across the industry.
- From The Fabricator
Greenerd designs, engineers new two-press production cell for lights-out operations
- Apr 13, 2023
- News Release
Greenerd Press & Machine Co., Nashua, N.H., has designed, engineered, built, and turnkey-installed an automated two-press, two-robot production cell, enabling unattended production of large aluminum pressure vessels.
- 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.
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