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Bending and Forming - Page 69
- From The Fabricator
Deep dive into press brake tonnage, Part II: Science behind bending forces
- By Steve Benson
- Dec 17, 2019
- Article
Why and how do bends turn sharp when they do? It has to do with how bending forces affect the workpiece.
- From The Additive Report
Additive-manufactured press brake tools get users forming fast
- By Don Nelson
- Dec 16, 2019
- Article
Video report: Wilson Tool Senior Additive Manufacturing Engineer Bryan Rogers talks about the company’s Bend3D program for making polymer press brake tooling and discusses the feasibility of printing metal tooling.
- From The Fabricator
Marposs Brankamp X3S press monitor includes automated plunging depth feature
- Dec 14, 2019
- Product Release
Marposs offers the Brankamp X3S monitoring, control, and measurement unit with a plunging depth feature for high-speed stamping presses. This capability automatically compensates for machine process parameters—such as sheet thickness, material hardness, tool, and machine temperature—that change...
LVD Strippit Dyna-Cell robotic bending cell features adaptive bending, new programming wizard
- Dec 14, 2019
- Product Release
The LVD Strippit Dyna-Cell robotic bending cell is available with the patented Easy-Form® laser in-process adaptive bending system, which helps ensure the desired angle from the first bending operation. It transmits the digital information in real time to the CNC unit, which processes it and...
- From The Fabricator
Bystronic’s Xpert Pro press brake is modular for simple customization
- Dec 14, 2019
- Product Release
The Xpert Pro press brake is available from Bystronic in three models: Classic for small batch sizes and prototyping; Performance for medium-size companies producing larger series of parts; and Dynamic, with bending speeds up to ¾ IPS to handle batch sizes of 1,000 pieces or more. The press brakes...
- From The Fabricator
Amada HRB 1003 hybrid drive press brake includes double-clamp backgauge
- Dec 14, 2019
- Product Release
Amada has introduced the HRB series of press brakes with automatic tool changer. New features include a double-clamp backgauge for stable processing of complex material shapes, as well as a natural crowning design to help ensure a consistent angle across the entire bend length. A bend indicator...
- From The Fabricator
Ask the Stamping Expert: How do manufacturers choose a prototype house?
- By Thomas Vacca
- Dec 12, 2019
- Article
When picking a prototype shop, its capabilities to produce the whole part in-house are important to final part quality for manufacturers. But the shop also needs to be able to design a part that can be made quickly and cost-effectively on the production line.
- From The Fabricator
R&D Update: Predicting off-center loading in sheet metal forming operations, Part II
- By David Diaz-Infante, Dr., Hitansh Singhal, Jamie Bowman, and Neil Parker
- Dec 10, 2019
- Article
Researchers at the Center for Precision Forming share their methodology for predicting off-center loading in a transfer die set.
- From The Fabricator
Seeing the manufacturing process from all sides and bringing down "The Wall"
- By Kate Bachman
- Dec 9, 2019
- Blog Post
When manufacturers, engineers, and tool- and diemakers collaborate, looking at things from another’s side may be the most expedient path to tearing down the wall to resolve manufacturing problems.
- From The Fabricator
Design for manufacturability to break through "The Wall"
When designing a stamping die or set of dies, engineers can avoid manufacturability problems by keeping the end results in mind and by involving the tool- and diemaker.
- From The Fabricator
Fagor Arrasate to open Chicago area service center
- Dec 7, 2019
- News Release
Spain-based press manufacturer Fagor Arrasate has announced plans to open a service facility in Chicago. Scheduled to be operational by the end of 2020, the new plant will be built on a greenfield site and will include a bridge crane and offices. The company reports that the project is intended to...
- From The Fabricator
A.L.P.’s Charlevoix facility certified to ISO
- Dec 6, 2019
- News Release
Lighting components manufacturer A.L.P. has announced that its Charlevoix, Mich., facility has earned ISO 9001:2015 certification. This facility and the company’s Dickson, Tenn., plant, certified to 9001:2015 since November 2018, produce LexaLite® injection molded components. The company...
- From The Fabricator
Stack Metallurgical Group adds Quintus hot isostatic press
- Dec 6, 2019
- News Release
Portland, Ore.-based Stack Metallurgical Group, a provider of heat treating and metal processing services to quality-critical industries, has installed a hot isostatic press from Quintus Technologies at its facility in Albany, Ore. The model QIH 122 M URC® features a work zone of 26 in. dia. and...
- From The Fabricator
Link Systems launches website
- Dec 6, 2019
- News Release
Nashville, Tenn.-based Link Systems has launched a new website for the metal forming industry. The site highlights the company’s press and automation controls, safety light curtains, programmable limit switches, die protection and process monitors, tonnage and signature monitors, and shop floor...
- From The Fabricator
Troubleshooting quick die change in stamping operations
- By Mark Scanlan
- Dec 6, 2019
- Article
When installing a quick die change system, you should be armed with knowledge about potential problems to avoid gap jumping, stripping force, cycle speed, and future-proofing.
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