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Bending and Forming - Page 27
- From The Fabricator
Mobile die changing consoles from Roemheld have compact design for low press beds
- Feb 14, 2022
- Product Release
Roemheld has introduced a manually movable changing console for dies up to 50 tons.
- From The Fabricator
Air-bending sharp on the press brake: A fight not worth fighting
- By Steve Benson
- Feb 14, 2022
- Article
Bending sharp leads to more angular variation and frustration at the press brake. Metal fabricators can avoid the headache by choosing the right punch and die for the job.
- From The Fabricator
Tracking the supply chain disruption and opportunities for reshoring
- By Kate Bachman
- Feb 13, 2022
- Blog Post
The pandemic exposed the country’s manufacturing vulnerabilities in an overreliance on foreign suppliers for medical supplies, semiconductors, construction materials, and other goods. An overemphasis on the bottom line—both by outsourcing OEMs and by bottom-dollar consumers—put the U.S.’s self-reliance on a bottom-rung trajectory.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: Episode 2, Las Vegas artist Luis Varela-Rico
- By The Fabricator editors
- Feb 12, 2022
- Blog Post
In episode No. 2 of Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters, we speak with artist Luis Varela-Rico, who made name for himself by creating a number of large-scale metal art installations around Las Vegas.
- From The Fabricator
Electrified Chicago Auto Show to feature EVs front and center
- By Kate Bachman
- Feb 11, 2022
- Blog Post
The 2022 Chicago Auto Show is expected to shred any lingering doubts about the auto industry’s shift to electrification.
- From The Fabricator
Die Science: Metal bending basics on the stamping press, Part I
- By Art Hedrick
- Feb 11, 2022
- Article
In Part I of a two-part series, Art Hedrick discusses springback compensation when metal bending in a stamping press and explains how material properties affect results.
- From The Fabricator
Ask the Stamping Expert: What’s the industry-standard tolerance for pierced-plate flatness?
- By Thomas Vacca
- Feb 11, 2022
- Article
Tom Vacca explains how to minimize bulging around pierced holes in HSLA steel.
- From The Fabricator
Engineering Angle: Analysis of draw bead restraining force for hybrid single-bead/double-bead design
- By Ashutosh Mokashi, Dr. Sergey Golovashchenko, Natalia Reinberg, Saeid Nasheralahkami, and Yurdaer Demiralp
- Feb 11, 2022
- Article
Oakland University researchers introduce the hybrid single-bead/double-bead design and analyze its performance in achieving restraining force.
- From The Fabricator
Sheet metal rolling goes vertical for tank manufacturers
- By Jeremiah Weekley
- Feb 11, 2022
- Article
Tank producers and other fabricators that form large-diameter shells are relying more on a less familiar kind of rolling machine: the vertical roll.
- From The Fabricator
Medical device manufacturer takes on high-speed stamping, overmolding
- By Kate Bachman
- Feb 10, 2022
- Article
Facet Medical Technologies was tasked with producing specialized, high-precision stampings in the hundreds of millions that had to meet stringent medical industry standards. The project required a complete production line and all related disciplines to stamp and produce the overmolded sharps.
- From The Fabricator
3-Dimensional Services Group celebrates 30th anniversary
- Feb 10, 2022
- News Release
The 3-Dimensional Services Group, Rochester Hills, Mich., a prototype and low-volume production firm, is marking its 30th year in business.
- From The Fabricator
Fagor Arrasate incorporates laser cutting in its blanking lines for steel, aluminum
- Feb 8, 2022
- News Release
Spain-based Fagor Arrasate has added a Danobatgroup system for coil-fed laser blanking.
- From The Fabricator
Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters: How artist Rae Ripple ended up on Netflix
- By The Fabricator editors
- Feb 5, 2022
- Blog Post
Texas metal sculpture artist and welder Rae Ripple is featured in the first episode of our Talkin' Shop with Metal Shop Masters series, where we speak with contestants from the Netflix show Metal Shop Masters.
- From The Fabricator
AIDA-America delivers second servo press to TrimLine
- Feb 4, 2022
- News Release
AIDA-America has delivered a second 630-ton model DSF-M2-6300 progressive die direct-drive servo press to TrimLine’s LaGrange, Ohio, facility.
- From The Fabricator
Dallas Industries delivers feed line to Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing
- Feb 4, 2022
- News Release
Dallas Industries, Troy Mich., has delivered a fully automated, 48-in.-wide conventional feed line to Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing.
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