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Bending and Forming - Page 106
- From The Fabricator
5 steps to modernizing your old press brake
- By Bill Helinski
- Nov 29, 2017
- Article
A press brake is a press brake is a press brake, right? Nothing can be done to update it? Wrong! Many press brake owners find themselves in a predicament about what to do with their old press brakes. They’re caught between selling and moving the old machine and installing a new one. A cost-effective approach is to increase the productivity of an existing, properly functioning press brake by retrofitting it with features that can help reduce setup time, scrap, and operator fatigue.
- From The Fabricator
An overview of press brake safeguarding
- By Mike Spain
- Nov 28, 2017
- Article
Press brakes can be dangerous for operators if they are not fully engaged. That’s why safeguarding can prevent horrible accidents, such as amputations, from happening. The emergence of new close-proximity, point-of-operation safeguarding devices is not only keeping brake operators safe, but productive as well.
- From The Fabricator
Kenmode announces staff additions, promotions
- Nov 27, 2017
- News Release
Kenmode Precision Metal Stamping, Algonquin, Ill., has expanded its team in metal stamping quality, production, project management and distribution with two new managers and three employee promotions. Greg Beck has been hired as production supervisor after working for 26 years at Ultra Stamping and...
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6 ways to reduce plant emissions
- By Kate Bachman
- Nov 24, 2017
- Article
Stamping manufacturers can reduce their energy consumption and, therefore, GHG emissions in six ways: use energy-saving equipment and machinery, energy-efficient lighting, and HVAC equipment, low-emissions fleets and in-plant vehicles, heated water recovery systems, develop an energy management plan, and source renewable energy.
- From The Fabricator
Profiles in stamping: Steve Peplin
- By Kate Bachman
- Nov 24, 2017
- Article
Many company executives have achieved financial success, but how Talan Products CEO Steve Peplin does so--not by ignoring ethics, but by embracing them--is the reason this CEO is being profiled in STAMPING Journal®. Peplin truly believes that the corporate culture he has cultivated is the secret sauce for his company’s success.
- From The Fabricator
Extend the life of a hydraulic press or replace it?
- By Chris Robinson
- Nov 23, 2017
- Article
If your hydraulic press has stopped coming down to a repeatable depth, the electrical system keeps shorting out, and so much fluid is leaking from the power unit onto the material that customers are rejecting product, it’s time to perform a health checkup on it. Here are some parameters for knowing whether it’s best to refurbish it or replace it.
- From The Fabricator
Protect stamping dies with ion/plasma nitriding
- By Drew Hutchison, Edward Rolinski, Gary Sharp, and Mikel Woods
- Nov 23, 2017
- Article
New generations of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) used in the auto industry create great challenges for stamping tools used in those applications because the stress required to induce sufficient plastic deformation in steel with tensile strengths as high as 1,800 MPa is as much as 400 megapascals. Chromium plating has been used successfully to protect stamping dies for many years. However, chromium plating’s limitations seem to be more pronounced as AHSS become harder. In recent years a technique called ion/plasma nitriding has been successful in surface hardening of those tools and dies. This is especially true when the cast materials are alloyed with chromium, molybdenum, and other elements, which form very stable and hard nitrides.
- From The Fabricator
Electric press brake lets operator control machine while seated
- Nov 21, 2017
- Product Release
TRUMPF’s TruBend Series 7000 precision press brakes are compact machines designed for producing small bent parts up to 40 in. Typical applications include sheet metal parts used in the production of vending machines and electrical equipment, as well as in the telecommunications and aerospace...
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North American Stamping Group names VP of sales and engineering
- Nov 20, 2017
- News Release
North American Stamping Group, a provider of Tier 2 stampings, has appointed Scott Whetter as its new vice president of sales and engineering. He has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry. Before joining the company, Whetter was vice president of sales for the Americas at The...
- From The Fabricator
Wilson Tool to host galling prevention webinar Dec. 7
- Nov 17, 2017
- News Release
Wilson Tool International®, White Bear Lake, Minn., will host a webinar, “Prevent Galling & Increase Throughput in Stamping Applications,” on Dec. 7 at 1:00 p.m. CST. The webinar will highlight a punch modification that will improve galling resistance, discuss tooling surface texture and its...
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Newcomb Spring appoints general managers
- Nov 16, 2017
- News Release
Newcomb Spring Corp., a custom spring, wire form, and metal stamping manufacturer in Decatur, Ga., has appointed Nathan Watson as general manager of its Thornton, Colo., plant and Jason Bingham as general manager of its Ooltewah, Tenn., plant. These appointments follow the retirements of Bob Herman...
- From The Fabricator
Production line performs hot forming of high-strength aluminum
- Nov 15, 2017
- Product Release
AP&T has introduced a new production line for hot forming of high-strength aluminum (6000 and 7000 series) that enables the weight of car body parts to be reduced up to 50 percent, according to the company. This new manufacturing method could aid the development of lighter, safer, and more...
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Die design class to start in January
- Nov 15, 2017
- News Release
Accurate Die Design Software, Brookfield, Wis., has announced that its president/founder Ray Proeber will teach a die design class for the Technology and Manufacturing Association (TMA) in Schaumburg, Ill. The 20-week class runs January to May 2018. The class will focus on designing progressive...
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Compact systems offer in-process monitoring of forming operations
- Nov 15, 2017
- Product Release
Marposs has announced the availability of its Brankamp X1 and X3 in-process monitoring systems for cold and hot forming, thread rolling, and stamping operations. These all-in-one units provide real-time monitoring of machine parameters, helping to identify manufacturing faults, part variations, and...
- From The Fabricator
Waukesha Metal Products names president/COO
- Nov 14, 2017
- News Release
Sussex, Wis.-based metal stamper and fabricator Waukesha Metal Products has promoted Michael Steger to president/COO. Steger has more than 25 years of leadership and industry experience. He joined the company in 2002 as program manager and participated in the management buyout in 2005. He has...
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