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Bending and Forming - Page 16
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What’s the best way to improve tooling life in metal stamping shop?
- By Thomas Vacca
- Oct 8, 2022
- Article
Coatings can help your stamping tooling run longer, but you need to make sure your process is predictable and repeatable first.
- From The Fabricator
Servo press tech helps metal stamper hone its value proposition
- By Kate Bachman
- Oct 7, 2022
- Article
Winning takeover work by besting a competitor can be a satisfying feat. Bringing in takeover work from your own loyal client is a win of another kind. That’s what happened at Wisconsin-based stamping contract manufacturer Kapco, with the purchase of servo press technology.
- From The Fabricator
Scotchman’s 110-W PressPro hydraulic press accommodates long workpieces
- Oct 6, 2022
- Product Release
The 110-W PressPro hydraulic press from Scotchman Industries is designed for industrial-grade fabrication, bending, forming, straightening, assembly, maintenance operations, testing, and quality control.
- From The Fabricator
Optimate app checks sheet metal processing feasibility, recognizes potential
- Oct 6, 2022
- Product Release
Optimate GmbH has developed a new version of its Optimate app.
- From The Fabricator
Newcomb Spring Corp. announces retirement of CEO/chairman after 53 years of service
- Sep 29, 2022
- News Release
Newcomb Spring Corp., Alpharetta, Ga., a worldwide supplier of custom-manufactured springs, wire forms, and metal stampings, has announced the retirement of G. Donald Jacobson Jr., CEO/chairman of the board.
- From The Fabricator
Meftech 2022 metal forming technology day to be held Oct. 19 in Turkey
- Sep 29, 2022
- News Release
Billur Metal Form will host meftech 2022 metal forming technology day on Oct. 19, 2022, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Bursa in Bursa, Turkey.
- From The Fabricator
How to heat aluminum to avoid cracking after bending
- By Steve Benson
- Sep 29, 2022
- Article
High-temper aluminum can crack during bending, so press brake operators might need to anneal it. Aluminum doesn’t change color when heated. If a metal fabrication shop doesn’t have a temperature gun, watch the soot.
- From The Fabricator
Finding the production sweet spot in metalworking with the two-roll plate roll
- By Allan Flamholz
- Sep 24, 2022
- Article
If a metal fabrication shop needs a way to form high volumes of thin sheet, a two-roll machine might be a good place to start.
- From The Fabricator
Thyssenkrupp Materials Services invests $37 million in Mexico service center
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
Thyssenkrupp Materials Services has announced plans to establish a new site for the Materials de Mexico division in San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
- From The Fabricator
Automatic Feed adds thermal imaging service for coil processing equipment
- Sep 23, 2022
- News Release
Automatic Feed Co. has added thermal imaging to its service offerings for troubleshooting and diagnosing coil processing equipment problems.
- From The Fabricator
Notable quotes via CAR MBS 2022, Part I
- By Kate Bachman
- Sep 22, 2022
- Blog Post
At this year’s CAR MBS 2022, held in August in Traverse City, Mich., most sessions pivoted around, or intersected with, the automotive industry’s shift to vehicle electrification. This is a dynamic transition period. Automakers and other insiders weighed in on the EV evolution’s impact on the inherent revolving roles and musical chairs.
- From The Fabricator
HPB-E servo-electric press brake from Kaast offers CNC 4-axis backgauge
- Sep 22, 2022
- Product Release
Kaast Machine Tools Inc. has introduced the HPB-E servo-electric CNC press brake. It features a CNC 4-axis (X, R, Z1, Z2) backgauge system run exclusively by AC servomotor.
- From The Fabricator
New control system secures the future of 20-year-old transfer line
- Sep 19, 2022
- News Release
SituationOperating on the global stage, Valley City, Ohio-based Shiloh Industries produces lightweight components for the automotive industry. Its 230-employee factory in Olofström, Sweden, makes various steel parts for passenger cars and trucks—everything from small consoles to heavy-duty...
- From The Fabricator
Constellium supplying aluminum auto body sheet to Mercedes-Benz
- Sep 16, 2022
- News Release
Constellium SE has announced that it is supplying aluminum auto body sheet for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class hood, roof, tailgate, and fenders, produced in Europe, China, and South Africa.
- From The Fabricator
Camp introduces girls to manufacturing and helps find that ‘maker gene’
- By Gareth Sleger
- Sep 16, 2022
- Blog Post
Middle-school-age girls at a Chicago-area manufacturing camp discover their maker gene by working with metal, designing on CAD, and operating machines, power tools. The GADgET Girls Camp at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill., was part of the Nuts, Bolts, & Thingamajigs summer camp series.
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