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RIDGID, part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, offers the RP 351 inline standard press tool, which operates with a brushless motor requiring no scheduled maintenance.
Blaine Bolich built the foundation for his career at Stanford University, where he spent a decade in the largest machine shop on campus. After setting out on his own and building a reputation as a reliable machinist, he needed a small tube laser and found one that didn't need much floor space or even an industrial power circuit, relying on a common 120-V circuit to optimize fabricating and machining services at American Prototype & Production.
D&H Industries, Oconomowoc, Wis., has upgraded one of its robotic welding cells to include a new YLM CNC hydraulic tube bender.
The EcoBend series represents a new Wafios concept for bending machines that can be upgraded to full-fledged right/left tube bending at a later date.
HGG Profiling Equipment has named Gerrit Teunissen as general manager for its North American operations.
A new racing class, the 4.60 Index, has revived the Pro Mod class of motorcycles, breathing new life into the sport. Bruce Van Sant and his racing teammate, his brother Craig, think that this sport and others like it have unlimited potential to draw young people into manufacturing.
Wisconsin Steel & Tube Corp. has announced a 58,500-sq.-ft. addition to its Manitowoc, Wis., fabrication facility.
Too many times, a fabricator bids on a tube bending project using the results of a couple of test bends. When ramping up to production speed, the fabricator then finds that the process generates much more friction than before and it needs a lubricant to protect the tooling. Adding a lubrication operation after signing a contract is troublesome at best and likely to require a costly remedy (and lost production time) at worst.
With its compact size, the Garboli LT200 planetary tube finisher from J&S Machine is designed for processing large tube ODs with long abrasive belt life, limiting production downtime.
Esco Tool now offers its COHOG split-frame pipe cutting machine with a hydraulic motor that permits low-speed operation with high torque for chatter-free cutting. of pipe.
Unison Ltd. has launched Synergy HBM, a new line of hybrid, multistack, all-electric tube bending machines.
After a year off, North America’s largest metal forming, fabricating, welding, and finishing event is back in person and ready to move forward. Here's a breakdown of what to expect.
At FABTECH 2021 Messe Düsseldorf will promote its “Join the best – worldwide” portfolio of international tube and pipe trade fairs.
If a fab shop is bending tube with a rotary draw machine and seeing wrinkles on the inside radius, it might need a wiper die.
HGG offers the RPC 1200 Mk3, which it says is the first beam coping machine with the capability to profile structural beams, angle bars, channels, square tubes, plates, T-bars, and bulbs.
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The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.