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Bending and Forming - Page 29
- From The Fabricator
Volvo Cars invests in new press hardening furnaces from AP&T
- Jan 7, 2022
- News Release
Volvo Car Body Components in Olofström, Sweden, has ordered two new multilayer furnaces from AP&T for the production of press-hardened automotive components.
- From The Fabricator
Ready Technology unveils new website
- Jan 5, 2022
- News Release
Dayton, Ohio-based Ready Technology, a provider of components to the metal stamping industry, has launched a new website at www.readytechnology.com.
- From The Fabricator
Electric press brakes surge forward
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 5, 2022
- Article
Electric press brake experts at OEMs Prima Power, Boschert Gizelis, and Automec weigh in on how the technology is evolving to address metal fabricators’ productivity, the skilled worker shortage, safety, and the shop environment.
- From The Fabricator
10 stamping industry bumper stickers
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 4, 2022
- Blog Post
Here are 10 expressions that only metal stampers can say with a straight face.
- From The Fabricator
TRUMPF Inc. promotes bending product managers
- Jan 4, 2022
- News Release
TRUMPF Inc. has named Roger Michaud as product manager for TruMatic, TruPunch, and TruBend stand-alone machines at its North American headquarters in Farmington, Conn. He began his career at TRUMPF in 2004 as a laser engineer apprentice and material handler. He also held various positions in sales,...
- From The Fabricator
Industrial Innovations hires director of sales
- Jan 3, 2022
- News Release
Grandville, Mich.-based Industrial Innovations Inc. has hired Rodney Yeomans as director of sales and business development.
- From The Fabricator
AIDA-America announces staffing changes
- Jan 3, 2022
- News Release
AIDA-America, a metal stamping press manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio, has announced the reassignment of two current employees and the addition of a third
- From The Fabricator
Addicted to high-powered laser cutting
Twinsburg, Ohio-based Fabricating Solutions is always on the search to upgrade the power of its laser cutting machine, which the fab shop views as a prime competitive advantage.
- From The Fabricator
Still Building America: Vvolfy Metalworks and the circus, Part II
- By Darla Welton and Josh Welton
- Dec 31, 2021
- Blog Post
In Part II, Mitch Kraemer explains how, despite no experience with working with metal, Tim Omspach partnered with him to start Vvolfy Metalworks, entered the circus industry, and expanded the business to two U.S. locations.
- From The Fabricator
Engineering Angle: Die wear of 3D-printed tools when stamping aluminum sheet
- By Alan Gillard, Dr. Krishna Murali, Dr. Sergey Golovashchenko, Dr. Srecko Zdravkovic, Natalia Reinberg, and Weitian Zhou
- Dec 30, 2021
- Article
CAMM researchers recently studied die wear in 3D-printed tools during room-temperature stamping of aluminum alloy 5754 sheet.
- From The Fabricator
Ask the Stamping Expert: How to calculate tonnage and force for swaging
- By Thomas Vacca
- Dec 30, 2021
- Article
Ask the Stamping Expert columnist Tom Vacca gives advice for skiving a pitman arm part and sizing a stamping press.
- From The Fabricator
The 101 on various sensors for stamping operations
- By Kevin Kakascik
- Dec 30, 2021
- Article
Many types of object-detection sensors are used in stamping. Some of them, such as a limit switch, require direct contact with the objects. Others, such as proximity sensors, need to be in close physical range but do not make contact with the object. Still others, such as photoelectric, laser, and ultrasonic sensors, can detect objects from much farther distances.
- From The Fabricator
Die Science: Friction and heat in metal stamping
- By Art Hedrick
- Dec 23, 2021
- Article
Friction and heat can be good or bad in stamping, depending on the application and lubricants used.
- From The Fabricator
MPE acquires Racine Metal-Fab
- Dec 22, 2021
- News Release
Midwest Products & Engineering (MPE), a BPOC portfolio company, has announced the acquisition of Racine Metal-Fab Ltd. (RMF), a fabricator of complex, precision sheet metal components and subassemblies.
- From The Fabricator
Coe Press Equipment names regional sales manager for Georgia, Carolinas
- Dec 21, 2021
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., has appointed Terry Sawyer as a new regional sales manager for Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
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