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Bending and Forming - Page 37
- From The Fabricator
Streamline heavy plate bending on the press brake
- By Lieven Vanhoenacker and Steven Lucas
- Aug 23, 2021
- Article
Making heavy plate bending more efficient is about more than effectively moving material to and from the press brake. Positioning, measuring, and adjusting the workpiece also affects the stability and repeatability of bending.
- From The Fabricator
Will your manufacturing job exist in 15 years?
- By Bill Frahm
- Aug 20, 2021
- Article
Metal forming companies survived for more than 100 years with only a few grades of steel and old rules of thumb. To survive for the next 25 years, companies will need not only tool and die skills, but data management and engineering talent. The industry needs a new breed of worker.
- From The Fabricator
A look at 4 stamping lubricant application systems
- By Jeff LaMantia
- Aug 19, 2021
- Article
Using a direct lubricant application system in stamping operations is a sensible way to eliminate lubricant waste and optimize lubricant effectiveness.
- From The Fabricator
Mika Metal Fabricating launches website
- Aug 19, 2021
- News Release
Mika Metal Fabricating, a Willoughby, Ohio, custom sheet metal fabricator, has launched a new website at www.mikafab.com.
- From The Fabricator
AP&T to deliver automated press line to Trangia
- Aug 18, 2021
- News Release
AP&T has received an order from Sweden-based Trangia for a new press line expected to boost the outdoor stove manufacturer’s production capacity by 50%.
- From The Fabricator
A new definition of precision in plate rolling
Plate rolling technology is helping heavy-duty fabrication shops like Chicago Metal Rolled Products meet the raised expectations of customers outside of the world of structural steel fabrication.
- From The Fabricator
Cole-Tuve offers enhanced NC on Sahinler four-roll plate bending rolls
- Aug 16, 2021
- Product Release
Cole-Tuve’s Sahinler Metal Makina four-roll plate bending rolls can be equipped with an upgraded numerical control as an alternative to the more expensive CNC.
- From The Fabricator
Human connections at FABTECH drive metal fabrication forward
- By Tim Heston
- Aug 16, 2021
- Article
Weary of Zoom, the manufacturing industry returns to FABTECH, an event that for decades has defined North American metal fabrication and forming.
- From The Fabricator
The return of FABTECH signals return to normalcy for manufacturing industry
- By Amanda Carlson
- Aug 13, 2021
- Article
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.
- From The Fabricator
OSHA looks to update its mechanical power press standard
- By Stephen Barlas
- Aug 12, 2021
- Blog Post
President Joe Biden’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking to modernize its mechanical power press standard, which hasn't been updated in 50 years. OSHA received 246 reports of amputations in the fabricated metal product manufacturing industry in 2015.
- From The Fabricator
Making the transition from fabricating to stamping
- By Fred Simonson
- Aug 12, 2021
- Article
Typical fabricating job shops and OEMs make parts using traditional fabrication methods, such as turret punching, laser cutting, and press brake bending. But for the production of some flat sheet metal parts, the most efficient method is stamping using hard tooling.
- From The Fabricator
Purchasing manager appointed at Coe Press Equipment
- Aug 11, 2021
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., has announced the appointment of Douglas Thedford as purchasing manager.
- From The Fabricator
GM to shut truck assembly plants again because of global chip shortage
- Aug 6, 2021
- News Release
Reuters has reported that the global semiconductor chip shortage is forcing General Motors to shut down its three North American full-size pickup truck assembly plants.
- From The Fabricator
Henkel wins Altair Enlighten Award for metal pretreatment process
- Aug 6, 2021
- News Release
Henkel has received the second-place award in the sustainability category of the 2021 Altair Enlighten Awards.
- From The Fabricator
Press-to-press automated systems, dissected for metal stampers
- By Mark Versteegden and Tom Sabula
- Aug 5, 2021
- Article
If an OEM or tier stamper wants to install an automated system to stamp its large automotive components, it must first consider all the variables such as general press configuration, press stroke length, die space opening, interference points, speed, tonnage and energy required, and scrap removal.
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