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Bending and Forming - Page 49
- From The Fabricator
The FABRICATOR’s most popular content of 2020
- By Gareth Sleger
- Dec 23, 2020
- Blog Post
Like everything else in 2020, the pandemic has dominated the metal fabrication industry. That includes this year’s most popular content on thefabricator.com. But it wasn't all doom and gloom. Our most read articles and blogs include stories about how metalworkers powered through with essential work and helped fight the spread of COVID-19.
- From The Fabricator
Avoid speed bumps at the press brake
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 21, 2020
- Article
A hang-up in the bending department can throw a wrench into a press brake operator’s workday. Here are some efficient strategies according to Jonah Higgs, tech leader at Wisconsin-based Applied Laser Technologies and creator of web-based tool Bend Genius.
- From The Fabricator
Phoenix Stamping Group acquires Stampsource
- Dec 21, 2020
- News Release
Metal stamper and fabricator Phoenix Stamping Group, a division of PHX Holdings, has purchased Stampsource, a Charlotte, N.C.-based metal stamping and fabrication manufacturer. Located in Atlanta, Phoenix Stamping offers sheet metal and rod products serving primarily the material handling, towable...
- From The Fabricator
Ask the Stamping Expert: How to start using tool coatings
- By Thomas Vacca
- Dec 17, 2020
- Article
Continuous improvement in stamping includes upgrading tool steels and trying coatings to improve tooling life. Tom Vacca explains how to get started.
- From The Fabricator
Automotive Insights Symposium to be held virtually Jan. 13
- Dec 16, 2020
- News Release
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, together with Wards Intelligence, the Center for Automotive Research, MICHauto, the Detroit Regional Partnership, and the Original Equipment Suppliers Association, will present the Automotive Insights Symposium virtually on Jan. 13, 2021, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00...
- From The Fabricator
Automatic Feed service team marks 25th anniversary
- Dec 16, 2020
- News Release
Automatic Feed Co., Napoleon, Ohio, has recognized its service department for providing 25 years of installations, repairs, maintenance, upgrades, and training for its coil processing equipment. To date the department has performed nearly 15,000 services and repairs requiring nearly 104,000 labor...
- From The Fabricator
The art of training a plate rolling expert
- By Allan Flamholz
- Dec 15, 2020
- Article
Finding a plate rolling expert is hard for many metalworking facilities, so training one in-house makes sense. Here are five guidelines for shops looking to grow that expertise.
- From The Fabricator
MC Machinery Systems launches Minds on Manufacturing podcast
- Dec 14, 2020
- News Release
Metalworking and metal fabrication machine manufacturer MC Machinery Systems, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has launched the new Minds on Manufacturing podcast to cover timely topics in fabricating, machining, and manufacturing in general. Available on all major podcast platforms, the podcast will be...
- From The Fabricator
Structural beam cambering with throughput in mind
- By Tim Heston
- Dec 10, 2020
- Article
Traditional hot cambering takes hours for a single beam. The latest cambering systems shorten that time to just a few minutes.
- From The Fabricator
Engineering Angle: Draw bead restraining forces in sheet metal drawing operations
- By Ashutosh Mokashi, Dr. Sergey Golovashchenko, Natalia Reinberg, Saeid Nasheralahkami, and Yurdaer Demiralp
- Dec 10, 2020
- Article
Researchers analyze how restraining force can be adjusted by changing the draw bead penetration.
- From The Fabricator
Welcome the new STAMPING Journal Editorial Advisory Board
- By Kate Bachman
- Dec 9, 2020
- Blog Post
Welcome our newly formed STAMPING Journal Editorial Advisory Board. I've asked these dynamic, smart, and keenly business-savvy stamping industry leaders to help direct and guide our editorial coverage going forward, to act as a sounding board for content and to provide their in-the-trenches insights.
- From The Fabricator
Rud’s Tool Separator helps make tool handling safer
- Dec 8, 2020
- Product Release
Rud Ketten Rieger & Dietz GmbH has introduced the new Tool Separator, which the company says opens injection tools, punching tools, and forming tools in seconds, making tool handling safer and faster. It eliminates the need for separating by hand using cranes, sledgehammers, and tire irons,...
- From The Fabricator
Tooling Tech Group appoints general manager for automation division
- Dec 8, 2020
- News Release
Tooling Tech Group, a provider of automated assembly equipment and highly engineered tools in Macomb, Mich., has hired Mark Alfes as general manager for its automated systems division. Alfes has more than 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, with a focus on automation and business...
- From The Additive Report
GoProto acquires 3D Systems’ Australia service bureau and increases its North American AM capacity
- Dec 7, 2020
- News Release
A San Diego, Calif., producer of metal and plastic parts, GoProto, has reached deeper into digital manufacturing with the acquisition of two Australian companies: 3D Systems Asia Pacific, an on-demand service bureau, and WYSIWYG 3D, a 3D scanning company. The move, according to GoProto, whose...
- From The Fabricator
Stamping in an EV World: Gestamp’s innovative approaches to forming EV components
- Dec 7, 2020
- Video
As the primary Tier 1 supplier of stampings to Volkswagen’s Chattanooga assembly plant, Gestamp is in an enviable position. It is poised to supply the stampings to VW’s electric SUV for the U.S. market.
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