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Bending and Forming - Page 101
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CML USA offers Marcovil-Stölting hydraulic plate roll bending machines
- Mar 7, 2018
- Product Release
CML USA Inc. now offers plate roll bending machines as the exclusive North American representative of Marcovil-Stölting. The three- and four-roll hydraulic machines have thickness capacities to 6 in. and length capacity from 19.5 to 236 in. Minimum bending radius is as tight as 1.2 times the roll...
Ercolina Erco Benders handle complex shapes, profiles
- Mar 7, 2018
- Product Release
Ercolina® offers the model EB65 and EB76 Erco Benders. These 3-axis CNC automatic mandrel bending machines can produce handrail designs and other complex tube shapes quickly, reducing operator handling and shop labor cost, states the manufacturer. The machines feature an extended head for bending...
- From The Fabricator
K-factors, Y-factors, and press brake bending precision
- By Steve Benson
- Mar 7, 2018
- Article
Learn how to run your bend calculations using a K-factor that takes your application’s variables into account. Even better, see how the Y-factor is more precise.
- From The Fabricator
Box furnace from Lucifer Furnaces designed for precision metal stampings
- Mar 7, 2018
- Product Release
Lucifer Furnaces has delivered a general-purpose box furnace to a manufacturer of precision metal stampings. The model HL7-M24 has chamber dimensions of 12 by 18 by 24 in. and heats to 2,300 degrees F. Powered at 15 kW, it supplies heat through coil-wired, heavy-duty heating elements in V-grooved...
- From The Fabricator
Kaast Machine Tools introduces HPB press brake
- Mar 6, 2018
- Product Release
Kaast Machine Tools Inc. offers the HPB series press brake, featuring a 4-axis, dual Y1 and Y2 ram with glass scales and Delem graphical touchscreen controllers. The machine has a rigid upper beam running on eight-point bearings with a precision of 0.0004 in. and a 2-axis backgauge system with 31...
- From The Fabricator
Plate rolling follows trends curves
- By Kate Bachman
- Mar 5, 2018
- Article
Plate rolling, a long-established powerhouse technology for curving thick plate steel, continues to roll forward, following trends curves to respond to changing needs. Demands to roll harder metal types, tighter radii, and for less complicated operation are bending the way that plate rolling machinery is being built--with more automation, IoT, new roll configurations, more force, and improved CNC. Industry experts Massimo Roccia, president of MG s.r.l., Peter Nilsson, founder of SweBend (represented by Trilogy Machinery), and Steve Addy, executive vice president of Faccin USA, offered their perspectives on current trends in plate rolling technology and expectations for its future.
Addition Mfg. Technologies expands capabilities
- Mar 5, 2018
- News Release
Addition Mfg. Technologies has expanded production capabilities by adding a manufacturing cell for consumable bending tools at its facility in Preston, U.K. The investment includes Haas and Mazak machines for manufacturing tooling components such as wiper inserts and mandrel balls and noses. This...
- From The Fabricator
The next generation of vessel and tank production
- By Tim Heston
- Mar 1, 2018
- Article
Midland, Texas-based Smith Industries has invested heavily in automation for profile cutting of vessels as well as the rolling and welding of tank shells—not horizontally, but in the vertical orientation.
- From The Fabricator
Coe installs coil processing line at Centerline Eng.
- Mar 1, 2018
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, Sterling Heights, Mich., has installed a new coil processing line at Centerline Eng., Comstock Park, Mich., a provider of metal stamping die design and build services. The line comprises a 72-in. servo roll feed, a 60- by 152-in. scissor lift table, a 5- by 72-in. HD-series...
- From The Fabricator
Etco Automotive Division earns IATF 16949:2016 certification
- Feb 28, 2018
- News Release
Etco’s Automotive Division, a manufacturer of precision metal stampings based in Bradenton, Fla., has been certified to IATF 16949:2016, an international standard for quality management in the automotive industry. The audit included an inspection of the company’s facility, as well as...
- From The Fabricator
Fluid Forming Americas’ FormBalancer process eliminates distortion of prefinished surfaces
- Feb 28, 2018
- Product Release
Fluid Forming Americas’ FormBalancer now offers virtually distortion-free forming of intricate prebrushed and prepatterned surfaces. In this forming technology, the bladderless forming process pressures are varied throughout the duty cycle. Because the water pressure side is friction-free, it...
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Should you invest in a custom press brake?
- By Chris Robinson
- Feb 28, 2018
- Article
Buying any custom machine carries a certain amount of risk, and custom press brakes are no exception. In the right situation, though, the benefits of a well-designed custom system far outweigh the risks.
- From The Fabricator
Impression Technologies’ HFQ process combines stamping, heat treating
- Feb 27, 2018
- Product Release
Impression Technologies Ltd. has introduced Hot Form Quench (HFQ®) Technology in the U.S. The manufacturing process, which combines stamping and heat treating in a single operation to produce complex aluminum parts up to 20 percent lighter than corresponding cold-formed components, has been used...
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Automec’s Econogauge suitable for bending one dimension at a time
- Feb 22, 2018
- Product Release
Automec Inc. has introduced Econogauge as an alternative to a full CNC backgauge. It is suitable for fabricators that bend one dimension at a time on their workpieces. The system comprises a small, rugged backgauge and a red LED digital display. The press brake operator slides the backgauge bar to...
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Die Science: Piercing, cutting aluminum without slivers
- By Art Hedrick
- Feb 22, 2018
- Article
Slivers are the result of the aluminum interfacing with the cutting sections or punches. To reduce the production of slivers the severity of friction at the point where the two surfaces interface must be reduced. The general rule for cutting materials is the softer the metal the smaller the cutting clearance.
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