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Bending and Forming - Page 103
- From The Fabricator
Ask the Stamping Expert: What are the best coatings to improve tooling life?
- By Thomas Vacca
- Feb 1, 2018
- Article
Q: I have been in metal stamping for the automotive industry for many years. In addition to overall tolerances decreasing through the years, the quality requirements have also become so strict it is almost getting hard to stay in business. It takes three to four times more maintenance hours to run...
- From The Fabricator
Panel benders, folding machines, and other alternatives for bending big sheet metal workpieces
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 31, 2018
- Article
Have operators who strain their backs lifting large panels during the press brake forming cycle? It doesn’t have to be that way.
- From The Fabricator
Wintriss Controls introduces SmartPAC Pro press automation controller
- Jan 31, 2018
- Product Release
Wintriss Controls Group has released the SmartPAC Pro press automation controller. It features a touchscreen interface, dual-core processors, user-configurable dashboards, unlimited tool setup memory, and the ability to share setups among networked controllers. The unit’s architecture supports...
- From The Fabricator
Staufen and Schuler partner to provide consulting for North American press shops
- Jan 26, 2018
- News Release
Germany-based Staufen and Schuler, Canton, Mich., have announced they are offering their combined services to provide consulting services and process optimization for press shops in North America. Process improvement experts from both companies analyze press shop processes and identify and address...
- From The Fabricator
ERP software provides visibility into WIP
Previously when it came to enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for manufacturers, sales orders became work orders that were scheduled for production and there was no way to track costs until the entire production was completed. There was little to no visibility into work-in-process (WIP) and outside processor inventory; therefore, tracking a part’s costs associated with both was difficult to manage. Now ERP software provides metal stampers with WIP visibility and accurate cost analysis by item and operation so they know exactly where they stand not only for costs, but also inventory.
- From The Fabricator
Coe Press Equipment appoints president
- Jan 25, 2018
- News Release
Coe Press Equipment, a manufacturer of coil handling and servo roll feed equipment in Sterling Heights, Mich., has appointed Reid Coe to president, assuming the position that was vacated by Hunter Coe in September 2017 when he became CEO, replacing their father John Coe. Reid Coe has been involved...
- From The Fabricator
EVS Metal acquires automatic tool changer-equipped press brake
- Jan 25, 2018
- News Release
EVS Metal, a Fab 40 metal fabricator and manufacturer, has acquired an Amada HG 1003 automatic tool changer press brake for its Riverdale, N.J., facility. While a typical press brake setup may take up to 35 min. for each tool change, this press brake can load a complex tool layout within 3 min.,...
- From The Fabricator
Marposs Brankamp X5 offers real-time monitoring of metal forming processes
- Jan 25, 2018
- Product Release
Marposs has introduced the Brankamp X5 in-process, real-time monitoring system for cold and hot forming, thread rolling, and stamping operations. It identifies manufacturing faults and tool variations immediately. The unit features a 12-in. touchscreen, as well as Tool Memory that stores data for...
- From The Fabricator
When flat is where it’s at …
- By Bruce Grant
- Jan 25, 2018
- Article
The use of materials with tensile strengths of more than 1,000 megapascal (MPa) continues to grow. These metals have a greater tendency than mild steel to retain coil set and crossbow and to have tighter tolerances between yield and tensile strength. Coil feed equipment older than five years typically does not deliver enough force to the work rolls to adequately counterbend coil-set advanced, high-strength steel (AHSS). Today, heavy-duty straightener heads have been modified significantly to tackle the processing of AHSS materials.
- From The Fabricator
Versatile hydraulic presses perform compression molding Q&A
- Jan 24, 2018
- Article
Stamping manufacturers may be surprised to learn that they can perform compression molding of plastic, composite, and advanced materials using a familiar machine--a hydraulic press. Its ability to dwell at bottom and other capabilities make it suitable for compression molding. Can stampers that have been forming metal on hydraulic presses expand their capabilities by doing compression molding on these machines as well? Read on …
- From The Fabricator
Biele Group’s Pusher Stacker allows automatic blank processing
- Jan 24, 2018
- Product Release
Biele Group offers a multimode Pusher Stacker, designed to enable fully automatic processing of tailor welded blanks for structural automobile components. These pieces may come out of the press at a rate of one, two, or four pieces per stroke, either in line or in parallel. To manage these...
- From The Fabricator
Compound tools stamp precise, thin materials in a complex world
- By Kate Bachman
- Jan 24, 2018
- Article
Phoenix Specialty stamps washers, shims, seals, gaskets, and spacers--round, flat parts, 6 inches in diameter and smaller. Nothing could be simpler to stamp, right? However, complicating the stamping is that most of the company’s clients are in industries that require extreme precision, flatness, and concentricity, in small quantities out of very thin, foil-like metal. In addition, the company services 25 new clients every month, builds10 new tools every day and has 50 tool setups and job completions daily. One way that the stamping manufacturer meets the demand for multiple short-run jobs a day making very precise flat and circular parts is by using compound die sets with interchangeable tooling. The company re-engineered its master die set, which it calls next-generation tooling, to substantially simplify changeover.
- From The Fabricator
General Carbide acquires Only Tool
- Jan 23, 2018
- News Release
Greensburg, Pa.-based General Carbide Corp., a vertically integrated manufacturer of finished tooling for industrial wear and metal forming applications, has purchased Only Tool, Ypsilanti, Mich. Only Tool provides design, production, and servicing of precision carbide and high-speed steel tooling...
- From The Fabricator
Wila USA names president
- Jan 23, 2018
- News Release
Wila USA, a supplier of high-precision tooling, clamping, and crowning systems for press brakes, has promoted Chris Morse to the position of president. He joined the company in June 2017 as senior vice president with more than 20 years of experience in various management positions in such...
- From The Fabricator
Wilson Tool launches new Spanish-language website
- Jan 23, 2018
- News Release
White Bear Lake, Minn.-based Wilson Tool Intl., a manufacturer of tooling systems for punch presses, press brakes, and punch and die components for the stamping and tableting industries, has launched a new website at www.wilsontool.com/es-mx for Spanish-speaking customers. The site provides unique...
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