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Content about AP&T North America, Inc. - Page 3
- From The Fabricator
AP&T receives distinction for outstanding know-how in press hardening
- Jan 18, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T has received the University of Kassel's new distinction for outstanding knowledge in press hardening: the Certificate of PHS Team Excellence. The distinction recognizes APT’s training of its employees in press hardening over the past year. More than 160 of AP&T's approximately 450...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T approves fire-resistant hydraulic oil for press hardening
- Oct 27, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T has announced its approval of Quaker's QUINTOLUBRIC® 888 fire-resistant hydraulic oil for use in its presses. The company has tested the synthetic oil in its press hardening lines to determine its effect on hydraulic components and gaskets. "The oil works at least as well in our lines...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T to host seminars on forming methods for automotive industry
- Aug 20, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T will present Future Forming seminars at its American Tooling Center in Detroit on Sept. 16-17, 2015. The seminars will cover advanced forming methods and materials for the automotive industry and will explain how the global automotive industry’s need for lighter, stronger parts can be met in...
- From The Fabricator
New AP&T press hardening line in operation at DTG
- Aug 19, 2015
- Shop Management
- News Release
AP&T has delivered a press hardening line to Diversified Tooling Group, a Michigan-based manufacturer of press tools. The line is part of DTG’s new American Tooling Center in Grass Lake, Mich. The line, used to develop and test tools and for preproduction, includes an AP&T 1,200-metric-ton...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T joins initiative for efficient manufacturing of fuel cell plates
- Jun 2, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- News Release
AP&T, Cell Impact, and Sandvik have joined together to develop a system for cost-efficient, large-scale manufacturing of fuel cell plates. Sandvik has produced a new method for coating stainless steel strip. The material is delivered with a finished surface, which eliminates the need to coat...
- From The Fabricator
Destacker designed for automotive industry
- Apr 21, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
AP&T offers the DST-DH Destacker DoubleHead, which delivers the rapid production speeds required in the automotive industry. The destacker can work twice as quickly as a conventional destacker, says the company, and is intended for use with blanks for large vehicle parts (A-Class) such as doors,...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T, Cell Impact ink cooperation agreement for high-velocity bending
- Apr 14, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T and Cell Impact AB have signed a long-term cooperation agreement by which Cell Impact’s high-velocity impact units will be integrated with AP&T's bending and forming systems for volume production of heat exchanger and flow plates for the automotive and energy industries. The agreement...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T marks 50 years in business
- Jan 15, 2015
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T celebrated 50 years as a sheet metal forming equipment manufacturer in 2014. The company’s story began in 1964, when Stig Gunnarsson and Jan Merlander founded VIBAB, a press tool manufacturer, in Blidsberg, Sweden, and Bertil Åberg founded Lagan Press in Lagan, Sweden. In 1970 two Lagan...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T collaborating with Diversified Tooling Group
- Sep 25, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T, Monroe, N.C., is intensifying its collaboration with Diversified Tooling Group (DTG), a manufacturer of press tools. “The cooperation between AP&T and DTG will offer a full-service hot-stamping tool and die process for forming and cooling simulations, die design, die construction, die...
- From The Fabricator
AP&T opens R&D center in Sweden
- Jul 8, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- News Release
AP&T has opened a center for R&D at its newly constructed facility in Ulricehamn, Sweden. The facility is used to develop, test, and demonstrate tools, presses, automation equipment, and control systems. It also is used for testing different methods for finishing work, such as laser cutting of...
- From The Fabricator
Start/stop technology reduces hydraulic press energy consumption
- Apr 2, 2014
- Shop Management
- Product Release
AP&T has introduced a frequency drive system in its hydraulic presses to help save energy — similar to the start/stop function found in modern vehicles. The system controls the speed of the electrical engines, which then control the load-sensing hydraulic system found in the company’s...
- From The Fabricator
Multilayer feeder furnace provides energy-efficient press hardening
- Feb 13, 2014
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
AP&T has introduced an energy-efficient, multilayer feeder furnace with automation for press hardening. According to the manufacturer, the furnace reduces heat loss by two-thirds compared to conventional roller hearth furnaces. The unit has several furnace modules stacked on top of each other....
AP&T names new CEO
- Aug 28, 2013
- Tube and Pipe Production
- News Release
Sweden-based AP&T, a supplier of automation, presses, tools, and complete production lines to the international sheet metal and tube forming industry, has named Magnus Baarman as its new CEO, succeeding Tord Andersson, who is stepping down after serving for 20 years. Baarman's most recent...
- From The Fabricator
Multipress line provides flexibility
- Feb 2, 2009
- Automation and Robotics
- Product Release
AP&T, a supplier of automation, hydraulic presses, tools, and production lines to the sheet metal industry, has provided an automotive industry supplier with a three-press line that offers enhanced production flexibility. The press line comprises three AP&T 708 U.S.-ton ZM presses with third...
- From The Fabricator
Press hardening system makes material up to three times stronger than standard steel
- Feb 2, 2009
- Automation and Robotics
- Product Release
AP&T, a supplier of automation, hydraulic presses, tools, and production lines to the sheet metal industry, has delivered a press hardening system to China's Baosteel. According to the company, the system makes the material up to three times stronger than standard steel. The system comprises an...
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