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- From The Fabricator
Perspective on 2016: Metal fabricators stand ready to swing
- By Tim Heston
- Jan 19, 2016
- Shop Management
- Blog Post
For U.S. manufacturers, 2016 is full of uncertainty. But shops with diversified customer bases and healthy balance sheets stand ready to swing.
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2-D fiber laser cutting system offers increased productivity
- Jan 19, 2016
- Laser Cutting
- Product Release
Prima Power offers the Laser Genius 2-D fiber laser cutting system. According to the manufacturer, the system’s automation modules and CNC proprietary management help ensure accuracy in cutting and head positioning, while high-dynamic linear motors help increase productivity 15 percent compared...
Sound waves determine weld soundness
- By Seth McGuire
- Jan 19, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Production
- Article
Traditional ultrasonic systems use piezoelectric transducers to generate sounds waves and a couplant—a liquid—to provide a pathway for the sound waves to pass from the transducer to the material under test. An electromagnetic acoustic transducer is an alternative technology, one that uses two electromagnets to generate the sound wave in the part to be inspected. This eliminates the couplant, which can interfere with the test process.
- From The Fabricator
The tipping point: A new way to manage value streams in high-mix manufacturing
- Jan 19, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Lean consultant Gary Conner describes a way to adapt value stream mapping—with its roots in low-mix, high-volume production—to the high-mix, low-volume job shop.
- From The Fabricator
Cutting software automatically creates NC programs from customer orders
- Jan 19, 2016
- Manufacturing Software
- Product Release
ESAB Welding & Cutting Products has released Columbus® CAD/CAM nesting software version 1.3 for plasma, oxyfuel, laser, and waterjet cutting. It includes the new Job Wizard, which automatically creates NC programs from customer orders. For the parts and plates within a customer’s library...
- From The Fabricator
How to set up your press, tooling, workpiece for press-to-press robotic transfers
- By Tim Tuttle
- Jan 19, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- Article
Setting up for robotic press-to-press transfer systems requires some consideration of distances, bolster height, and stroke length, as well as feed length, die clearance and several other press, tooling and workpiece considerations.
- From The Fabricator
Nylon abrasive brushes provide uniform finishing
- Jan 19, 2016
- Finishing
- Product Release
Norton | Saint-Gobain has introduced Blaze nylon abrasive brushes, engineered with ceramic grains for integration into automated machinery, CNC machining centers, transfer lines, robotic cells, and portable power hand tools. The brushes are suitable for internal and external part finishing for...
Rotary tools deburr, form, and chamfer tube ends
- Jan 18, 2016
- Tube and Pipe Fabrication
- Product Release
Severance Tool has developed a line of tube end finishing rotary tools for deburring, forming, and chamfering. They are designed to finish both the ID and OD of tubing ends in a single operation. Many feature adjustable, two-piece construction to accommodate work on same-size tubing with varying...
- From The Welder
Metallurgy Matters: Thermal cycles, the HAZ, and the strength of martensite
- By Bob Capudean
- Jan 18, 2016
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Last time we looked at how welding heat influences the heat-affected zone (HAZ) of metals strengthened by three typical hardening processes: solid-solution hardening, cold working, and precipitation hardening. That leaves one critical strengthening process to consider: transformation (martensite)...
- From The Welder
Ideal Welding Systems names president/GM
- Jan 18, 2016
- Laser Welding
- News Release
Rockford, Ill.-based Ideal Welding Systems L.P., a subsidiary of Ideal-Werk, Lippstadt, Germany, has announced the appointment of Christian Kloeckner as president/general manager. Kloeckner has more than 20 years of international experience in the welding industry, which includes sales of large...
Electric tube bender has 6.5-in., three-stack capability
- Jan 18, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
Lang Tube Tec GmbH has introduced the 160CNC-EMR automatic tube bending machine. The multiradius bending machine, which handles a maximum tube OD of 6.5 in., can bend three stacks with 1xD bending capability in stainless steel. The bender has 13 CNC axes, including interpolation for cycle time...
- From The Fabricator
Cincinnati Incorporated, Oak Ridge National Laboratory collaboration earns R&D 100 Award
- Jan 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- News Release
Cincinnati Incorporated (CI) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) earned top technology product of the year in the process/prototyping category at the 2015 R&D 100 Awards & Technology Conference. The award recognizes the companies’ Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) system. The team...
- From The Fabricator
Open-frame steel belt conveyor designed for quick scrap removal
- Jan 18, 2016
- Materials Handling
- Product Release
Prab Inc. offers a heavy-duty, open-frame steel belt conveyor. The design allows operators and maintenance personnel to see if carryover has fallen between the belt and bottom cover. The removable guard panels allow simplified access to the area for scrap removal. The conveyor comes in 6- and...
- From The Fabricator
Caterpillar names group president
- Jan 18, 2016
- Automation and Robotics
- News Release
Caterpillar Inc. has named Denise Johnson, currently vice president with responsibility for the Material Handling & Underground Division, as group president of Resources Industries. The appointment, which follows the recently announced retirement of Group President Ed Rapp, takes effect April 1,...
Automatic tube bending system offers flexible production
- Jan 18, 2016
- Bending and Forming
- Product Release
The DB 622-CNC t-bend mandrel bending machine from transfluid® is a fully automatic system for tube processing. The unit, which has no corners or edges, is completely encased in a round design. The compact design and integrated safety housing around the machine allow operation with a separate...
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