Metal Forming & Fabricating
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PRESS BRAKE FOR BENDING LONG HEAVY PLATE PARTS
The Xpert press brake from Bystronic uses automatic frame deflection compensation, pressure reference technology, dynamic hydraulic crowning of the lower beam, dynamic pressure regulation, automatic tool protection and material thickness measurement compensation to achieve exceptional part quality.
Dake Doesn't Take Sides in Teutal Family Feud
As Paul Teutal Jr. returns to the custom-motorcycle business to compete with his father, both shops use metalworking equipment supplied by the same manufacturer.
UNMANNED FLIGHT SYSTEMS CREATE GROWING NEED FOR LASER-SINTERING SYSTEMS
Laser-sintering equipment manufactures complex aircraft components that are impossible to create using traditional manufacturing processes. The process meets tight tolerances and requires no tooling.
CML USA Launches New Website
Rich content features expanding line of Ercolina CNC and NC mandrel tube, pipe and profile bending and metalworking machinery.
CONSORTIUM TO BUILD ROLLING MILL IN DURGAPUR
West Bengal mill expected to begin production in the middle of 2012 and will have a capacity of 1 million tons per year.
PARTS WASHER/DRYER CLEANS OFF OIL, GREASE, CONTAMINANTS
Five-stage, all-stainless-steel system from ALMCO uses U-bend design to perform numerous cleaning operations in minimum space.
Marlin Steel Uses Fastest Metal Fabrication Robot in the U.S.
Robot performs sheet metal fabrication, metal stamping, countersinking, metal forming, louvers, notching, holes, counterboring, stand offs, slitting, stiffening ribs and tapping holes.
PREVENTING LEAKS, IMPROVING LOOKS, INCREASING PROFITS
When finishing decorative parts, it is no secret that high part rejection rates caused by unacceptable end-product finishes resulting from porosity can cut deeply into profits. Peter T. Gebhard of IMPCO shows how filling porosity prior to finishing dramatically reduces reject rates so that better finishes equal better bottom lines.
SURFACE FINISHING: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND TIPS
The art of finishing takes years of experience to perfect. John Harding of DME Company shares some basic principles and techniques of grinding, hand stoning and diamond polishing that will provide a good start.
NEXT-GENERATION TUBE BENDING MACHINES MAKE DEBUT
With real-time Ethernet architecture and advanced software to extend the versatility of all-electric bending, new technology from Unison makes complex tube bending a Breeze.
FINISH THE EDGES OF CHAMFERS, BEVELS AND DEBURRING
Dayton finishing machines produce clean, precise edges on flats and squares of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, composites and plastics. Ideal for beveling standard weld joints.
Lean Metrics Part Deux
Last month, Rick Bohan of Chagrin River Consulting talked about the importance of lean metrics and described a process for developing them. Now he explains how to use those metrics so that they serve three larger purposes.
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