How to Take the Edge Off of Heavy Fabrication

Punch Heavy Plates Instead of Drilling or Burning Them
The Geka Hydracrop 220 SD ironworker from COMEQ uses a semi-automatic gauging system and a punch capacity of over 240 tons to punch up to 1-9/16 in diameter holes thru 1-1/2 in thick A36 steel plate so that users can now punch heavy plates that would normally require drilling or burning.

Twice the Cutting Speed on Thick Plates
The new Highspeed and Highspeed Eco nozzles and flexible TruLaser 3030 fiber and TruLaser 2030 fiber with LiftMaster Shuttle from TRUMPF allow for a nearly twofold increase in sheet throughput compared to standard cutting.

Powerful Portable Mag Drill for Demanding Jobs that Require More Power
The MABasic 850 four-speed portable magnetic drill from CS Unitec cuts holes up to 3-1/16 in diameter with annular cutters. Its MT3 design, coupled with an included ¾ in geared chuck, easily converts the MABasic 850 into a standard drill press with a 10 in stroke for conventional twist drilling up to 1-1/4 in diameter.

Angle Roll for Precision Bending of a Wide Range of Tube, Pipe and Profiles
The CE60H3 angle roll from Ercolina operates in either the vertical or horizontal position, with a maximum bending capacity of 3 in schedule 10. Its control tower with low voltage controls has foot pedal for hands-free operation. Programmable touchpad controls with digital center roll positioning increase repeatability.

Portable Mag Drill Makes Deep Holes in Solid Steel or Stacked Plates
The new HMD918 portable magnetic drill from Hougen has a high torque motor and extended 6 in drilling depth to drill deep holes in steel, whether it is a solid piece of material or multiple stacked plates.

Drilling Through Hard Metal Jobs
For extreme durability and long life in hard metal applications, Shockwave Impact Duty Titanium Red Helix bits and Cobalt Red Helix drill bits from Milwaukee Tool feature an aggressive 35 deg helix angle that varies along the flute, ending at 15 deg.

Feedout Tools Add Versatility to Horizontal Boring of Large Work
T-bed horizontal boring mills from Fives Giddings & Lewis use a range of contouring heads and programmable boring bars to do bores, tapers, grooves, chamfers, phonographic finishes, recesses of differing sizes and more with a single tool.

Advanced Cold Work Premium Tool Steel for Blanking and Forming AHSS Parts
Hitachi SLD-i cold work premium tool steel from Diehl Tool Steel is ideal for blanking and forming AHSS parts and minimizes heat treat deformation to lower tooling costs. It exhibits better wear and toughness than D2 when used for forming and trim sections, and better wear than 8 percent Cr steels for specific draw sections of large automotive dies.