Metal Forming & Fabricating Product Showcase (Part Two)

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Ultra-High Pressure Robotic Deburring Machine
The JCC 603 ROBO deburring machine from Sugino can wash parts surfaces while deburring small cross-holes and removing edge burrs from milled surfaces of the hardest materials, including steel, Inconel, and titanium.

Repairing or Replacing Induction Coils
Eldec services induction heating coils or custom manufactures replacement coils that are used in brazing, heat treating, shrink-fitting and adhesive curing operations.

Flexible Punching Machines for Bus Bar Fabrication
Using a high degree of automation, including simple-to-operate software, FlexPunch and FlexPunch compact 3-axis CNC machines from EHRT provide unprecedented modularity and accuracy for punching flat copper, aluminum or steel.

Precision Shot Peening of Helicopter Rotor Shafts
This custom extended-height Peen-Rite RSSA-6 precision shot peening cell from Guyson was delivered in less than 20 weeks to process critical helicopter main gear box rotor shafts.

Software Upgrades Parts Nesting and Order Automation to Increase CAD/CAM Capabilities
New versions of Expert nesting software and Orders Controller automation software from JETCAM can improve fabrication productivity in job shops.

Advanced Deburring, Edge Rounding and Finishing Systems
Machines from Midwest Automation address the most demanding applications for wet or dry deburring, edge rounding, and finishing of ferrous and non-ferrous materials, centerless finishing and polishing, and wet dust collection.

Desktop Waterjet for Prototyping and Low Volume Production
For prototyping and low volume manufacturing in shops that need to keep their large machines running, the affordable WAZER abrasive waterjet cuts up to ½ in aluminum and ¼ in mild steel at high precision in a 12 in x 18 in area.

How Coil Anodizing Protects Aluminum from Oxidation, Scratching and Other Hazards
Used in architecture and hardware, appliances and foodservice, automotive and transportation, electronics, lighting, and specialty applications, continuous-coil anodized aluminum from Lorin Industries does not chalk, chip, flake or peel like coatings or paint often do.

Refresh Instead of Replace Machine Tools
Hardware for legacy manufacturing equipment from Shop Floor Automations helps shops make current machine tools last longer and increase utilization without a huge monetary investment.

Addressing the Skilled Labor Shortage
As experienced plant personnel retire, the easy operation of the 4 Slide-NC machine from Bihler allows a machine operator to be trained in its use in less than a day.

Cooling Oven Trucks of Steel Parts
The No. 807 cooling chamber from Grieve has a remote-mounted exhaust blower and aluminized steel construction.