Metal Forming & Fabricating
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Tips to Make the Finance Process Go Smoothly
Every transaction is different, each borrower is unique, and financing companies differ in how they review credit requests. Regardless of the size of the transaction, the quicker you provide the requested documentation and information to the credit team, the quicker they can review and hopefully extend the credit needed for that equipment purchase.
Prep Pipe or Square Tube Stock for Fixturing
The BuildPro Tube & Pipe Notcher from Strong Hand Tools enables the setup and control of tubes and pipes for a variety of notches at any angle or off-center.
Transportable Pipe Beveler Replaces Grinding
An operator with any skill level can quickly set-up the RIDGID B-500 Transportable Pipe Beveler from Ridge Tool and efficiently bevel 10 in diameter Schedule 40 pipes in 45 seconds without flames.
HazLoc Cabinet Coolers Approved for Class I Div 1
Hazardous Location Cabinet Cooler Systems from EXAIR are ideal for cooling control panels, PLCs, microprocessors, fractional hp variable frequency drives and robotics.
ModuleWorks Partners with Energid Technologies
This deal combines adaptive kinematics and collision-avoidance capabilities with CAD/CAM software for developing 6-axis robotic systems.
Mechanized Automation for Pipe Welding
The economical Mini Pantheon welding manipulator from Lincoln Electric is a small footprint system that helps deliver repeatable high quality welds and a stable platform for pipe spooling to increase productivity and reduce operator fatigue.
Better Use of Tube Bending Lubricant Inventory
Using the EXTREME iTransport System from IRMCO, a tube bending plant can fill their containers as needed without guessing if the drums are full or not to reduce excess drum inventory and disposal.
Making Parts that are Impossible to Fabricate
The twin-turret, twin-head, all-electric DH4010VGP wire bending machine from BLM GROUP can double productivity and/or complete highly complex wire bending jobs on medium-to-long part lengths with multiple bends, symmetric parts, and parts that close back onto themselves.
Precision Laser Micro-Cutting of Medical Stents and Tubes
For precision medical applications, the Sigma Fiber Laser Stent and Tube Cutting System from Amada Miyachi can be outfitted with either single mode fiber laser or femtosecond laser and features high speed linear motors, the latest generation digital controller to minimize tool path cycle time.
Forge Ahead in Robot Control
Eliminate the drag on productivity caused by complicated programming of industrial robots. The Forge suite of products from Ready Robotics utilizes one user interface across multiple robotic brands, making programming so easy it feels intuitive, with no previous robotic experience required.
Finish Bent and Straight Parts Made of Stainless Steel, Mild Steel, Brass, or Aluminum
The Garboli LPC 160 Planetary Pipe and Tube Finisher from J&S Machine uses two independent motors for grinding, finishing, polishing or satin finishing of metals having a round, oval, elliptical or irregular section.
U.S. Machine Tool Orders Slide
Orders in February 2019 were $337.2 million, a 15 percent decline from the previous month.
