Metal Forming & Fabricating
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All-Electric Tube Bender Extends Shape-Forming Capabilities of Aerospace Manufacturer
A Unison Breeze 80 enhances SL Engineering’s capabilities to produce more complex tubular shapes by extending the size range of tubing that can be bent using all-electric servomotor-controlled movement to tube and pipe diameters up to 80 mm.
Specialty Precision Fabrication Shop Grows with Waterjets
Precision Waterjet Concepts uses waterjet cutting systems from Jet Edge to cut virtually any material, especially AR Plating and titanium.
Samco Grows Business in Asia, Middle East
The company has discovered new ways to improve and grow business through globalization.
Circular Cold Saw with Laser Saw Guide
The American-made CPO 350 Circular Cold Saw from Scotchman features a double clamping and self-centering vise that provides burr-free, high quality, volume parts.
5-Axis Waterjet Cuts Sophisticated 3D Parts from Virtually Any Material
The EDGE X-5 waterjet machine from Jet Edge cuts impellers and bevels up to 50 deg as a workhorse system that can provide years of dependable service in harsh industrial environments.
Boost Workhorse Press Brake Productivity
Touchscreen control and advanced bend simulation software from Cincinnati Incorporated enables 3D rotational viewing of part shape and gage fingers to be retrofitted to the company’s Autoform, Formaster, Formaster II, CB, CBII and AutoShape press brakes.
High Speed, Low Noise Punching and Forming of Sheet Metal
The Motorum M2048TS turret punch press from Murata Machinery delivers higher speeds, efficiency and productivity in punching, forming, tapping and deburring.
Industrial Laser for Cutting or Engraving Large Work Surfaces
The 400 watt Synrad Firestar i401 laser on MultiCAM 2000 Series CNC machines cuts highly accurate parts with excellent edge finish and minimal wasted material.
Gas-Fired, High-Temperature Walk-In Oven
The No. 910 walk-in oven from Grieve has a 6 in insulated oven floor with truck wheel guide tracks and an 8,000 lb capacity flatbed loading truck that can be furnished with the oven.
Pre-Painted Residential Metal Roofs Gain Market Share
Because of advancements in coil coating technology, approximately 10 percent of households are choosing metal roofs and that number is expected to double by the year 2020.
Precision Water Jet Pumps
Jet Edge offers 90 ksi X-Stream and 60 ksi Dominator Series hydraulic intensifier pumps for job shops, contract manufacturers and metal service centers, and Eco-Jet direct drive pumps that are ideal for rural machine shops.
Roll-Kraft Begins Lean Journey
Lean manager Kevin Hartman has implemented techniques that immediately reduced wastes by 43 percent in tube, pipe and roll forming tooling production.
