Metal Forming & Fabricating
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WARDJet Builds Huge Waterjet/Mill
The manufacturer of waterjet and CNC platforms is partnering with The University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre with Boeing to create one of the largest combination waterjet and CNC milling platforms in the world for use in ongoing research.
United Performance Metals Upgrades Facility
The Hamilton stainless steel facility is doing green installments to run the plant more efficiently, and recycling office paper and metal scrap to decrease their global footprint in the immediate future.
Vallourec Gets Tube Orders for Nuclear Plants in France and Asia
These orders represent a year of workload for the Montbard fabrication plant in Burgundy, France, which strategically tripled its capacity two years ago.
IMI Announces Record Number of Orders
The manufacturer of innovative magnetic lifting, fixturing, conveying and separation equipment set a records in both number of orders and total sales.
Graebener-Reika Establishes New Headquarters
The new 12,000 sq ft facility is a one-stop shop and expert resource for metal processing, with an extensive equipment portfolio serving the automotive, oil exploration, transportation, ship building, wind energy, and fuel cell markets.
TRUMPF Opens Micro-Processing Lab
The new lab is equipped with the latest technology in micro-processing for running infrared, green, and UV laser wavelengths for applications in drilling, cutting, ablation and more.
Home Sweet Home
Facing demand that its battery of punch presses and laser cutting systems could not meet effectively, Hearth & Home Technologies installed a JETCAM system that easily configured into its operations and met the challenge by eliminating waste across the board.
CO2 vs. Fiber-Laser Technology: Which One Is Right for You?
A careful and comprehensive analysis must examine not only the cutting equipment itself, but also the impact the new equipment will have on other existing fabrication processes.
Fiber Laser Cuts Large Sheets of Material Economically
The K2CM L1 fiber laser cutting system from K2 LASER SYSTEM provides an advantage to fabricators competing in the sheet metal cutting, wafer cutting, stencil, gasket and/or solar cell cutting market segments.
Fiber Laser Cutting of Thick Material
As the highest powered solid-state 2D laser cutting machine on the market, the TruLaser 5040 fiber system from TRUMPF cuts not only mild steel, stainless steel and aluminum cost-effectively, but also non-ferrous metals such as copper and brass, up to 0.4 in thick.
Customized CNC Laser Tube Cutting
CNC Laser Tube Cutters from Toolmen Corporation are configured for specific applications and designed for maximum beam on time. These machines typically make use of multiple servos for fixturing, loading/unloading and part presentation.
Fully Automated Fiber Laser Cutting System
The fully automated L5 fiber laser cutting system from Salvagnini slashes costs per part by more than 50 percent, energy consumption by more than 70 percent, and running costs by two-thirds, with virtually zero maintenance.
