Metal Forming & Fabricating
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CML USA Launches New Website
Rich content features expanding line of Ercolina CNC and NC mandrel tube, pipe and profile bending and metalworking machinery.
CONSORTIUM TO BUILD ROLLING MILL IN DURGAPUR
West Bengal mill expected to begin production in the middle of 2012 and will have a capacity of 1 million tons per year.
PARTS WASHER/DRYER CLEANS OFF OIL, GREASE, CONTAMINANTS
Five-stage, all-stainless-steel system from ALMCO uses U-bend design to perform numerous cleaning operations in minimum space.
Marlin Steel Uses Fastest Metal Fabrication Robot in the U.S.
Robot performs sheet metal fabrication, metal stamping, countersinking, metal forming, louvers, notching, holes, counterboring, stand offs, slitting, stiffening ribs and tapping holes.
PREVENTING LEAKS, IMPROVING LOOKS, INCREASING PROFITS
When finishing decorative parts, it is no secret that high part rejection rates caused by unacceptable end-product finishes resulting from porosity can cut deeply into profits. Peter T. Gebhard of IMPCO shows how filling porosity prior to finishing dramatically reduces reject rates so that better finishes equal better bottom lines.
SURFACE FINISHING: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND TIPS
The art of finishing takes years of experience to perfect. John Harding of DME Company shares some basic principles and techniques of grinding, hand stoning and diamond polishing that will provide a good start.
NEXT-GENERATION TUBE BENDING MACHINES MAKE DEBUT
With real-time Ethernet architecture and advanced software to extend the versatility of all-electric bending, new technology from Unison makes complex tube bending a Breeze.
FINISH THE EDGES OF CHAMFERS, BEVELS AND DEBURRING
Dayton finishing machines produce clean, precise edges on flats and squares of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, composites and plastics. Ideal for beveling standard weld joints.
Lean Metrics Part Deux
Last month, Rick Bohan of Chagrin River Consulting talked about the importance of lean metrics and described a process for developing them. Now he explains how to use those metrics so that they serve three larger purposes.
FULLY AUTOMATIC TUBE CUTTING LASER SYSTEM
An automated loading and parts handling system complement the state-of-the-industry laser and machine control technology from Han-Kwang USA.
METAL SPINNING OF LARGE STAINLESS OR ALUMINUM PARTS
Acme Metal Spinning fabricates large components, such as stainless steel and aluminum tank heads, holding tanks, vessels, and cylindrical parts in small to medium quantities.
DELTA BRANDS DELIVERS TEMPER PASS CUT-TO-LENGTH LINE WITH ROTARY SHEAR
The only manufacturer in the industry to successfully commission a complete temper pass cut-to-length line with rotary shear delivered this system to a Mexican fabricator of Monterrey, Mexico, Fortacero offers more than 800 products including plate, hot rolled sheet, and cold rolled sheet as well as structural and merchant bars.
