Metal Forming & Fabricating
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PRESS BRAKES SPEED PART BENDING WITH
Cincinnati Inc. offers the MAXFORM hydraulic press brake, which combines state-of-the-art forming speeds and part processing productivity with “smart” controls that speed and simplify programming, setup and part-handling.
FORMIDABLE FIREPOWER
Sink or Swim: This advanced tube bender provides versatile on-demand production for submarine building, with fast single-stage fabrication of complex part shapes that suit the dynamic nature of this production environment.
Fasten Your Seat Belts
Crystal Ball: The current state of the equipment finance industry is more volatile and complex than in many years. Here are some predictions to help you manage your financing strategy.
HIDDEN TRAGEDY'
False Sense of Security? A new report from Congress supposedly discovers a startling truth about workers’ compensation and declines in claim frequency.
UNIVERSAL TOOLING SET INCLUDED WITH ANGLE ROLL MODEL
CML USA Ercolina® angle roll model CE50 is capable of bending a wide range of profiles and materials to centerline radius as small as four times the diameter of the work piece.
FULL COURT PRESS
Twice As Nice: A new hydraulic press line and an existing machine retrofit doubled overall performance and provided greater flexibility to this gearbox components manufacturer.
LAYING DOWN THE LAW
Litigation Lunacy: 75 percent of manufacturers faced at least one new lawsuit recently, with 53 percent facing 6 or more new suits. And 25 percent of the manufacturers surveyed reported facing at least one $20 million action.
A DROP IN THE BUCKET
Gough Econ receives an order for three bucket elevators as part of the Royal Australian Mint’s modernization effort
FULLY HYDRAULIC ADJUSTABLE PLATE BENDING ROLLS
Cole-Tuve‘s plate bending rolls that are currently making an impressive market appearance are VIRLI Models 3R-UHS with variable distances between the two lower rolls and a vertically adjustable upper roll. These are fully hydraulic, 3-roll rolls on which each of the two lower rolls is adjustable horizontally and independently.
LUBRICATION FOR METALFORMING APPLICATIONS
Tower Oil’s TOWER X-69 represents a new approach to metalforming lubrication. TOWER X-69 utilizes a micro-polar wetting agent compounded with multi-phase extreme pressure agents that provides optimum wetting and extreme pressure protection.
FIRE-RESISTANT HYDRAULIC FLUIDS FOR FORGING
Houghton International Inc. fulfills the need for fire-resistant hydraulic fluids with its Cosmolubric® B-230 and Cosmolubric® HF-130 fire-resistant hydraulic fluids. Cosmolubric B-230 is the latest development in Houghton’s complete line of fire-resistant hydraulic fluids for forging.
The World Needs Our Stuff
FABTECH/AWS/Metalform Show Report: Since 95 percent of the world’s population lives outside the U.S., fabricators cannot ignore the opportunities found in the global marketplace. That makes sense. Here is more of the logic behind lifting trade barriers to reduce unemployment rates from Jim Waters of Caterpillar.
