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SEYI combines world-class engineering, quality craftsmanship, and fast, knowledgeable service to provide an exceptional value in mechanical presses from 28 tons to 3,000 tons. Find out more at www.seyi.com.
SEYI PRESSES, INC.
931.455.7700 more about the sponsor
Wilson Tool’s ExpressRail™ Has Arrived!
Reach new levels of productivity on your current press brakes with the new ExpressRail™ hydraulic clamping system from Wilson Tool. With easy push button clamping and seating operators spend more time bending and less time setting up - increasing uptime and enhancing productivity on your existing equipment. And the low-profile design of the ExpressRail doesn’t eat into the open height required for larger parts.
For more information, stop by Wilson Tool’s booth (#2001) at FABTECH or visit www.wilsontool.com. more about the sponsor
4000% Uptime and We Save Up to $65,000 Yearly Now
Heavy Gauge Deep Drawing challenges & forming 441 Stainless Steel. We reduced galling & required polishing in tough form areas by 80%. more about the sponsor
Feedline Space Limitations?
You need a COE SpaceMaster
COE Press Equipment’s SpaceMaster Compact Coil Line makes smart utilization of floor space by combining coil stock unwinding, straightening and feeding into one machine. This provides optimum coil feeding efficiency with true pilot release functionality and saves valuable plant floor space. See a SpaceMaster in action at Fabtech in Booth #1604. more about the sponsor
FUTURE ISSUES
September
Pressroom Technology: Lubrication
Focus on Tool and Die: Turret Press Tooling
IMTS 2010
October
FABTECH 2010, including METALFORM Technology Area
Resistance Welding
In-Die Feed/Assembly
November
Stamping Press Technology
Laser-Beam Cutting
In-Die Sensors
Die-Maker Case Study Now an Archived Webinar
More than 150 die-shop managers, engineers and technicians logged in to our 1-hr. sponsored webinar a couple of weeks ago to hear how Rezmin Tool & Die slashed its die-production cycle by 25-30 percent and reduced its design and manufacturing costs by 40-50 percent. As a result, it represents an impressive success story of increased competitiveness, particularly with shops in low-cost countries.
If you missed the event, no worries—the entire webinar, including an informative Q & A session during the last 10-15 min., is archived at the website of the webinar sponsor, Cimatron Technologies. And, learn more about Rezmin Tool and Die’s success story in an article appearing in the September issue of MetalForming, due out soon.
It’s Getting Really Expensive to Outsource to China
The costs of overseas shipping containers have increased by 30 percent, from $4000 to $5200 per container, according to a recent New York Times article: Is Manufacturing Coming Back to the U.S.? The article, written by Jack Stack, founder of SRC Holdings, explains well the drain on cash flow that the delay—which can be as much as 225 days—that a company can experience between cash outlay to an offshore manufacturer and when it might receive its goods.
"Suppose you choose to hire a domestic manufacturer (instead)," writes Stack. "Rather than paying up front, you may be able to negotiate terms where you pay your supplier 60 days after you receive your product, which amounts to a 60-day, interest-free loan." Another reason offshoring can be unexpectedly expensive and troubling, says Stack: the need to carry added inventory as stock-out protection.
He wraps up the article by quoting Norman Rodrigues, CEO of Springfield Spring, a manufacturer of springs and clips, who says: "When you begin to add up the cost of freight, aggravation of delays…people in the boardrooms of the big corporations reconsider that decision (to get into China)."
You Can Make Tooling, but Do You Know How to Market and Sell?
If you’re looking for help in getting your marketing message out to prospects, consider attending the Tool & Die Futures Initiative meeting on August 20, 2010, at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, MI. The meeting’s theme: Reshoring and Marketing a Tooling Solution. Featured speakers are Harry Moser, from GF AgieCharmilles, who will address reshoring as a key to a lean supply chain and robust manufacturing; and Daniel Kropchak, principal of sales consulting firm The Sales Matrix, who will address best practices in the marketing of tooling solutions.
Stamper Blossoms from Captive to Contract Supplier
Three new coil-fed press lines allow a captive metalforming shop that once only supplied its furniture-making parent company to cultivate high-volume just-in-time contract-stamping opportunities.
Meet the Next Generation of Tool Steels
...developed to take on the demanding tasks of blanking, forming and trimming the latest-greatest HSLA and AHSS sheet steels.
