MetalForming Magazine

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Tech Update

• Rotary Index Ensures Precise Laser Cutting of Tube and Pipe
• Single Mode Yb:Fiber Laser Marker
• Industrial-Grade Adaptive Robotic Gripper
• Three-in-One Arc-Welding System
• Tray-Style Sheet-Hydroforming Presses
• High-Speed Gap-Frame Hydraulic Presses

Software for Manufacturing

• Software Simulates Hot Forming and Quenching Processes
• ERP Software Integrates Tax-Compliance Solutions
• Flow Intl. Earns Microsoft Recognition for ERP Implementation
• MRP Upgrade Integrates Data Acquisition Capabilities
• ERP Release Features Enhanced Business-Intelligence Tools

Tooling Update

• Inductive Ring Sensors Ideal for Detecting Small Parts
• QDC Solutions Offered on Updated Website
• Fluid Fits the Bill for Heavy-Duty Machining
• Ferris State Applications Lab Welcomes Slant-Bed Turning Center
• Carpenter to Acquire Latrobe Specialty Metals

Spotlight

• Registration Open for 2011 Fall Leadership Conference and Annual Meeting
• NLRB Ruling to Require Employers to Notify Employees of Right to Join a Union
• PMA Unveils Membership Loyalty Program
• PMA to Host Inaugural Women in Manufacturing Symposium
• Trainers Roundtable Set for October 19-20

Previews

• Clutch/Brake Units
Showcases its hydraulic and pneumatic clutch/brake units.
• Manufacturer Offers Stamping, Laser Cutting, Machining and More
Specializes in precision metal-stamping assemblies, laser cutting and precision machined parts.
• Press Drives, Including New Servo-Driven Gearbox
Offers custom system solutions along the entire drive train.
• Ride the Waterjet-Cutting Technology Wave
Showcases its abrasive-waterjet product offerings.
• Alternative Tool-Making Process
Showcases its Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) technology.
• All About Abrasives
Exhibits new abrasives products for right-angle grinding.
• Scalable, Modular ERP
Demonstrates its manufacturing enterprise-resource-planning software EnterpriseIQ.
• 90,000-PSI Waterjet Technology on Display
Demonstrates its 90,000-PSI waterjet-cutting.
• Precision CNC Facility Adds New VMC
Learn about this stamper-diemaker's latest addition to its 105,000-sq.-ft. plant: a Model DCV 4025B double-column vertical machining center from YCM.
• Conveyors for Scrap-Large and Small
Showcases four new Shuffle Drive conveyor designs: offset, spiral, telescopic and central system for handling small scrap from stamping presses and laser-cutting operations.
• Coil Lines Outfitted for Quick Setup and Changeover
Display a complete line of cut-to-length, blanking, multiblanking, stretcher leveling and coil-to-coil slitting equipment.
• Customer Relationship Management for Wireless
Added CRM functionality for wireless devices--smart phones, ipads and scanners--to its systems.
• Wear Plates of Steel, Bronze
Displays its lineup of wear plates in all industry-standard inch and metric configurations.
• Complete Die-System Simulation Solution
Demonstrates its latest version of Dynaform simulation software.
• Carbon-Fiber Tooling
Features its carbon-fiber tooling for robotic handling applications.
• Precision Tooling, Complex Dies
Offers its capabilities as a full-service tool and die manufacturer.
• Heattreating, Brazing, Finishing Services
Showcases its ability to provide a wide array of heattreating, brazing and plating services.
• High-Performance CNC Metal-Spinning Machines
Introduces its high-performance line of eSpin CNC metal-spinning machines.
• Production-Ready Tooling
Showcases its capabilities to design, build and try-out production-ready tooling.
• Simulation as a Service
Provides analysis of formability, thinning, springback, accurately developed blank and re-trim, blank nesting, work hardening of material and more.
• Pre-Owned Presses Ready to Run
New reconditioning warehouse helps it raise the standard in preowned presses.
• Tool Up for In-Die Assembly
Specializes in tooling for in-die assembly of components.
• Equipment Repair and Rebuild
Offers turnkey repair and rebuild service on all metal stamping and forming equipment.
• Tool and Die Design and Build
Explains the firm's expertise in tool and die design and build, particularly for progressive and transfer dies, in addition to tooling for draw and draw-form parts.
• Precision Finishing, Edge Rounding and Grinding Equipment
Displays information on its line of polishing, deburring and slag-grinding machines.
• Shop-Management Software from A to Z
Showcases its range of software products for the manufacturing industry, including products for ERP, quoting, maintenance and collaboration.
• Machinery-Installation Systems
Showcases its technologically machinery-installation systems.
• Lean Packaging Systems
Introduces a mobile packaging application that provides manufacturers with the flexibility to design and make packages from any location.
• Lubricant for Stainless-Steel Tube Fab
Introduces a botanical lubricant for bending or drawing stainless-steel tubing.
• Rollforming Software Enables Flexible Operation
Demonstrates its Profil rollform design software.
• Automatic Fastener-Installation Press
Showcases its Pemserter Series 3000 automatic fastener-installation press.
• Magnets Find Use Throughout the Shop
Displays MPI shakers that boast a compact footprint, fast conveying speeds and quiet operation.
• Specialty Metals in All Shapes and Sizes
Offers stainless steel and specialty metal alloys in strip and foil, as well as flat, fine and shaped wire.
• Deep-Draw Stamper in the House
Showcases the capabilities of its 13,935-sq.-m production facility.
• Specialty Rolling Mill
Explains how the firm processes a wide range of alloys, tempers and special finishes.
• TIG Torches and Accessories
Showcases its gas-tungsten-arc-welding torches and accessories.
• Stationary Multipurpose Grinder
Multipurpose benchtop grinder, ideal for all workshop grinding, blending and finishing jobs.
• The Latest/Greatest Tool Steels
Innovative tool and die steels, including ESR-remelted alloys Uddeholm Caldie and Bohler K340 Isodur.
• Steel Fabrications
Services include thermal cutting, thermal stress relieving, annealing and Blanchard grinding of steel plate.
• The Future of Waterjet Technology
Introduces the Streamline Pro 100,000-PSI, 7000-bar waterjet pump.
• A Pair of Servo Presses--Straightside and Gap Frame
Demonstrates two servo presses from its extensive range of metalforming solutions.
• Direct-Drive Servo Presses
Servo presses to meet the demands of advanced servo applications.
• Software for 3D Die Design, Quoting and Flat Blanks
Provides Logopress3 3D die-design software as well as standalone Forming Technologies Inc. forming simulation, flat-blank prediction and quoting software.
• Quick-Die-Change Equipment
Displays its complete line of fixed and removable hydraulic die clamps, die-transfer and positioning equipment and die-transport equipment.
• Stainless Steel, Nickel, Cobalt and High Temp. Alloys
Explains how the applications of its specialty stainless steels, high-temperature alloys and cobalt alloys in diverse markets.
• Quality Blanking Solutions
Showcases its ability to supply first-operation blanks to a variety of industries.
• Die Sets and Tooling Components
Showcases its die sets and tooling components, manufactured for the metalworking and plastic injection-mold industries.
• Automated Sheet Load/Unload
Showcases its F1G 1250 cell loader/unloader.
• Magnetic Quick-Die-Change Systems
Introduces magnetic quick-die-change apparatues, in addition to showcasing its hydraulic die clamping.
• Custom Hydraulic Presses
Features examples of its custom presses.
• Servo Press Supplies Full Energy Even at Low Speeds
Introduces its new iLs1 servo press.
• Advanced Tonnage Monitor
Introduces the PressWatch LS (rev. 2) series tonnage monitor.
• Business Protection Services
Learn about its business-insurance, employee-benefit and business-life programs.
• Closed-Loop Hybrid Drive System
View the CLDP self contained, closed loop, highly dynamic hybrid drive system.
• Pressroom Equipment Designed for Stampers by Stampers
Features fully functional demonstrations showcasing in-die lubrication techniques as well as multiple conveyor models.
• Production Data Collection for All Types of Equipment
Demonstrates its LETS asset-utilization and OEE data-collection software.
• Fiber Laser Makes its Debut
Showcases a wide range of applications and demonstrate several new machines, including the debut of its fiber laser.
• Press-Feed System Ready to Roll
Displays and runs a complete 12- by 0.125-in. by 8000-lb. press-feed system in conjunction with Aida (booth 3125).
• Fine-Plasma Cutting
Introduces the Twister fine-plasma cutting machine.
• Innovative Feed Control
Demonstrates its unique ProfileSelect feed control, explaining how it can minimize electrical and mechanical stress on stamping equipment and material.
• In-Press Deburring
Showcases its latest deburring tool, which allows fabricators to quickly and efficiently deburr parts on a punch press.
• Custom Hydraulic Presses
Showcases its extensive hydraulic-press capabilities and have application experts available to discuss specific user applications and press requirements.
• Servo-Driven Mechanical Presses
Showcases its servo presses and discusses its installed base of more than 2500 single- and multipoint straightside servo presses.
• New Progressive Blank Companion for Advanced Stampers
Introduces a new and innovative add-in to its latest SolidWorks-based Logopress3 Blank 2011 version.
• Press-Feed Controller Boasts Enhanced Touchscreen Interface
Features its new ServoMaster Touch controller.
• Changeover Carts for Sheetmetal Fabricators
Displays turret-press and press-brake changeover carts, productivity-enhancement tools inspired by lean-manufacturing principles.
• Single-Step Compound Tooling
Showcases its DaySet compound tooling, a complete system for producing high-quality, cost-effective stamped products in a single-step operation.
• MiniCoater Lubricates Stock 1/2 to 9 in. Wide
Introduces the MiniCoater lubrication system, which precisely dispenses lubricant when and where it's needed.
• Heavy-Duty Pneumatic Die Lifters
Introduces its line of Air Glide heavy-duty pneumatic die lifters.
• A Broad Range of Features and Options for Hydraulic Presses
Demonstrates its latest advances in hydraulic-press technology by exhibiting a modular-construction custom hydraulic press.
• Deep-Draw Sheet Hydroforming
Demonstrates the latest in Triform sheet hydroforming by showcasing a 20,000-PSI deep-draw sheet-hydroforming press, complete with a quick-tool-change system, a 5000-PSI fast cycle, and advanced controls.
• Special-Application Punch Tooling
Exhibits its line of special application tooling.
• Automated, Digital Material-Order Processing System
Demonstrates its automated, digital order-processing system.
• Servo-Actuated Resistance Spot-Welding Machine
Features a servo-actuated SlimLine resistance spot-welding (RSW) machine.
• Press and Automation Systems, Hydroforming on Display
Demonstrates benefits of metalforming concepts developed to reduce vehicle weight.
• Closed-Loop Motion Controllers
Showcases its RMC75E and RMC150E closed-loop motion controllers.
• Oil-Free Synthetic Lubes, Honda-Approved
Learn how the lubricants can be used in a range of operations, including punching, forming and drawing of automotive components.
• Control-Reliable Double Valves
Showcases safety and productivity solutions with its control-reliable double.
• Cloud-Based ERP
Introduces cloud-based quality, shop-floor, MES and ERP features which improve quality, deliver real-world benefits and streamline the entire metalforming process.

News Fronts

Facilities

• Prima Power Laserdyne Launches Rapido Manufacturing in Minnesota
• Strothmann Expands Operations
• Service Center Goes Green
• Olympic Steel Expanding All Over
• Blanking Line Headed to Minneapolis Service Center
• Missouri Metalformer Headed in the Right Direction
• Stamper Investing to Increase Fineblanking Capacity
• Multiblanking Line with Corrective Leveler Online at Windy City Service Center
• Buffalo Stamper Adds Hydroforming Press
• Stampers Unite to Open a New Plant in Tennessee
• Helicopter-Engine Maker Orders Third Six-Axis Laser System
• Metal Fabricator Expands Rapid-Prototyping Capabilities
• Stamper Shows Growth in Advanced Battery Market
• Stamper/Die House Adds Robotic Arc-Welding Cell
• Lee Steel to Install New Multiblanking Line
• T.J. Snow on the Move
• United Performance Metals on the Move
• Stainless-Steel Service Center Adds Plate Laser
• Marlin Steel Wire Adds Trumpf Press Brake

Awards

• Trumpf Recognizes Distributor Excellence
• Hypertherm Earns OSHA Recognition

Internet

• Website a Resource for Those Sourcing Etched Metal Parts
• Bosch Rexroth Podcast Presents Lean Assembly
• Stamper Launches Multilingual Website
• Updated Website from Abrasive-Waterjet Manufacturer
• Website Showcases Specialists in High-Temp. Alloy Fabrication

Agreements

• Oberg Strategic Partnership Bolsters Laser-Processing Capabilities
• Mazak Optonics Adds Denver Distributor
• Lincoln Electric Announces Acquisitions
• Fisher-Barton Acquires Manufacturer of Industrial Knives
• Federal Equipment Co. Acquires Conveyor Manufacturer
• Hess Allies with Turkish Manufacturer of Flowforming and Hot-Spinning Equipment

Training

• Precision Metal Stamper Recognizes ROI for Training at All Levels
• Stamper Inaugurates Student-Intern Program

Certifications

• Certifications

People

• People

Letter to the Editor

• Letter to Editor