Hot Off the Press
Watch Sheet-Nesting Demos on YouTube
Friday, August 17, 2012
SigmaTek Systems, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, a provider of CAD/CAM nesting software, has launched a YouTube channel providing instructional and customer-application videos. Fabricators can visit the site for crash courses on how to improve nesting efficiency, reduce scrap rates and increase cutting-machine performance. Watch—
www.youtube.com/user/sigmateksystems.
Coil-Processing Seminar Slated for October in Chicago
Friday, August 17, 2012
Red Bud Industries, Red Bud, IL, will host a coil-processing seminar in Oak Lawn, IL, on October 9, followed by a tour of JDM Steel Service, Chicago Heights, IL. On the agenda: blanking and multiblanking, leveling, slitting and the EPS process for hot-roll black material. On display at JDM: a Red Bud Suregrip stretcher-leveler rated for 1/2-in. mild steel to 72 in. wide. Learn more at
www.redbudindustries.com/.
Interlaken Acquired
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Water Works Manufacturing, LLC. Cambridge, MN, has acquired Interlaken Technology, Chaska, MN, a manufacturer of production press equipment for hydroforming and hot stamping, as well as machines for leak, impulse and burst testing. Water Works Manufacturing is a contract metalformer that produces aftermarket ATV accessories and other products, employing a host of tube- and sheetmetal-fabricating processes including laser cutting, stamping, hydroforming and welding;
www.hydroformers.com/. Learn more about Interlaken at
www.interlaken.com/.