KY School Lands Rollforming Mill, Design-Software Seats
November 1, 2008Comments This past August, the Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC) Shelbyville Campus, Shelbyville, KY, welcomed an Engel rollforming machine, provided by Shelbyville’s oldest manufacturing company, Roll Forming Corp. It will use the 10-pass 7⁄8-in.-dia. machine, equipped with cutoff and decoiler units, to help train students as setup personnel, maintenance technicians, general machinists, tool and die makers, CNC operators and programmers, and design engineers.
Students also will learn the dynamics of the rollforming process. In addition, German software manufacturer dataM Corp. donated 16 seats of software that will enable JCTC students to develop bend progressions and to design rolls.
Industry-Related Terms: CNC (Computer Numerical Control), Die, Forming, Roll Forming
View Glossary of Metalforming Terms
View Glossary of Metalforming Terms
See also: voestalpine Roll Forming Corporation
Technologies: Other Processes, Training
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