What’s a Good 100-Yr. Birthday Gift? A 1375-Ton Servo Press!

View this email online. Technologies | News | Articles | Infocenter | Newsletters | Events | About Us | Suppliers | Advertise April 12, 2023 What’s a Good 100-Yr. Birthday Gift? A 1375-Ton Servo Press! In 2022, automotive supplier A.J. Rose celebrated 100 years of supplying stampings and assemblies, primarily to the automotive industry—a significant milestone to be sure. Coming in a close second: adding a huge 1375-ton servomechanical press to the shop floor, which the firm did late in the year, along with a massive coil line and transfer system. Sponsored Hassle-Free Compressed Air as a Service! Why own and operate a compressed air system? Let KAESER install, operate & service the complete system. Instead of a large capital expense, you pay a monthly fee for clean, dry air just like a utility. The equipment is monitored 24/7 - ensuring compressed air is available at all times. Learn More This Month: MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor: Pressroom Automation Register now—for free—for MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor, taking place on April 25. The online event features interviews with executives from Clips & Clamps Industries (Plymouth, MI) and Sukup Manufacturing Co. (Sheffield, IA). Both companies will discuss their use of automation technology, and we’ll share videos from their pressrooms featuring robotic technology in action. Sponsored The Choice is Clear Since 2017, our SAF-T-VANISH line of evaporative fluids has eliminated more than 4 million pounds of VOCs from our customers’ production facilities. Our vanishing oils are formulated completely from non-hazardous, renewable materials.   Learn why there’s more to our metalworking fluids. Your people will thank you. Indiana Manufacturer Expands Use of METALFORM EDU Long benefitting from the Precision Metalforming Association’s (PMA’s) CD and onsite training offerings, General Stamping and Metalworks, headquartered in South Bend, IN, now has adopted PMA’s METALFORM EDU online program to augment its inhouse skills and on-the-job training. Sponsored Get Proven AHSS-Capable Straighteners COE straighteners successfully remove coil set across a variety of materials, even in advanced steels up to 300 KSI, as well as addressing crossbow in many applications. Plus, all machine capability is proven by COE’s “Science Behind the Solution” calculators to prove out equipment performance will meet your requirements. Watch our AHSS video The Stage is Set for a Fantástico FABTECH Mexico FABTECH Mexico returns to Mexico City’s Centro Citibanamex in May, providing opportunities for visitors to meet with worldclass suppliers of metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing technology. Sponsored Why and How to Automate Hydraulic Presses From simple automation to a highly developed robotic turnkey cell, automating hydraulic presses can boost productivity and promote employee safety. Partnering with a knowledgeable press manufacturer that has system integration capabilities can provide you with expert guidance through design and implementation. Read how automating hydraulic presses can work for you and get tips on how to get started. Learn More Georgia Auto-Parts Supplier to Build New $10-million Factory The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that Tier One supplier Trenton Pressing, Trenton, GA, which makes parts for automaker BMW and golf-cart producer Club Car, will invest $10 million to build a 105,000-sq.-ft. facility on 12 acres next to its existing factory, according to company president and CEO Mike Pfunder. Sponsored Now a Proud Member of the Wieland Group Heyco Metals—your light and medium gauge source for stainless steel and copper coil and strip—is now part of the Wieland Group. Our re-rolling mill continues its long history of exceptional quality and service, now with the resources of a global leader in the industry. EVs in Spotlight at Great Designs in Steel in May Great Designs in Steel 2023, set for May 24 in Novi, MI, features keynote speakers Lourenco Goncalves, Cleveland-Cliffs chairman, president and CEO; and Chris Michaels, General Motors director of global body structures and integrated systems. Presentations are organized into three tracks—EV Architecture, Materials, and Welding/Joining/Manufacturing. Sponsored Automation Tool & Die Offers One Stop, Concept to Completion, Metal Forming Solutions High-quality metal stamped products and value-add services that are reliably delivered on time and within budget, delivered by a team of experts who can provide support when you need it. Hot Off the Press Former Jeep Plant May Wind Up Building New EV Truck Trumpf Laser Technology Center Appoints Head of Multiaxis Technical Services GF Divisions to Celebrate Grand Opening of Mexico Facility Starrett Names Connor Sales and Marketing Director for North America, Industrial Products Doyle Joins Zeda, Inc. as Chief Investment Officer Sponsored AXYZ Customer Cost Cutting Event—Save 20% Off Now! Don't miss out on our Customer Cost Cutting Event! Save 20% OFF the purchase price of virtually all standard AXYZ CNC Routers when you place your order before April 19, 2023. That’s significant savings for a brand-new router you can add to your workshop! Hurry! This pricing will not last! From the April Issue of MetalForming Refined Steel Recipes & Annealing Curves …continue to allow advanced high-strength grades to push high-strength low-alloy steels to the sidelines, giving body-in-white designers more design freedom and allowing for improved lightweighting and safety. Save Time, Money and Weight with Tailored Parts Moving beyond monolithic blanks to tailored blanks adds new flexibility for body-structure engineers, allowing them to design subassemblies with the targeted strength, coating, thickness and deformation behavior in separate sections of the part. Sponsored Adjustable Spot Cooler Delivers Minus 30 Degree Air EXAIR’s Adjustable Spot Cooler is the low cost, maintenance free solution to a variety of industrial spot cooling problems. With the turn of a knob, you can select temperatures from minus 30 degrees Fahrenheit to room temperature. New Products AP&T Offers Factory-Rebuilt Presses Ergonomic Rotary Index Table for Measuring Arms Fixtureworks Adds to Manual-Clamp Lineup Sponsored Setting Up Collaborative Applications—A Cinch with OnRobot Deploying robot applications can be complex and time-consuming, requiring expertise in programming end-of-arm tooling and defining robot arm trajectories. Who wants to spend time on that when OnRobot has launched D:PLOY? Industry’s first platform to automate collaborative applications with dramatic time savings of up to 90%. Decrease costs, simplify the process, and gain more attractive ROI with OnRobot. D:PLOY info See How It Works Upcoming Issues MF LIVE On the Shop Floor: Virtual Event, April 25 May Hydraulic Presses Tool Design and Simulation Software Technology Roundup Bending/Folding Material Handling Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Software for Manufacturing June/July Tool Design and Simulation: Case Studies Workforce Development Laser Cutting Resistance Welding Technology and Enewsletter Focus: Software for Manufacturing Sponsored Navigating Your Energy Procurement Options to Minimize Risk Whether you’re familiar with energy procurement and are looking for a new energy contract, or are new to the concept entirely, the bottom line is that the right energy procurement strategy should align with your specific energy and budgetary goals. Sponsored Claim Your Free Expo Pass to RAPID + TCT 2023! Join North America’s largest & most influential AM event! Use code RP23BP to claim your free Expo Pass. RAPID + TCT is your direct line to AM’s visionary leaders, experts and groundbreaking advancements across sectors, from aerospace and defense to automotive, healthcare, consumer goods and the wider industrial landscape. Subscribe to this enewsletter MetalForming magazine is the official publication of Precision Metalforming Association. PMA Services Inc. 6363 Oak Tree Blvd. | Independence, OH 44131-2500 | USA 216-901-8800

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