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Two New Press Lines
Stamping and rolling tubular products in the die—a proprietary, complex process that combines progressive-die operations with transfer—allows this German-related U.S. stamper to save its customers as much as 25 percent in piece-part cost compared to using machined tubing.
BY BRAD F. KUVIN, EDITOR
Over the last two years, the Vogel- sang Corp. manufacturing plant in Lakewood, NJ, has added 220- ton and 400-ton press lines, and expects to add a third line within the next two years. The expanded stamping capabilities—the German-owned sub- sidiary runs presses from 40- to 400- ton capacity—has triggered significant growth for the company’s expertise in manufacturing custom, rolled tubu- lar parts used in suspension assem- blies such as cradle mount clinch rings, hydro-bushing sleeves, shock-absorber and eye rings, and compression limiters
Vogelsang’s newest press line stars a refurbished 400-ton Bliss press along with a new servo feeder and refurbished straightener. It joins a line installed in 2008 anchored by a new 220-ton Stamtec press, also equipped with a new servo feeder as well a refurbished Raster reel-straightener combo and Prab scrap conveyor. The conveyor runs under the press and through an outside wall to a motorized chute and into a hopper.
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in plastic parts.
From its 50,000-sq.-ft. plant, which
the company moved to in 1990, Vogel- sang specializes in the manufacture of non-threaded fasteners. It also special- izes in multislide and rollforming. But in 2008 its focus shifted, when it received a directive to grow its tubular- parts manufacturing capacity using a metalforming process developed by the German parent.
“Since 2002, Jöerg Vogelsang in Ger- many has been focused on a process its engineers developed to manufacture anti-vibratory products—a process that
replaces the use of highly machined cut tubing,” says Dale Stuban, vice president and general manager of the New Jersey operation. “Instead, we stamp the prod- uct in the flat, wrap it and clinch the longitudinal seam, all in the press. Our parts are stronger in compression than is tubing, due to the grain direction of the material, and we eliminate a host of secondary operations.”
A Dynamic Duo of Press Lines —One New, One Refurbished
To successfully integrate the Ger- man-engineered process into his facility,