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Two Great Ways to Go to Mexico!
MetalForming Mexico magazine and e-newsletter is the perfect advertising combination
May 7-9, 2013 Cintermex Monterrey, Mexico
Manufacturers in Mexico are becoming more productive and efficient than ever. Capitalize on this unique opportunity to deliver your advertising message to this growing market.
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Aging Presses
variety of jobs it processes. Twice the number of feed rolls allows roll pressure to be cut in half, helping to avoid sheet distortion or marring.
Along with more horsepower, the tougher straightener allows X-Cel to feed 72-in.-wide material as thick as 0.169 in. (45-KSI yield strength), or 0.156- by 72-in. high-strength (65 KSI) steel. A secondary floor-mounted coil- clamping arm optimizes safety when cutting the bands on the high— strength material to prevent clock- springing.
Included with the coil line are fea- tures meant to ease line setup and operation, “extremely helpful to a com- pany such as X-Cel where tool makers often asked to run the line might only do so once or twice per month,” says Crane Production Systems’ vice presi- dent of sales Gary Matthies. He refers to a consolidated control system “highly recommended to customers buying large, complicated lines.
“The control system is a great tool for line operators,” Matthies contin- ues, “because it contains the entire operations manual and provides prompts for threading and other func- tions. This makes it quick and easy for operators to find information or trou- bleshoot right there at the machine.”
Included with the consolidated sys- tem control package is an Auto Ready function that, when pushbutton-trig- gered, automatically moves all thread- ing features to a neutral position in preparation for automatic operation.
Two Busy Tryout Presses
2012 has been a busy year for X-Cel, and its two high-tonnage tryout press- es have lead the way to a 75-percent uptick in revenue year over year, and a 20-percent revenue increase since 2007.
“Our dies can range from $50,000 to $500,000,” says Mamerow. Among its 2012 workload were six 100- by 180-in. dies to stamp structural parts direct to Ford for its Transit utility van, and 25 dies for Ford’s Tier One supplier Victor Mfg., for stamping smaller parts for the Transit. MF
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