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23rd International Sheet Metal Working Technology Exhibition
21- 25 October 2014 Hanover, Germany
Sheet metal, Tube, Sections Handling Finished products, Parts, Assemblies Separation, Cutting Joining, Welding Forming
Flexible sheet metal working Tube / Section working
Machine elements
Composites Tools, Dies
Surface treatment
Data capture / processing Safety at work
Controlling, Regulating, Measuring, Inspection Factory and warehouse equipment Research and development CAD/CAM systems
Environment protection, Recycling
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matte chrome rolls and a power straightener with 30-hp ac variable-speed drive. Its alligator-style peeler de-kinker station enables hands-free threading. The ServoMaster controller provides automatic passline-height adjustment and roll-pressure control.
eler on the cut-to-length line at Russel Metals, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The stretch leveler features a real- time stretch-strain yield-point elongation display, confirming that the strip has been effec- tively stretched and all spring- back has been eliminated.
Tella Tool Adds Equipment, Receives ISO Registration
Fluid Cell Press
to Strengthen Robinson Helicopter
Custom metal stamper, fabricator and machining com- pany Tella Tool & Manufactur- ing, Lombard, IL, has added an Okuma M560VA CNC verti- cal machining center to its sta- ble, equipped with a Midaco automatic pallet changer. The firm, which operates three plants in Lombard and a fourth facility in Brownsville, TX, also recently received ISO 14001:2004 registration.
The 617,000-sq.-ft. manu- facturing facility of Robinson Helicopter, Torrance, CA, announced plans to install a fluid cell press from Avure Technologies, Columbus, OH. The press will form structural and reinforcement sheetmetal components, and support rapid-prototyping efforts.
Ontario Service Center Adds CTL/Stretcher- Leveler Line
“The new high-pressure press is well suited to meet today’s imperative for less and less labor involvement, enabling Robinson to meet competition from lower-wage countries,” says Tres Frank, Avure’s business development manager, Americas.
Herr-Voss Stamco, Callery, PA, will provide a 0.75- by 96- in. cut-to-length line—with a Butech Bliss stretcher-leveler —to Janco Steel Ltd., Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada. Line capacity: 80,000-lb. coils.
AutoForm Expands in Germany
Yaskawa America Opens Mexican Facility
Stuttgart is the home of a new office for metalforming- software supplier AutoForm Engineering GmbH. The new office, as well as the firm’s existing Germany locations in Dortmund, Pfaffenhofen and Ravensburg, will be overseen by general manager Michael Rembrink, formerly the gener- al manager of AutoForm USA.
Queretaro is the home of a new 5000-sq.-ft. facility for Yaskawa America, Inc., Motoman Robotics Division, the company’s third location in Mexico. It will use the office for sales, training, parts warehousing and robot demonstrations.
Global Shop Solutions Expands in
Southeast Asia
Russel Steel Welcomes 1⁄2-in. Stretch Leveler Braner/Loopco, Schiller
Singapore is the home of a new office for ERP-software provider Global Shop Solu- tions, The Woodlands, TX. Working in tandem with its
Park, IL, has installed a 72-in. wide by 1⁄2-in. thick stretch lev-