New High Pressure Warm Forming Process Offers Rapid, Cost-effective and Precise Forming of Titanium Parts
Quintus Technologies introduces High Pressure Warm Forming (HPWF) to increase the production capacity for Ti-6Al-4V parts. The HPWF’s induction heating system warms the blank-and-tool package below the temperatures where a protective gas is required. A complete HPWF cycle takes less than five minutes and its relatively low temperatures enable quick cooling. The process is ideal to expand the...
Read More »Interlaken Technology Joins Forces with HEATform™ to Unleash Freedom in Design
Chaska, Minnesota USA - November 14, 2016 - Interlaken Technology Company, LLC has taken its vast knowledge of Hydroform press design and combined it with the innovative forming techniques developed by HEATform™. A 500 ton HEATform™ press is nearing completion at ITC’s suburban Minneapolis facility and will soon be producing parts that are no longer constrained by raw material selection or...
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Linetec Displays Curved Extrusions Finished with Valspar's Fluropon Effects Nova Coatings
Fluropon Effects Nova BlackWausau, Wisconsin - Highlighting its stretch forming and finishing capabilities during the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Convention and Expo, Linetec displays curved aluminum extrusions finished in Valspar's Fluropon® Effects new Nova color family. Stretch Forming by Linetec allows architectural product manufacturers to have their metal building...
Read More »New Laser Capabilities Recently Purchased
Weaver & Sons, Inc. is proud to announce the purchase of a new Amada Laser Cutting System.Â- This new system will not only add greater reliability to our current laser cutting capabilities, but will also add greater speed and automation which we believe will translate into a better value to our customers," says Dyron Overton - President & General Manager. "We have also added...
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Understanding Crane and Hoist Classifications
Building success: Crane & Hoist Design Criteria
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Press Brake features active hydraulic crowning capabilities.
Designed for American tool integration, CNC-synchronized Xact Press Brake can accommodate all types of punches and dies with appropriate adapters. Standard active hydraulic crowning capabilities deliver exact bend angles across entire bed length, while independently mounted precision linear scale encoders monitor ram position. Parallelism and ram movement are controlled to within ±0.0004...
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Dentech adds a New Hydraulic Press Brake for Additional Fabrication, Bending, and Forming Capabilities
Dentech Incorporated in Brownstown, Pa adds to its Metal Fabrication capabilities.Â- The Accurpress Press Brake is well known as the best brake on the market to serve all your bending and forming requirements. The Accurpress offers repeat accuracies of +/- 0.001 tailored to sheet metal and fabrication applications for precision accuracy. Combine this superior selection with our...
Read More »Alden and Rennasonic Team to Offer Turbine Performance Measurement
Fluid flow and environmental consulting company, Alden will join hydroturbine performance measuring expert Rennasonic to offer services to a full range of sites and facilities. Holden, MA, USA March 12, 2010- In order to address turbine performance measurement needs for sites and facilities with short penstocks and other complicating factors, Rennasonic has teamed with Alden. The use of the dye...
Read More »Deep Drawing Precision Parts
Deep drawing is an often underestimated, seldom understood, metal forming technology. Yet deep drawing offers solid advantages in the overall design process. In "deep drawing," metal is "formed" into the desired end shape by a series of "dies" or tooling. Once the tooling is selected and set up in the appropriate press, producing upwards of two- to three-hundred parts per hour is not uncommon....
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NUM's CNC System Makes Programming Spin Forming a Breeze
Exhibiting at IMTS in Chicago, Sept. 6 to 13, Booth D-3232 Chicago, September 12, 2006 NUM's Axium Power CNC system combines a compact CNC with powerful on-board programming tools for spin-forming processes. The embedded spinning functionality, together with guided pre-form and spin-cycle setup routines, is combined with a graphical and user-friendly interface, known as the HMI, to provide a...
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CNC Forming Center gives precision to part bends.
Autoform+ CNC Forming Center combines press brake platform with PC-based control. Bend simulation graphics provide visual instructions and guidelines, while screen displays show each step and change in part shape produced with full 360° rotation. Fast Part Programming format allows jobs to be programmed, run, and edited from one screen and Autoform+ software provides calculations of ram...
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How SpinSelect Can Save You Time and Money
Thanks to the unique SpinSelect™ Multi-Pocket selectable quick change tool holder, it's time to rethink the range, complexity and volume of parts that your lathe can produce. Our Spin-Select™ tool was created to increase productivity and consistency by decreasing downtime associated with lathe cutting tool and insert setups or changeovers. This product is a game-changer for the industry and we're pleased to show you why.
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