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Whether in the guise of bolt-on tapping units or actual tapping tools that are housed in a turret, precision punch presses can handle tapping chores like never before. As a result, metal fabricators are considering these options to take the manual activity out of the fabricating mix.
The FABRICATOR®, 10/1/09
A manufacturer of fire doors, in the South Bronx grows a business through market diversification and automation, just a few miles north of some of the most expensive real estate on earth.
By: Tim Heston - The FABRICATOR®, 5/14/09
Turret punch press uptime will increase if you know your process capability, manufacture products within that capability, and optimize the layout of your tooling. It also will increase if you optimize programming, design, and tooling. It also is important to maintain proper die clearance and ali...
By: Dennis Lowry - The FABRICATOR®, 5/12/09
Making an intelligent, economically sound punch press purchasing decision requires careful consideration of many factors, including material size and thickness, material handling capabilities, part complexity and volume, and turret capacity. Take the time to accurately determine your needs. Is that ...
By: Terry Stewart, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 3/10/09
Until about a year ago, the staff at King Electrical Mfg. Co. manufactured parts by the thousands without much consideration of the actual demand for those parts. This doesn't happen anymore.
The FABRICATOR®, 11/25/08
Nesting for punching must not only consider the part geometry but also the tool boundary. Some nesting software can respect the tool boundary rather than just the part boundary. The software respects the integrity of the punched part, the skeleton, and tooling all at once.
By: Glenn Binder - The FABRICATOR®, 5/13/08
Keeping a lean program running takes time, effort, and teamwork. To make the most of lean—that is, to understand all of their options in eliminating waste—companies that do extensive work in punching should keep up with innovation in punching tooling. Two such innovations are tools that tap holes an...
By: Andy Spence-Parsons, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 4/15/08
McQuay international develops a strategy to prolong tool life for turret presses.
The FABRICATOR®, 4/15/08
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By: Craig Padget - The FABRICATOR®, 8/8/07
Anderson Metals, a sheet metal fabricator with clients such as Volvo, Deere, and Cat, needed some specialized tooling in a hurry to win over a new client, Eaton Electrical. Its main punch provider didn’t have the tooling in its inventory, so Anderson had to shake off the complacency that had set in ...
The FABRICATOR®, 1/9/07
While the first step in successful punching is to pay close attention to the quality and features of punching tooling, other factors come into play. Punched slugs are clues, and examining them can reveal whether the punch and die clearance is too loose or too tight and whether the machine is properl...
By: Andy Spence-Parsons, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 8/8/06
When Generac Power Systems, a generator manufacturer, went looking for ways to increase the useful life of its punching tooling, it tried several strategies before it settled on the Optima® coating provided by Wilson Tool International® Inc. When Wilson later introduced UltimaT, a tool...
The FABRICATOR®, 7/11/06
European metal fabricators, among them a stainless steel cabinet-maker, an electronics contract manufacturer, and a commercial refrigerator appliance manufacturer, are staying competitive in the global marketplace with automated material handling systems that feed modern punching, laser cutting, she...
By: Dan Davis, Editor-in-Chief - The FABRICATOR®, 7/11/06
Many fabricators use fairly rudimentary methods to keep turret press punch tooling stored, but often tooling isn't really organized. A common method is to store tooling horizontally and group tooling by station (A-station tools a grouped together, B-station tools together, etc.). Storing them vertic...
By: Joel Pierson - The FABRICATOR®, 1/10/06
The system Sanmina-SCI uses to produce rails for Sun Microsystems' large servers is a key factor in Sanmina-SCI's competitiveness when it comes to processing a large, heavy-gauge, complet part, delivered in large volume on an as-needed basis for computer server systems and other similar applications...
By: Scot Stevens, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 11/8/05
New types of punch press tooling make it possible to perform many secondary fabricating operations on the turret press as well as standard punching—in some cases eliminating additional equipment and part handling, and reducing machine downtime. Not only are new part features possible on the turret p...
By: Andy Spence-Parsons, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 8/9/05
Hayward Pools improves punching of pool heaters using DuraBlade parting tool.
By: Kate Bachman, STAMPING Journal® Editor - The FABRICATOR®, 7/12/05
If you’re considering adding an ironworker, you should know not only what type of ironworker is best for your facility and end product, but also what options will offer you the productivity level you want. For this reason, you should learn about CNC controls as you investigate the ironworkers on the...
By: Don Letourneau, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 5/10/05
From small custom job shops to large, multibillion-dollar companies, manufacturers are accommodating shorter product life cycles to meet the rapid innovation in today's marketplace.
By: Henry Llop - The FABRICATOR®, 4/11/05
Even with all of the new advances in metal stamping technology, screws and threaded holes are still the trusted staples for metal fastening. Tapping the threaded holes has never been an easy task, however.
By: Thomas O. Monroe Jr. - www.thefabricator.com, 3/8/05
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By: Art Hedrick, Contributing Writer - www.thefabricator.com, 2/8/05
Recent improvements in press drive technology, machine control design, tooling, and CAD/CAM programming software are increasing the throughput capability and the overall versatility of CNC turret punch press equipment.
By: Rich Dapp, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 9/14/04
Augur Metal Products, a sheet metal fabricator that manufactures components for OEMs, punches large stainless-steel sheets for commercial separators. Its punches required sharpening after punching 10 to 15 sheets until it changed to Mate punches made from DuraSteel™ tooling with Maxima® coating and ...
The FABRICATOR®, 7/13/04
Ironworkers perform many functions that allow fabricators to simplify difficult tasks. No matter which type of ironworker you have, you probably have found yourself saying, “I don’t know how I ever got along without my ironworker.”
By: Mark Pearlman, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 3/25/04
Custom metal fabricator Total Metal Products, Dallas, had a need for part marking that would be both accurate and cost-effective for small quantities. The company supplies punched parts in single and small-lot quantities of 200, 300, and 400 on a just-in-time (JIT) basis. Its customers include manuf...
The FABRICATOR®, 8/14/03
An ironworker can be an important and versatile machine in a metal fabricating shop. Quite often ironworking is the first step in the manufacturing process, and one ironworker typically can provide enough fabricated material to keep up to seven welders or assemblers busy.
By: Jim Hoag, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 1/16/03
It is no surprise that fabricators are always looking for ways to increase productivity; however, many don't realize that a simple solution sometimes can be found right in front of them.
By: Jeff McQuarris, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 1/16/03
The author discusses what not to do to manage slug ejection. He mentions several tooling maintenance errors that he has made over the years, as well as what machine operators can do if they want to experience slug ejection difficulties. He concludes by stating that the easiest solution to slug manag...
By: Gerald Davis, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 12/13/01
This article provides the basics on how the punch, die, and stripper work; how to perform material thickness calculations on various materials; how different applications affect punching quality; how fully guided tooling counters lateral forces; and how metallurgy, coatings, and maintenance affect t...
By: Frank Baeumler, Contributing Writer - The FABRICATOR®, 12/13/01
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