Metal fabrication machinery, tooling, parts & service in NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD and WV
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A new video was released by SafanDarley – featuring their 130 ton electric R-Brake. This 3-minute video clearly illustrates an integrated press brake-robot system. Check out the robot as moves horizontally along a gantry on the top-side of the press brake, using the auto gripper to pull tools. If you weren’t visualizing how this set up operates, here is your chance…
Enjoy!
FabTech 2019 Preview……page 1 – let us know if you’re going
Press Brakes vs. Folding Machines……page 2
Troubleshooting Four Common Shearing Defects……page 3
Introducing Atlantic Machinery Associates……page 4
Used Machinery Listing……page 5
Smart Manufacturing Comic Book and App…..page 6
To promote the industry, the first Friday of every October is National Manufacturing Day. This year over 1200 events have been planned – a chance for manufacturers to open their doors to children, families and their community.
A few industry facts, published by National Association of Manufacturers:
Check out what global software company PTC created as their contribution toward…”Inspir(ing) young people by demonstrating that manufacturing in a smart connected world is filled with technology, advanced skills, and creativity.”
Download their FREE pdf comic book, as well as its associated App (available for iOS and Android) .
Open the app and point your device’s camera at a target image on the pages of the comic book to launch the augmented reality experience and make the superheroes come to life.
Share this augmented reality experience with the next generation of manufacturers, and click the logo below to browse National Manufacturing Day’s website for an event near you:
Issue includes:
Trending Topics in Metal Manufacturing……page 1
Scotland’s Bravest – Flow Waterjet Tech Helps Disabled Veterans……page 2
Tips for Ordering Custom Tooling……page 3
Critical Checkpoints on Your Band Saw ……page 3
Used Machinery……page 5
In this Issue:
The Science of Shearing……page 1
Last Chance – HydMech sale……page 2
Used Machinery Listing / List Your Used Machine……page 2
Customer Q&A on the SafanDarley E-Brake……page 3
Check for Sign of Wear……page 3
3 Considerations When Purchasing Equipment……page 5
IN THIS ISSUE:
A Closer Look at Fibers…..page 2
2019 FMA Manufacturing Expo & Open House……page 3,4
2019 Welmaintained Service Rates……page 5
5 Issues to Expect from your Dirty Finishing Machine……page 5
*NEW MACHINE ALERT*……page 6
Used Machinery……page 6
As March 1st greets a good portion of the Northeastern US with snow, a quiet Friday afternoon allows us to get caught up on some reading.
Photonics Spectra is a lovely magazine worth a LOOK if you are interested in light-based technologies. (Quick plug to them – you can sign up for a free subscription through the link above.)
The article below caught my eye and I ended up taking the time to read it word for word – a huge compliment over the skim read most articles receive.
Subsea Fiber Optics article published by Photonics Spectra Magazine
An interesting look at the past/present means of data transmission via the deep blue sea, the article reminded me of times – no so long ago – when the spec sheets I was emailed from a colleague in the Netherlands would have taken A LOT longer to arrive. The uses for fiber optic technology seem endless and the estimated 745,645.43 miles of fiber cables currently being used to transport data under the sea is mind boggling… doesn’t most data get transmitted via satellites? Read the article to find out the percentages between the two.
As you might guess, the team at FMA does not deal directly with anything subsea. We do, however, know a lot about fiber technology used in metal fabrication machinery and are currently preparing a Mazak 6kW fiber laser to demo at our May 2019 Open House… an entirely different use for fiber technology and one mostly likely relevant to you.
I hope you enjoy this read as a welcome break from the norm. And for those who enjoy fiber technology – we will see you May 21st through 23rd at our fiber laser seminars!
Becca, FMA Team Member
When Dan Joss of Wallace Machinery suggested Hi-Tec Profiles, a custom job shop in Regina, SK, try Wila’s new line of Standard Tooling for a new Accupress 840 ton press brake, Ed Vansteelandt, press brake foreman was skeptical. With 14 years of experience on press brakes, Vansteelandt had been exposed to several types of press brake tooling, including nitride-coated tooling and he had found them all lacking. “We have 15 people in the pressbrake department working on two shifts, an eight-hour morning shift and a tenhour afternoon shift and we’re forming products 80 hours a week using seven press brakes. Initially we worked with coated tooling and we found it was forming better until the coating wore off and then we got tool wear.” Six months ago, Hi-Tec Profiles purchased a new Accupress 840 ton press brake equipped with a Wila New Standard hydraulic clamping system and tooling. “What really turned the guys’ heads around was how easily the tooling bent 316 steel. We were bending three feet of 316 and coining it and the tooling at the time couldn’t bend the material to the 90° bend we needed. With the new Wila tooling, it was so easy to bend and we were able to bend it in lengths up to six feet, using a third of the tonnage because of air bending, made possible by the Wila tooling. So it’s easier on the press brake and you get less wear and tear because you’re not putting the full amount of tonnage on it.” Perhaps more importantly, after six months of high use, Vansteel and hasn’t seen any wear, “not even a scratch.” In fact, Vansteelandt and his team are so impressed with the performance of the tooling, they plan to replace their entire stock of bending tools with the new Wila tools, including specialty made tools. “I don’t see an end to the purchasing of tooling for our press brakes because now we’re looking at job specific tooling. Wila recently made specialty tooling to help us with a customer part that has allowed us to eliminate one of the hits and one of the flips we used to have to make with the old tooling. “We’ve gone from this job taking eight hours to about five to five and a half hours, so we’re saving time and improving our efficiencies.” Hi-Tec Profiles was formed in 1988. Its fabrication shop is equipped with eight laser cutting machines capable of cutting from 0.56 to 25.4 mm (24 gauge up to 1 in.), a torch plasma cutter that cuts material up to 127 mm (5 in.) and seven press brakes from 65 ton up to 840 ton.
Reprinted with permission from Shop Metalworking Technology/ www.shopmetaltech.com