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Sheet Metal Coils

VDP Analyzer reveals causes of errors

8. March 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

In 2019, Schuler developed a camera-based die monitoring system for presses under the name “Visual Die Protection” (VDP). The system is part of the “Digital Suite” in which Schuler has […]

Sheet Metal Coils

Wide range of services

7. March 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

An investment in the new Stopa LG-E long product storage system can open up trend-setting perspectives. Operators benefit from modular components that allow them to adapt their production processes to […]

Sheet Metal Coils

The supreme discipline of the tank plate

1. March 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Where sheet metal is punched, perforated, bent or cut in continuous production, tools often move at 1,200 strokes per minute and more. Under these stresses in the tightest of spaces, […]

Everything on one MG: With a working area of 14 x 4 meters and a technology combination of a plasma rotator for 3D sheet metal processing as well as an oxyfuel torch for higher material thicknesses and a needle marker for part marking, Engicon relies on a versatile CNC cutting center. © MicroStep Europe

Modern and flexible cutting solution

22. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Belgian company Engicon nv (Geldof) is known for its technically complex solutions that often require a wide range of expertise. It specializes, among other things, in the manufacture of storage […]

The Duramax N thread forming tool with TiN coating © BASS

Threading tools for sheet metal working

21. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

As soon as internal threads are produced in sheet metal working, the tool of choice is the thread cutter – also known as thread former. Compared to classic thread cutting, […]

The force exerted by the spinning roller on the workpiece - a metal disk - is fed back proportionally to the handwheel of the Premo Force Feedback control. This allows the plant operator to better calculate the reaction of the material to the pressure during thickening. © Abacus

With flair

18. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Do you remember the “eternal”, unaccustomed standing at the vice, filing at a U-piece. You should get a feel for the material – St 37. And you got it, tenth […]

The skeleton sleds must comply with clearly defined regulations and be individually adapted to the riders. Image: © International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF)

NOW ALSO WITH OLYMPIA GOLD: Excitement in the ice channel – not in the material

14. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

High-tech equipment for top German sports: this is the specialty of the Institute for Research and Development of Sports Equipment (FES). Among other things, the sleds for the German skeleton […]

Sheet Metal Coils

When it gets too hot for others

14. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Waterjet cutting is despite still an “exotic” process. Even many experts have heard of it, but know more prejudices than advantages. They know even less about micro waterjet cutting, also […]

Sheet Metal Coils

Optimized grain development enables efficiency and quality boosts

8. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

In 1999, Norton “revolutionized” high metal removal rate grinding in many areas of industrial metalworking with the then novel Altos rod corundum. The new AltosX generation from Saint-Gobain Abrasives, a […]

Sheet Metal Coils

Now even faster in 3D

7. February 2022 Hans Georg Schätzl

Trumpf has developed BrightLine Speed, a new technology for cutting sheet metal faster and more efficiently. The solution is aimed in particular at the three-dimensional cutting of hot-formed components, such […]