Article: Laser cutting system features 5.2 kW resonator.(Modern Equipment Review)

Article: A great new tool for all machine shops.(Advertisement)
Modern Machine Shop;  September 1, 2005 ;     361 words ...Fundamentals of Press Brake Tooling By Ben L. Rapien, ME, MBA...uses his 45 years of experience with press brake tooling applications to provide a...descriptions have been simplified to allow press brake users to fully comprehend the many...

Article: PC-based press brake handles 2" AR plate: to custom fabricate heavy steel plate for mining and tunneling machines, a manufacturer needed a press brake that was both powerful and agile.(Metalforming / Bending
Modern Applications News;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......America (Houston, PA) knew it needed a big press brake to handle fabrication of heavy abrasion...the solution with a Proform hydraulic press brake, supplied by Cincinnati Incorporated...initially felt we would need an even larger press brake, notes Bill Herstine, DBT Production...

Article: Retrofittable system for automating press brakes.
Modern Machine Shop;  April 1, 2006 ;     205 words ......motion with any brand of CNC hydraulic press brake. With RIBS, users don't have to replace...interface and providing full use of the press brake. The system's SimulEasy software allows...then upload the program into both the press brake and robot. The SimulEasy program also...

Article: Press brake systems feature hydraulic technology.(Modern Equipment Review: Spotlight: Metal Forming & Fabricating/Lasers)
Modern Machine Shop;  October 1, 2007 ;     102 words ......crowning without loss of open height. The press brake uses the Cybelec 2D control for programming...The company also offers the PR series press brake, which features 3D color graphics and...as many as eight main CNC axes, the press brake is equipped with CNC sheet followers...

Article: 'Impossible?' no such word at Liberty Steel: efficiency and flexibility, not only in its performance as a company, but in the machines it uses, lets a company specializing in prototyping stay nimble.(LASER CUTTING)
Modern Applications News;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......When faced with creating a part using a press brake that most machine manufacturers said...Steel needed a laser cutter, but also a press brake that could form 0.029 thick, waffle...outward-sloping circular shape. Gantenbein visited press brake manufacturers with the part, but was...

Article: Namasco Installs a 2000 Ton Press Brake.
Business Wire;  August 3, 2000 ;     311 words ......successful installation of a 2000 ton press brake at his company's New Orleans facility...five feet in length. In addition, the press brake has a clearance of forty one feet between...lines. Now, with the addition of the new press brake, the New Orleans branch is well positioned...

Article: Innovation spurs Swedish metalworkers. (Management Update)
Tooling & Production;  March 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ......north of Stockholm, a 2500-metric ton press brake was being run off by machine tool builder...titanium pipe fabricator, Permascand. The press brake gives PTI a formidable and rather large...pipe is rotated 90 degrees, and the press brake is used to squeeze the two halves together...

Article: Speed is life: increased production speed for a family-owned shop doubled sales in six months.(FABRICATION)
Modern Applications News;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......months in search of a punch press and press brake that would add fabricating capacity...precision servo-controlled hydraulic press brake with an adaptive forming device manufactured...CNC turret punch press and PPEB 90-ton press brake changed the mix of 4-M's work from ...

Article: Fundamentals of press brake tooling; the basic information you need to know in order to design and form good parts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
SciTech Book News;  December 1, 2005 ;     111 words ...1569903824 Fundamentals of press brake tooling; the basic information you need...TS250 Retired now after 45 years in press brake tooling, Rapien offers his insights...designing parts that can be formed using a press brake. He discusses the basics in selecting...

Article: Tapping the power of lasers and brakes: a shop found speed and precision in the combined power of laser-cutter and press brake.(LASERS)
Modern Applications News;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......repeatability, so I looked for the best press brake I could find, Don Landoll, company...Beyeler PR Series 710 ton, 5,100mm press brake with a 5-axis back-gauge in 2006. Both the laser cutting and press brake systems offered advantages such...

Article: CNC press brake fires-up production: building "one-of-a-kind" fire trucks, this operation demands the same of its fabricating equipment as its customers demand of its trucks, speed and flexibility.(Forming/Fabricating)
Modern Applications News;  August 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......configurations. When shopping for a new press brake, the company needed a system that...equation in KME's hunt for its perfect press brake. We shopped around for weeks. Smith says. We visited several press brake manufacturers throughout the country...

Article: Press brake.(product spotlight)
Tooling & Production;  February 1, 2004 ;     103 words ...The E Series servo electric press brake uses a mechatronic drive to distribute even forces in the top...yielding less energy consumption and increased productivity. The press brake is available in capacities of 27 to 88 tons and bed lengths...

Article: Press brake for high-speed production.(product spotlight)
Tooling & Production;  October 1, 2005 ;     112 words ...Strippit/LVD's PPRM precision press brake is well suited for bending small-to medium-size high precision...machine delivers working speeds of up to 59m at reduced load. The press brake ram is supported by springs and uses two single-acting hydraulic...

Article: Tooling for press brakes: unlocking this key to productivity.
Tooling & Production;  October 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......it? The quality and features of your press brake are what's important? The tooling has...While it is true that the quality of the press brake can impact your productivity and profitability...discovering that the quality of the press brake tooling will reduce setup time and labor...