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Tag: Metal

Metal Processing

By Frank Posted on December 25, 2011 Posted in Metalforming Tagged with Metal

One of the first fields I got involved with in automation in the early 1990s was metal forming. Presses, slitters and rollformers with their associated unwinds, cutoffs and punches were a big part of my business for the first few …

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Welding

By Frank Posted on July 1, 2011 Posted in Machine Assembly and Fabrication, Techniques, Trades Tagged with Metal, welding

As I continue working on my book I have come to a section that has been difficult to classify. Chapter 7 concerns the various trades that are involve working in the automation field. The first part describes primarily engineering and …

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A Metalforming Application

By Frank Posted on February 6, 2011 Posted in Applications, Hydraulics, Metalforming Tagged with Hydraulic, Metal, Rollforming

I decided to write a little about my first metal-forming job after receiving an e-mail from a gentleman in India who has been in the metalforming business for 43 years (hello Ananth!) It reminded me of some of the good …

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