Tech Zones

Backfield in Motion: This unique CNC black oxide finishing system keeps pace with a machining center, reduces the blackening time on couplings from 5 days to same day, and drops finishing costs from 20 cents to 4 cents per part.

Cutting Edge: To fully understand the slitting/shearing process is to understand fracture mechanics.

Points To Ponder: Machining remains stronger while housing and financial services industries crumble.

Gonna Have A Large Time: This Michigan manufacturer pursues wind turbine and large-part machining in a big way, with massive machine tools.

Thinking Outside the Box: Facing high materials and energy costs, this precision manufacturer of injection molds and prototype tooling compared laser-sintering vs. traditional machining for its tooling and mold inserts. Whoa! These results may surprise you, too.

ISM has developed spiral tubeforming equipment utilizing state-of-the-art engineered technologies to deliver the best Spiral Tubeformer in the industry. Their foundation is based on delivering machines that are built with quality, performance and dependability to ensure the best possible return on your investment.

ZS Industries Co., LTD (ZSI) is a contracted manufacturer conducting manufacturing outsourcing in China for industrial customers from all over the world. Their objective is to increase customers’ competitiveness through the successful implementation of their outsourcing strategy.

Sangiacomo is a company leader in Europe, and also in the American markets, for the production of eccentric mechanical presses. Thanks to the reliable solutions and always innovative options of its presses, Sangiacomo allows the customer to choose among a wide range of products for the stamping process.

Forsteppe, a tungsten carbide part manufacturer in Hong Kong, China and Asia, offers its precision carbide punches and dies for metal stamping and forming, completed metal stamping tools, and custom stamping metal parts.

data M Software GmbH will present new versions of its COPRA® RF - Roll Forming program for designing roll tools, of COPRA® FEA RF - Finite Element Simulation solution for the roll form process, and COPRA® Metal Bender for 3D sheet metal design under AutoCAD or Inventor.