High Mix Low Volume Bending Technologies
Utilize current press brake technologies in order to remain efficient in today's short run processing conditions. Attendees will learn about the technology available to shorten setup times on the press brake, which is critical to staying profitable when run sizes are short and a wide variety of parts are processed.
Scott Ottens - Amada America Inc.
Improve Your Press Brake Productivity on a Budget
This presentation will provide the attendees with suggestions on how to utilize high precision yet budget priced press brake Clamping, Crowning, and Tooling Systems to reduce set-up time, maximize accuracy, increase tooling flexibility, reduce scrap, improve finished part quality, and maximize productivity. It will also include cost justification tables that will enable them to use their own hourly burden rates to obtain accurate results.
David R. Bishop - Wila USA
Precision Sheet Metal Bending: Advanced Bend Radius Analysis
Most available teaching resources prescribe the Inside Bend Radius of sheet metal as a static percentage of the Vee Die Opening. Suspecting that this data was an oversimplification, I’m prepared to share the results of my internal bend testing. In an educational session focused specifically on understanding inside bend radius behavior in specific circumstances, I would propose to cover the impact this new information has on: Calculating the Naturally Formed Inside Bend Radius, Defining the progression of IBR through the bend, Sharp bends, Punch tip penetration, parabolic bend radii, Ideal/Perfect Bends, Large Radius bends & Multi-Breakage, Calculating IBR using new information, and a few other new formulas currently in development.
Jonah Higgs - Applied Laser Technologies