Demand for metal-cutting and metal-forming machinery fell from the peak set in October, but continued to show the “elevated ...

Orbital forming is a process that uses an angled forming tool (peen) that spins off center at a 3 to 6 degree angle to securely fasten an assembly. The tool progressively heads, swages, crowns, flares ...

Look around you. The sheet metal machinery on your shop floor is the lifeblood of your business. But as an extension of your workforce, do you know what machines to recruit and what to retire? Whether ...

Makers and small businesses looking for an affordable way to manufacture vacuum formed products in small production runs may be interested in a new desktop vacuum forming machine which has been ...

MTorres used hot drape forming to preform undirectional tape blanks in the Clean Sky 2 IIAMS wing box program. Photo Credit, all images: IIAMS project, Airbus Defence and Space, MTorres. This online ...

This file type includes high-resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Most engineers tend to rely on traditional fastening methods to join parts (see "Impact Riveting: The Old School ...

The vacuum forming machine can form plastic sheets around objects to create a form. In the Maker Lab, we have a My Yard Formart 2 vacuum former and a Centroform SV 1217 vacuum former. Material Fees: ...