Tishken Slitting System for Bearing Steel

Tishken recently supplied a 12-XHS Slitting system for producing narrow coils used in the manufacture of sleeve bearings.  With a maximum 12” incoming coil width, the slitter head was sized to produce 42 cuts of 0.237” wide mults in 0.059” thickness material.  In order to support such particular knife setups, the slitting system includes Tishken’s Roll-a-Head feature for efficient change of the slitter head inline, reducing downtime.   Unlike turret-type systems, with the Roll-a-Head design, the tooling can be setup and gapped offline, then quickly rolled inline and secured via the hydraulic transfer and clamping system.  Additionally, the 12-XHS System includes dual recoilers for wrapping burr up and burr down coils on separate mandrels, each with a non-contact overarm separator for the surface critical material.  To further support the specialty slitting application, the system includes a job memory for storing the speeds and drive settings of each knife setup, to optimize the production and minimize scrap.

Tishken designs and builds specialized production systems for roll forming and coil metal processing.   For more information, contact sales@formtekgroup.com , call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.tishken.com

B&K Supplies a 2DWR Supermill®, Master Bundler and Accessory System to Mexico

B&K recently supplied a 2DWR Supermill®, Master Bundler and Accessory System to a new factory in Mexico, to produce drywall steel framing components. The 2DWR Supermill® will manufacture drywall stud and tracks from 25 to 18 gauges, in 1-5/8” up to 8” web widths at speeds up to 500 FPM, coupled with a master bundler to package stud and track for distribution.  The Accessory System produces four (4) unique accessory profiles in multiple gauges, including a continuous pattern rotary punch unit for corner bead. 

B&K’s patented gauge adjustment and rotary technologies make the Supermill® and Accessory Systems the highest production and versatile steel framing solutions available.  The Accessory System can be expanded to produce up to eight (8) unique profiles and multiple hole patterns.  For more information, contact sales@formtekgroup.com , call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.bkformtek.com.

Yoder "New" Strut Tooling Redesign

Yoder recently updated its forming design for roll tooling to produce strut framing channel.  The tooling updates can form the full range of strut sizes, from 13/16” to 3-1/4” without marking the profile in carbon, galvanized and stainless steel material.  Unlike competitors, Yoder’s strut tooling design does not utilize bronze or floating flange rolls to tackle the galling issue of taller profiles.  The new tooling design has been installed on multiple systems and has enabled customers to triple the speed at which they produce 3-1/4” strut framing channel in stainless steel, the most challenging of strut profiles to form without galling. 

Yoder’s roll forming tooling is purposefully designed and manufactured to meet a range of custom and high production, industrial applications.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com

B&K Accessory System Redesign

B&K recently updated its Accessory System for production of steel framing components.  The updated design incorporates features of the 2DWR Supermill®, resulting in higher production speed capabilities of the Accessory System while insuring greater control for the precut operation of light gauge profiles.  The Accessory System can be supplied for one (1) profile to eight (8) unique accessory profiles, as well as multiple rotary punch patterns.  The continuous pattern rotary punch utilizes quick die change features for efficient changeover when multiple punch patterns are required on one machine.  The speed and precut arrangement of the B&K Accessory System results in a high production volume, versatile roll former that offers the most up time compared to any competitors accessory machine.

B&K’s patented gauge adjustment and rotary technologies make the Supermill® and Accessory Systems the highest production and versatile steel framing solutions available.  The Accessory System can produce up to eight (8) unique profiles and multiple hole patterns.  For more information, contact sales@formtekgroup.com , call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.bkformtek.com.