Yoder Pallet Racking Tooling

Yoder recently supplied a set of combination tooling for the production of pallet racking uprights and bracings.  The single tooling set can produce two sizes of upright posts in three gauges as well as one size of lateral bracings.  This tooling design offers quick changeover between sizes, via relocation of spacers, and is more economical than a rafted style system, with similar changeover times.  The tooling will be used by a pallet racking distributor that has expanded into manufacturing of their main product line. 

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.

Yoder Upgrades M-2 ½ Roll Former

Yoder recently upgraded a 50 year old 12 station M-2 ½ roll forming machine.  The roll former was expanded to 16 stations, in order to manufacture a wider range of products, increased to 200 FPM operation and upgraded to the latest version of the M-2 ½ driven roll forming stands with single point adjustment.  Other new features added to the machine are automatic bearing lubrication and an air blow off system.  The machine upgrades enables the customer to increased production speeds on all products, some by up to 3 times previous rates.

Yoder’s M-Series roll forming machines are rugged, scalable solutions 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.

Roll Tooling for Existing Competitors Machine

Formtek recently supplied new roll tooling to form a fluorescent light fixture reflector.  The tooling was installed and tested on the customer’s existing roll forming machine.  The tooling designs take advantage of the existing machine parameters, to provide the customer with new geometry for a lighting product that is marketed worldwide.  In addition, the tooling set utilizes Formtek’s latest idler fixture designs,  which are tailored to feeding tall, asymmetrical profiles without marking.  For more information, www.formtekgroup.com, contact sales@formtekgroup.com or call (216) 292-4460.

Yoder Supplies Seam Rotation Stand

Yoder recently supplied a SRS-350, Seam Rotation Stand to Jaytec LLC.  The unit is sized for 3.5” OD x 0.150” maximum tube size, covering a large range of mechanical tubing.  The seam rotation stand adds value to mechanical tubing by orienting the weld location to center of the flat or corner of shapes, as customers require.  These units are also available in 5” and 6-5/8” sizes.  This SRS-350 is the customer’s second seam rotation stand from Yoder.

Yoder’s Seam Rotation Stand and other tube mill accessories are rugged fixtures designed for versatile use in a range of tube, pipe and industrial production environments.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.

Motorized Turkshead

Yoder recently supplied a motorized turkshead to a west coast manufacturer of mechanical tubing and conduit.  This double turkshead, sized for 3” OD x 0.135” maximum tubing has been operated at speeds up to 1200 FPM.  The motorized adjustment features enables the tube mill operator to remotely adjust the unit while threading up after a tooling or coil change, avoiding the start and stop of the line, minimizing changeover time and setup scrap.  This is the customer’s second Motorized turkshead from Yoder.

Yoder’s Turkshead straighteners and other tube mill accessories are rugged fixtures designed for versatile use in a range of tube, pipe and industrial production environments.  For more information, contact yoder@formtekgroup.com, call (216) 292-4460 or visit www.yodermfg.com.