API WELD SQUEEZE BOX DESTINED FOR SOUTH AMERICA

Yoder Manufacturing of Cleveland, Ohio, has recently been contracted to supply a heavy wall, high strength four (4) roll weld box.  Yoder has designed a new style weld squeeze box that consists of four (4) roll configuration.   A top head roll assembly consisting of two (2) top edge rolls will control the edge presentation prior to welding.  The head roll assembly has vertical adjust as a group and individual adjustments to compensate for improper strip edge alignment.  The main squeeze pressure is provided by the bottom squeeze unit which will utilize two (2) side rolls only for rounds that range from 2.375” to 3.500” (60.3 to 88.9 mm) OD up to 75,000 PSI (517 MPa).  This heavy wall weld box will be used primarily for producing the latest grades of premium API Pipe and Tubing products.  The bottom squeeze roll assemblies are unique in that there is fast side close adjustment, as well as a fine tuned, gear compensated, close adjustment, thus eliminating the need for operators to utilize power tools, which can cause injury if they slip, as well as undue wear and excessive adjustment of the unit.  All roll spindles are designed so the bearings are housed within the rolls.  The welding area is the worst case scenario for temperature and wear in the tube mill, so this shaft-bearing arrangement yields the best possible bearing life for the weld box.

The weld box assembly has the ability to move up and downstream with respect to the tube mill flow.  This allows the operator to fine tune the weld VEE angle with respect to the last fin-pass.  Therefore, depending on your particular tooling design, the weld VEE angle can be changed to gain the best operating parameters for your particular product.  The weld squeeze box assembly can handle up to wall thicknesses of 0.256” (6.5 mm).

Yoder is a Yoder is a designer and builder of equipment, tooling and systems for metal forming, tube and pipe and heavy industrial material handling applications.  Yoder can provide engineered to order and off-the-shelf manufacturing solutions that increase production capacity and efficiency of your factory through integrated, streamlined processes, automation, and faster machines. Yoder is part of the long-established companies that make up the Formtek Group, each with a well-known name and a history of providing innovative, reliable equipment to the metal forming and metal processing industries. As a single source provider, Formtek, www.formtekgroup.com, continues to supply our customers with the highest quality equipment, parts and service available in the industries it serves.

Visit the Yoder website (www.yodermfg.com) for further information on their tube and pipe technologies, email yoder@formtekgroup.com or call +1 (216) 292-4460.

Yoder Supplies Tooling for Electrical Transformer Housings

Yoder recently supplied two roll tooling sets to a capital equipment manufacturer for the production of pole mounted electrical transformer housings.  The tooling is designed for forming a band into a ring, which is used for closure of the assembled transformer.

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 Light Structrual Framing 2DWR Supermill

The B&K 2DWR Supermill's patented gauge adjustment, punch and shear technology resulting in the most productive steel framing roll forming system available. Adjustment from 25 gauge drywall up to 16 gauge light structural products with variable leg lengths up to 2". 

Industry leading production speeds and changeover times, caters to high production distributors as well as small and medium businesses looking for a single machine with the versatility to supply all their steel framing production needs.

For more information on B&K product lines contact us at bkformtek@formtekgroup.com or call us at 216-292-4460.
   

Steel Framing Accessory System Increase Profits - by Jack Pennuto

There are companies that design and engineer production lines from start to finish for steel framing production systems. Due to heavy competition domestically and globally, these organizations focus on providing customized programs to meet a customer’s specific industry goals. Many of the more successful and innovative operations provide equipment programs that include quality, flexibility and productivity with minimal manual adjustment required.  This type of equipment provides the capability to produce a variety of steel framing accessories on a single system with minimum changeover time. As highlighted in the Conventional Mill versus Accessory System chart below, the single changeover advantage dramatically raises the bar on production to bold and aggressive new levels.  

Robust and advanced accessory systems can fabricate multiple profiles (up to eight profiles per system without manual changeover) and easily meet short lead times and manage heavy customer demand.  Systems that offer the addition of a handcrank and mechanical readout accessory can significantly reduce monthly changeover time from 40 hours to as little as 6 ½ hours. This significant savings can equate to nearly 3 months of available production time, annually – valuable time that can be reallocated for new production projects.  Accessory roll forming systems that include fast changeover also increase the amount of profile production.  Depending on the application, an increase of as much as 300,000 feet per month can be realized.  This is a measurable improvement of almost 40% over a conventional mill processing machine. Additional Accessory modules also assist in the expansion of multi-profile offerings and can provide equipment efficiencies that often result in major sales growth along with significant increase of market share.  In addition, high speed productivity and a high speed operation ultimately result in a high performance system that delivers a best-in-class product.  The benefits of an accessory roll forming system not only create huge production efficiencies and sales opportunities, but many times result in another significantly positive impact - that of a strong net promoter score, which can help foster a positive reputation in the market, strengthening an organization’s customer base.

To read more and see an illustration of increased profit opportunity click here to visit the B&K Metal Framing Blog.  Also, watch our video to learn more about Steel Framing Accessory Systems.

 

Steel Framing Accessory Units Provide Significant Efficiencies - by Jack Pennuto Jr.

The use of light gauge steel drywall framing stud, track and accessories in construction is growing on a world wide basis.  Though this is good news for the steel framing industry, it still remains a very competitive market for manufacturers of metal construction machinery.  The demands of higher quality product requiring consistent finished materials which must comply with all recognized standards force manufacturers to have greater flexibility in an effort to remain relevant in the market.  Producers must be able to provide materials on a “just-in-time basis” and avoid maintaining excess inventory.  This requirement for higher productivity, while making the best use of fixed assets and labor is pushing the industry forward.  The incorporation of a state-of-the-art accessory unit can move a company far ahead of the competition in quality, flexibility and productivity. This article will highlight the advantages to various accessory system types.

 An integrated production line is custom designed system for all light steel framing accessories, including corner bead, furring channels, angles, CRCs, J-weeps and resilient channels.  Compact accessory units are specifically engineered to maximize limited floor space and efficiently thread up coil quickly and easily.  A single mandrel uncoiler is a key component to an efficient system. This type of design can handle up to six thousand pounds, while an optional double mandrel unit allows operation from one side while coil is loaded to the other.  When it is time to switch sides, the reel is simply rotated, threaded up and the system is ready to operate with the second coil quickly in place.

 Equipment incorporating a powered straightener-feeder removes coil set and features a speed matching algorithm that works with the roll former.  A rugged five roll straightener-feeder can easily handle steel dimensions up to 6 inches wide and 16 gauge material thickness.  Machinery that exhibits a micrometer 
adjustable edge guide ensures proper alignment with the roll former to make thread-up quick and easy when switching between profiles.  In addition, hardened upper rolls are individually adjustable to provide the exact roll pressure needed while keeping the rolls parallel.  The following station then punches holes and shears the strip to the precise length prior to the roll former.

 Continuous pattern rotary punches are available as options to accessory systems and provide unmatched production speed and compact design compared to traditional perforating methods.  With no press or discrete feeding equipment, the operation and maintenance is considerably simplified when manufacturing corner beads or forming holes in metal drywall studs.  With the “no hole punching” option, the rotary can simply roll off line for storage or later use.

In addition, a sophisticated rotary shear can provide high performance in a compact system and maintain tight tolerances at high speeds.  Incorporating an economical pre-cut method can eliminate the high cost of various cut-off dies for different profiles along with minimizing lost production time that comes with constantly changing out cut-off tools.  In addition, one shear blade can have the capacity to cut 25 to 16 gauge material up to 6 inches wide.

Certain roll formers serve as multi-profile accessory machines, providing remarkable flexibility, productivity and ease of use in roll forming steel framing accessories.  The roll former is capable of complete change over, from one unique profile to another, in less than 1 minute.  A simple hand-crank apparatus queues the digital readout to traverse the machine in the desired position of the next profile.

This type of accessory system’s permanent tooling can produce any of the necessary profiles by simply traversing the roll former to the desired product specification.  The operator simply threads up the material, keys in the part length, quantity and selected line speed.  There are no manual adjustment screws to set on the roll former, punch or shear.  Thus nearly eliminating the potential of human error.


There are significant opportunities to increase profits with an advanced accessory system, versus a conventional mill system.  These increased profits are largely based on the system changeover time from one product to another.  To explore these financial advantages, look for our next blog; Steel Framing 
Accessory Units Increase Profits  See our B&K blog

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Yoder suppliers roll former for Roll-up Doors

Yoder recently supplied a roll forming machine and tooling for production of roll up door slat.  The Yoder QVW-150 16 station roll former replaced an existing machine from a competitor.  The new rafted roll forming machine gives the customer the flexibility to run multiple tooling sets on the production line without extensive downtime when switching between profiles.  Yoder designed the new machine to match the height of the coil handling and cutoff equipment, which was reused, so the roll former could be set in the existing line.

Yoder roll forming solutions are 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 Supplies Tier 1 Automotive Tooling

Yoder recently supplied tooling to a Tier 1 Automotive supplier for door trim.  The tooling is designed for forming a specialty polymer coated steel for use in roll forming door trim on the customer’s existing M-1 ½ machines.  Yoder’s experience with this material was especially important, as the thick coating is particularly sensitive to the forming pressures of steel.  This is the fourth such application Yoder has provided tooling for in recent years. 

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 Tube Mill

Yoder recently performed a major upgrade to a 75 year old M-2 tube mill, including roll stands, turkshead and drive system.   All the driven roll stands were replaced with new-style M-2 units.  The new style units will allow the customer to produce a larger diameter tube than they could previously. The tube mill stands include the gusseted outboard housing for improved rigidity, Additionally, the new double turkshead improves control of part straightness.  Finally, the drive system was upgraded from 2-motors to 3, effectively doubling the mill speed without any tooling modifications

Yoder’s M-Series tube mills are a time tested, 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.

Yoder Upgrades M-2 Tube Mill

Yoder recently upgraded a titanium M-2 tube mill.  The breakdown section of the mill was upgraded with four (4) new-style M-2 tube mill driven roll stands.  The tube mill stands include the gusseted outboard housing for improved rigidity, as well as Single Point Adjustment, for repeatability of tooling setups when changing over materials and product sizes.

Yoder’s M-Series tube mills are a time tested, 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.

Yoder Supplies New Mill and Tooling for Roll Up Door Slat

Yoder recently supplied a manufacturer of overhead garage and man doors a QVW-150 Roll forming machine and tooling to produce the bottom bar slat for their roll up doors.  Yoder’s experience with roll-up door applications, and the versatility of the rafted roll forming machine were especially important, considering the multiple materials the customer will run on this tooling set, as well as flexibility of adding other tooling profiles in the future.  This is the fourth Yoder roll forming machine and tooling for this customer’s facility. 

Yoder’s roll forming machines and tooling are 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 Updates M-Series Roll Forming Machines

Yoder recently updated its M-Series of driven forming stands for roll forming and tube mills. The four models of M-Series driven stands incorporate a rigid, gusseted outboard design, which has years of proven performance in the QVW-Series machines. The updated versions also have the option of Yoder’s new eccentric toggle disconnect.  With the ability to form deep sections and operate a wide range of tooling sets on a single roll former or tube mill, the disconnect mechanism allows the top drive gear to be taken out of the fixed gear ratio, on specific stations, to accommodate tooling designs that do not match the machinery gear ratio, enabling customers to run a wide range of existing tooling on this machine.  Additionally, these features are reverse compatible, so they can be retrofitted onto existing M-series roll forming machines and tube mills.

http://yodermfg.com/ 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.