Lasers in industry have come a long way since their invention and subsequent deployment in the 1960s. What were once viewed as potentially hazardous to the health of humans—the moniker “death ray” was common—these tools have evolved to become some of the most effective ways for manufacturers to cut and mark materials once deemed too …
The term punching is generally understood to include all operations of cutting out blanks from sheet metal The shape cut away is known as the blank, whilst the unavoidable amount of metal sheet left afterwards is only fit for scrap. Some ingenuity is required to so arrange the sequence of successive punchings that the amount …
Sheet metal embossing is a stamping technique that creates raised or sunken images in sheet metal. This procedure can be accomplished using matched male and female roller dies, or by sliding a sheet or a strip of metal between the desired pattern’s rolls. It’s frequently used in conjunction with foil stamping to create a gleaming, …
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The fundamental concepts behind roll forming go back to Leonardo da Vinci. The first continuous roll forming lines can be traced back to the 1910s. Yet even after all this time, many still don’t know what roll forming really is. It’s a staple in certain sectors like automotive, aerospace, and the metal building industries, but …
