TPT November 2008

C utting, S awing & P rofiling T echnology

Speciality metal cutting blades and systems

New-Form Tools, Canada, is a provider of metal cutting solutions to the tube, pipe, and rollform industries. The company has developed speciality blades and cutting systems for high tensile and high strength materials including stainless steels and exotic metal tubing. The titanium coated speciality shear blades and jaws are impact resistant and wear resistant. The company aims to remove the unpredictability in blade life, and provide solutions for those that have struggled with sawing and shearing issues. New-Form offer consistent saw quality cuts in varying  New-Form shear blades offer a rate of 5,000- 11,000 cuts in difficult high strength tubing

size and wall thicknesses, with long life and high quality cuts of high strength steel tubing. Examples from customers using New- Form shear blades reveal a rate of 5,000- 11,000 cuts in difficult high strength tubing 0.179" wall by 6½" diameter. Historically, these tube cutting numbers were unpredictable with numbers of 100- 800 cuts. These results have been verified at one customer in mid-USA, saving in excess of US$1 million dollars on its tube mill from the actual scrap steel tube produced. New- Form claim that the cost of new blades and sharpening has been reduced by more than 400 per cent. Total cost reductions in one tube mill line approached $1.4 million dollars per annum. In addition, the customer has drastically improved its efficiencies so that ample run time is available to run additional products. In addition to these cost saving advances, New-Form Tools has developed patented quick change systems that dramatically reduce downtime in tube shearing. Tool package changes that would Operators can either manually enter dimensions into the controller or pull a cut list directly from the controller. Powered by TigerStop, the programmable controller can store up to 99 programs. Cut list information can also be downloaded directly from a PC, speeding up production and reducing the chance of operator error.

total up to 60 minutes have been reduced to as little as 60 seconds. New-Form Tools offers standard and custom rotary knives for cutting applications. CNC centres prepare edges on knives that can be machined according to unique specifications. The company also offers affordable metal cutting solutions to the rollform industry. Manufactured from highly dependable FN99 steel, the company’s rollform tooling resists chipping and cracking, resulting in less downtime. Produced with NFT100 high grade steel, the company offers highly durable slitter knives. Coil processors can achieve significant savings with chip resistant knives, providing increased production and reduced downtime. New-Form Tools Ltd – Canada Fax : +1 519 272 1996 Email : tjantzi@newformtools.com Website : www.newformtools.com  Rotary disc cutters (above left) and slitter knives (above right) from New-Form Tools cut length (in inches, fractions, or metric) and pushes ‘start’, and the automatic stop moves to position. Scotchman president, Mr Jerry Kroetch, commented, “The advanced feed system will cut production time in half, virtually eliminating setup time. Now, operators no longer need to use a tape measure or set and adjust manual stops.” The advanced feed system can be used as a programmable stop system or a fully automatic programmable push feed system with the optional material clamp. Scrap can be eliminated by using the optional optimising software. Upon entering the clear stock length of a piece of material into the controller, the system calculates how to optimise the material for the highest yield. Scotchman Industries, Inc – USA Fax : +1 800 843 5545

Advanced feed system for fully automatic cutting

Scotchman Industries, USA, is the manufacturer of an advanced feed system that is designed to turn a semi-automatic machine into a fully automatic production machine. This system acts to increase productivity, decrease setup time, reduce operator error and eliminate waste.

 The Scotchman advanced feed system

Once the material is secured in the indexing clamp and the machine started, the Scotchman advanced feed system automatically moves the material into position and clamps it, then cycles the machine. To perform one-off cuts, the operator simply keys in the desired

Email : info@scotchman.com Website : www.scotchman.com

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N ovember 2008

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