EoW November 2012

Focus on USA

200 years of expertise The combination of all the companies within Numalliance™ makes an impressive 200 years of expertise. Latour turns 140 in 2012 and displays a new line of Robomac® twin heads. Multiple option on feeding as well as straightening, the group has certainly taken advantage of its know-how to reduce the last interbend to 50mm (2") and give additional push bending and 180° bend on the machine. More than 30 years ago, the current president and chief executive, Joel Etienne, founded Macsoft. A small player in the beginning, Macsoft has always been the spearheading innovation in the CNC wire business, putting innovative and unprecedented solutions on the market. Macsoft teamed up with another firm, Satime, to provide a more integrated solution and secondary operation.

and loads the pre-cut wire from the magazine located in the back.

The partnership grew in a merger when Numalliance ™ was founded and integrated with Latour. With a total over 200 years of expertise, the natural slogan for Numalliance™ is ’beyond bending’. To celebrate the group has launched a line of Twin Head benders, based on the Robomac ® Touch and Form bending technique.

Alternatively the machine can grab a wire from a coil and position the wire directly on the bending head or that same feed line can deliver the straightened wire to the hopper in the back. Straightening can be conventional or rotary. Also standard is the retractable centre that gives the 3D to the part enabling one last interbend of 50mm (2"). The machine uses the same user-friendly interface as its feed and form counterpart, the Touch & Form, and offers the teach–in pendant as part of the trouble shooting programming. Tooling is compatible with all the Robomac® line. The Robomac® 21xx comes with an optional control feature that enables push bending wire up to 12mm (0.45"), and is capable of bending 180° in one movement.

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The line has already gained a huge momentum in the industry. The basic version of the bender has only six servos but the machine has room so up to 14 movements can be combined. From the feeding source a selection of options are available. The standard machine comes with a 4m (12ft) bed

Numalliance – USA Website : www.numalliance.com

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The Eraser Company, a manufacturer of wire, cable and tube process equipment, has launched its new website, www.eraser. com Solutions to wire processing needs are now at your fingertips! The site’s homepage welcomes visitors with a clean, uncluttered design and easy navigation. Features of the site include: RSS feed, blog, testimonials, insert wizard, product videos, dynamic search, website translation, detailed images of products, Eraser certification programme and links to product operating manuals. Coming soon are live chat, the wheel wizard, online ordering and an interactive catalogue. Since 1911 a wide variety of industrial manufacturing companies have taken advantage of Eraser’s broad product line and superior customer service. “In an effort to make Eraser products more visible and to more effectively connect with our customers, we are thrilled to announce the introduction of a brand new website,” said Richard DePaulis, chief operating officer. “This is one small but very visible part of the many changes being made here at The Eraser Company.” The Eraser Company Inc – USA Website : www.eraser.com

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November 2012