TPT November 2007

New Form Tools USA Booth 22055

With a strong history of manufacturing blades, jaws, and dies to tube producers worldwide, New Form Tools is involved in the R&D for revolutionary tube cutting solutions, especially designed for tube mills. At Fabtech, the company will display its new quick- change tool system that can be added to any existing tube cutting operation or die system. The system has been specifically designed to allow offline or online tube cutting to save enough time to justify a rapid ROI in weeks. In calculating the downtime of a typical tube mill, these systems can be changed in less than 10 seconds or a complete change of less than one minute.

This time is in contrast to the typical 5 minutes to 1 hour per tool change. Operators can have the next tool package prepared to be set in place and save mill downtimes of 1-2 hours per day.

› New-Form offers blades, jaws, dies and other advanced cutting solutions

An increased revenue stream is now possible with very little investment. The patented systems have been on trial throughout the year, and are beginning to catch on at a very rapid rate. With change times of as little as 5 seconds for down-cut and cross-cut blades and less than 60 seconds for a jaw set changeover, New-Form Tools has created a system that is designed to become a vital component in tube mills worldwide. The company’s wider range includes blades, tool and die, automation, carbide tooling, hydroform blades, tube and pipe and rollform tooling, and titanium coatings. New-Form’s technical staff are available for project discussions, long-term service and installation anywhere in the world.

Website : www.newformtools.com

Numalliance France Booth 23086

Numalliance and Numamerica will be exhibiting the FX13G4 machine, which anchors the Macsoft tube and wire forming line of CNC sequential benders for producing tubular parts from coil.

The ‘FX’ models combine both mandrel and nose bending capabilities with a moveable nosepiece, for increased flexibility.

By adding an optional chamfering unit, finished tubular parts can be separated using a burr-free snap cut feature, to eliminate secondary end clean-up operations.

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