Coaxial Cable Facts and More An automated system for processing flexible coax cable pulls the coax off the spool, straightens it, and then cuts it to a programmed length. Coaxial cable is commonly used to convey high-frequency signals in microwave communications...
Direct Acting or Toggle: Clamping on a Tube Bender is Not Always Straight Forward Over the previous decades tube rotary draw bending machines have made use of numerous devices to hold/clamp a tube in position as the tube is being bent. For example, the job of a clamp...
How a Depth Type Cut Can Expand the Capacity of your Existing Cutoff Machine Almost…But Not All The Way Most chipless type cutoff machines have a limit as to how short of a part they can cutoff. Often on these types of machines a pull apart type cut is used to help...
Getting The Slug To Exit Punching features in a tube perpendicular to the center axis of the tube is an everyday event worldwide. Whether you are punching with or without a mandrel, there is most often an unwanted piece of metal (the slug) to contend with. The slug...
Getting the Most Out of Your Bender / Saw Combination You’ve been making a specific part for years now. You don’t know when the ride is going to end, however, after the first few production runs you started to get a better grip on the true costs involved. Even with...