by phygen | May 4, 2023 | FortiPhy™
FortiPhy™ XVD Data Sheets DOWNLOADABLE PDFS CrN / Chromium Nitride CrN+ / Plasma ion Nitride + CrN AlCrN / Aluminum Chromium Nitride AlCrN+ / Plasma ion Nitride + AlCrN SiC / Silicon Carbide DLC / Diamond-like Carbon BACK TO THE SCIENCE...
by phygen | Feb 1, 2023 | Metal Forming, Success Stories
METAL FORMING Switch From Carbide Pays Off PROBLEM GT Technologies supplies valve train component systems with high-quality surface finishes for automotive applications, commercial diesel engines, and performance racing engines. Its Toledo Technologies division has...
by phygen | Jan 31, 2023 | Metal Forming, Success Stories
METAL FORMING Shiroki’s 20x Increase PROBLEM Shiroki North America stamps motor vehicle seat brackets from high strength, low alloy steel using a progressive die. The process had problems with galling—adhesion caused by friction. The tooling had to be polished...
by phygen | Jan 30, 2023 | Metal Forming, Success Stories
METAL FORMING High Quality, Low Downtime PROBLEM Cowles Stamping, Inc., a Tier 2 automotive supplier and subsidiary of C. Cowles & Company, experienced punch breakage on a progressive-die job after only a couple thousand hits as punches caught in material. Severe...
by phygen | Nov 10, 2022 | Metal Forming, Success Stories
METAL FORMING Don’t Stop Now PROBLEM LuK USA stamps steel from 0.5mm to 7mm thick to make transmission components for cars and light trucks. Sometimes 4mm thick steel becomes distorted when the outer bodies of torque converters are drawn. There’s so much force on the...