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The Significance of Open Height and Stroke in a Press Brake

Oct 14 – 2022 | Blog

The success of many companies projects are dependent on the skills of a press brake operator, which means it is important to understand the significance of open height and stroke when working with tooling.Open HeightOpen height is defined as the distance betw…

A Comprehensive Guide to the Oil-canning Effect

Oct 10 – 2022 | Blog

You’ve seen the commercials for the latest and greatest wide-load trucking technologies that promise to completely eliminate the oil canning effect. It feels like there must be an innovator out there who will find a way to finally stop oil canning once and fo…

2-4-1 System

May 04 – 2022 | General

The 2-4-1 tooling system for TRUMPF machines is made up of quick-change punches with a replaceable punch tip insert. The punch tip insert costs less than a standard punch and can be made from Wilson Tool’s proprietary Ultima® tool steel which has been shown t…

Precision Ground Vs. Planer Machine Press

May 04 – 2022 | General

Press Brake ToolingPress brake tooling is an important step in creating tools for the manufacturing process. Planer machine press is a conventional tooling process, but for the customer where the precision of the product matters, the precision, precision…

Die Solutions For Tough Material

May 04 – 2022 | Bending

Bend Thick Metal PartsBending heavy materials always results in excessive wear on your die that causes die changes which will be time-consuming and costly. So why use these long, expensive, and labor-intensive die changes when you can use an adjustable d…