Following successful tests with high-strength alloys, Schuler is developing hot forming of aluminum sheet for serial production. As an alternative lightweight material, aluminum becomes increasingly attractive to the automotive industry due to its high strength at low specific weight. High-strength aluminum alloys offer great weight-saving potential for car bodies. The newly developed technology of hot forming of aluminum sheet enables the forming of complex part shapes. High-strength (…)

An authoritative new White Paper on modern nesting has been published by Planit, the company that developed the world’s most powerful sheet metal CAD/CAM software, Radan. With the sea change in what nesting can now do for companies, manufacturers should ask themselves the following questions, revolving around where they want to be in five years time: Do I want to increase my output? Do I want to better utilise my staff? Do I want to increase automation? Do I want to make my resources go (…)