Manually Operated Bending Fixtures, Fuel Lines, Coldwater, OH

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Manually Operated Bending Fixtures are typically designed and built when production volumes are low. Parts requiring a large number of bends are typically broken up into several smaller fixtures. With the use of 3D modeling software, Excel can maximize the number of bends which are produced in a single fixture. By reducing the number of fixtures required to bend complex parts, higher production rates can be achieved. Part quality is also higher when fewer fixtures are used. Similar to our Semi and Fully Automated Bending Machines, the part locators designed in our Manually Operated Bending Fixtures are designed to avoid incorrect loading of components. The design of the locators improves part quality by preventing part defects. Bending fixtures built by Excel are designed to be mounted to a work bench or held securely in a vise. Fixtures can also be supplied mounted on a heavy duty stand made from 2 x 2 x ¼ wall angle iron.

A process similar to the design of our Semi and Fully Automated Bending Machines is performed to produce our Manually Operated Bending Fixtures. Starting with a 3D model of your part, bend tooling is designed around your part and a fixture base is added. Once the basic design is completed, the design is reviewed for ease of operation and, if necessary, modifications are made. The end result of Excel’s design process is a complete 3D model of your fixture. In the event that the original part print is changed, the original fixture design can be reviewed and updated with potential tooling modifications.

Benefits of a bending fixture built by Excel:
• Minimal set-up material required
• Improved part quality
• Higher production rates
• Part locators designed to avoid incorrect loading of components
• Operator friendly machines
• 3D approval prints
• 2D fixture design prints
• Replacement details optional
• Heat treated gib and slide assemblies
• Heat treated tooling
• Form tools and bending dies mounted with the use of screws and dowels
• Changes to the original part design can be handled easily by reviewing the original 3D fixture model

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Applied Software		Design software 3 seats of Autodesk 2010 Inventor & 2010 Mechanical

Materials		Aluminum Brass Copper Galvan Coated Tubes Nylon Coated Tubes Powered Coated Tubes Steel Steel – High Tensile Strength Stainless Steel Wire - Low Carbon Wire - High Carbon Wire - Spring

Typical Products		Air Conditioning Lines Air Conditioning Accumulators Air Conditioning Lines - Manifold Assemblies Active Roll Suspension Tubes Brake Lines Chair Frames Evaporator Condensers Fuel Lines Guide Wires Gearshifts - Column Mounted Gearshifts - Floor Mounted Guide Tubes - Brake Cables Guide Tubes - Sun Roofs Guide Tubes - Power Cables Head Rest Heat Exchanger Tubes Listing Wires - Curved Listing Wires - Straight Paper Coated Wires Power Steering Pressure Lines Power Steering Return Lines Seat Frames Suture Lasso Tubes Transmission Cooler Lines Transmission Shifters Underbody Tubes

Industries Served		Aerospace Agriculture Appliance Automotive Construction Furniture Industrial Medical Military Transportation

Clients		Banana Display Beckman & Gast Co. Bennington Furniture Company Blue Grass Metals, Inc. Brazeway Camelot Manufacturing, Inc. Cf Gomma Usa, Inc. Chrysler Columbus Components Group Cooper Standard Copeland Corporation Dana Automotive Dayco Pacific Dayco Products, Inc. DTR Industries Dura Automotive Systems, Inc. Edwards Holdings Emerson Climate Technologies Evana Automation Specialists Flexitech, Inc. Ford Motor Co. Frigidaire FRS Fluid Routing Systems, Inc. GE Energy General Motors Harden Creek Machine & Tool, Inc. Hitachi Cable Florida, Inc. Hitachi Cable Indiana, Inc. Hitachi Cable Queretaro, Inc. Honda Of America Industrial Distribution Group Imc S.R.L. Mac Machine & Metal Works, Inc. Marley Precision, Inc. Modern Industries Mayflow Mexico Nosag Spring O-Flex Tube Parker Hannifin Corporation Phoenix Medical Products Preferred Technical Group Pride Manufacturing Inc. Process Equipment Company Robotic Accessories Rts Wright Industries, LLC Shelby Enterprises Tri-State Roofing Toyota Van Scoyk Sheet Metal Volunteer Metal Systems, Inc. West Ohio Tool & Mfg. Whirlpool Xyz Imagerie, Inc. YH America Young Spring & Wire

Equipment List		Custom Built Pneumatic Bending Machine Custom Built Hydraulic Bending Machine Hydraulic Power Unit: 15 GPM with 8 Valves and Programmable Controls Sport SB3 Bed Mill with ProtoTrak, Tooling package & X-Y Glass Scales (3) Clausing/Kondia FV1 Milling Machine Supermax, YCM 16JS Mill Supermax YCI 1640 Lathe with 3-jaw and 4-jaw chucks Southbend 81170 Lathe with 3-jaw and 4-jaw chucks Powermatic 1200 Floor Model drill press (4) Enco M-600B Drill Presses (2) KBC Drill Presses Milwaukee 4297-1 Drill with Magnetic Base Thompson Automatic Grinder with 12 x 24 magnetic chuck Micro-Grind Spin Index Gringing Fixture # MCG-15946A Sunnen MBB-1660D Honing Machine Hem Saw, M# H90A-B/F Automatic Cut-Off Saw Starlite Horizontal Saw Tannewitz Band Saw - 36 in. Enco Manufacturing Band Saw - 18" Enco Manufacturing Band Saw - 14" Burr King Belt Sander - 4" x 60 Belt Burr King Belt Sander - 1 1/2" x 60 belt C- Aire Air Compressor - 65 CFM Thermal Dynamics Packmaster 38XL Plasma Cutter Hobart Fabstar 2620 Wire Welder Hobart Fabstar 4030 Wire Welder Millermatic Wire Welder Blow Torch Carbitron TS3043 Tungsten / Carbide Applicator Roper Whitney M# 5212 Shear Chicago Size L36 Box Pan Brake Granite Surface Plate - 18 in. x 24 in. Granite Surface Plate - 3 ft x 4 ft Mitutoyo Digital Height Scribe - 18" Mitutoyo Digital Height Scribe - 24" Gage Pins - .011 through 1.00 Gage Blocks Steel Rack: 42 Bays - 12 and 24 Foot Bars 2000 Dodge 3500 4x2 Truck RJ Cox G24TD Gooseneck Trailer - 24 ft / 20,000 lb Komatsu Forklift - 8,000 lb Hyster Forklift - 4,000 lb (10) Tollmakers work Benches and Tables Miscellaneous Small Tools and Shop Supplies

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