Stationary Swagers
Used for the pointing, sizing and forming of wire, rod and tube. With a rotary swaging machine, the swaged section is always circular. Rotary swaging machines include 2-die and 4-die configurations.
Rotary Swagers
Used for the pointing, sizing, and forming of wire, rod, and tube. With a rotary swaging machine, the swaged section is always circular.
Long-Die Swagers
This type of swaging machine is only needed for taper lengths exceeding the standard die length of a rotary swager.
Hydroformers
Used for the assembling of parts, such as fittings to cable, and for making reductions between shoulders, such as on convoluted tubing.
Stationary Swagers
Complete parts can be made from entry rounds, squares, or rectangles—hot or cold. Types include simultaneous blow used to create fluted shapes and cross-circular sections and alternate blow used to create rectangular shapes, squares, and hexagons. This method is capable of any cross-section other than a perfect circle. During stationary die swaging, the spindle assembly remains stationary, and the roller cage rotates. Shown left to right: Stationary Swagers, Alternate Blow, Simultaneous Blow.
Rotary Swagers
During rotary swaging, forming dies back by hammer blocks revolve around the workpiece. As the spindle revolves, centrifugal force throws the hammers and dies outwards against a series of rollers surrounding the spindle. Each time the hammer blocks strike diametrically opposed rolled, they are driven inward – causing the die halves to close and compress the metal being swaged. Examples include cartridge heaters, hypodermic tubing, piping, armaments, and logging industry applications.
Long-Die Swagers
This type of swaging machine is only needed with taper length exceeding the standard die length of a rotary swager. Long die swaging utilizes the same principle as the rotary method to produce long, shallow tapers for items such as furniture legs, sporting goods and aerospace products. Serves a wide variety of materials: both welded and seamless tubing of either ferrous or nonferrous metals, from stainless steel to aluminum.
Hydroformers
Hydroforming is a modification of the rotary swaging principle, where wedges are used to open the dies while the spindle is rotating so the workpiece can be inserted before and removed after swaging. It is used for assembling parts, such as fittings to cable, and for making reductions between shoulders, such as on convoluted tubing. Examples include sailing rigging equipment, architectural cable railings, and recreational ropes course cables.
Assembling
A fitting is set over a cable, then inserted into the Swager, while the cold forming force of the hammer actions produces a completely assembled piece. Examples include: Sailing rigging equipment, architectural cable railings and recreational ropes course cables.
End Forming
A single piece of tube or rod is inserted into the Swager to a specified depth and reduced to a smaller diameter. The piece may be complete or ready for secondary operations such as drawing, drilling, or tapping. Examples include Aerospace tube components and fluid control tubes.
Through Swaging/Reducing
Long lengths of cable, rod or tube are passed through the Swager. The entire length of the material is reduced to a smaller overall diameter, and the cold forging process produces a desired tensile strength of material property. Examples include: Cartridge heaters and logging industry applications.
Automated Solutions
FENN designs and fully integrates solutions to maximize efficiencies and reduce swager operating costs. In addition to designing new and customized systems, FENN can also retrofit and integrate new systems around an existing piece of FENN equipment.
- Single source supplier eliminates the need for multiple vendors to produce one system
- Automation improves equipment safety
- Collaborative robotics save time during production
- Swaging machine
- Hydraulic feeder
- Integrated robotics
- Sound enclosures
- Laser engravers
- Cutters
- Buffering systems
- Welding systems
Automated Solutions
FENN designs and fully integrates solutions to maximize efficiencies and reduce swager operating costs. In addition to designing new and customized systems, FENN can also retrofit and integrate new systems around an existing piece of FENN equipment.
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Turn-Key Systems
- Single source supplier eliminates the need for multiple vendors to produce one system
- Automation improves equipment safety
- Collaborative robotics save time during production
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Integrated Solutions
- Swaging machine
- Hydraulic feeder
- Integrated robotics
- Sound enclosures
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Secondary Operations
- Laser engravers
- Cutters
- Buffering systems
- Welding systems
