COE Press Equipment has recently shipped a coil processing line to Texas for feeding a 400-ton mechanical press. The stamping line is part of a flexible wrapper and control panel fabrication line producing 14 different sized air conditioning units. For this line the coil stock is fed into the press in variable increments as the louvers are stamped into the metal. The material being processed is .029-inch thick CRS.
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The 48-inch wide COE line is equipped with non-marking chrome rolls and other features that make it capable of handling pre-painted grade 60 material at up to 60,000 PSI.  It can process materials from 0.030-in. to 0.125-in. thick depending upon the width at up to 396 feet/minute.  It is comprised of a ServoMaster™ Series 4 Roll Feed, a 42-in. x 18-ft. dual threading table, a 3.50-in. x 42-in. Power Straightener, and a 15,000# x 42-in. double ended coil reel. Additionally, it has COE's SYNCMaster™ controls, which allow the operator to manage many of the servo feed, straightener, and coil reel setups and functions from a single touchscreen. COE has also provided installation, startup and training. 

Coe Press Equipment has announced the appointment of Bill Badgett as a new regional sales manager responsible the New England and Mid-Atlantic states as well as North and South Carolina.  In this position, Badgett will be responsible for sales development and for managing Coe Press distributors in his territory, keeping them appraised of new equipment and service offerings, visiting customer sites, and building customer relationships.

Badgett brings with him extensive experience in the stamping industry having previously worked as a general sales manager for Press Masters LLC and then as global accounts manager for Nidec Press & Automation, which acquired Press Masters. 
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Badgett has an Associate’s degree in Tool and Die Technology from Interstate Tech.  He lives in South Carolina.

COE Press Equipment announced that it is developing a cut-to-length line for Bad Boy Mowers, a manufacturer of professional grade lawn mowers in Batesville, Arkansas. This investment will enable Bad Boy to bring much of its blanking operations in-house.  The new 60-in. blanking line is comprised of standard COE equipment including a Heavy-Duty 800 Series Servo Roll Feed, a 60-in. x 30-ft. dual threading table, an HD-Series Heavy Duty 5.00-in. x 60-in. Power Straightener, a 50,000# capacity coil, a hydraulic production shear, a 120-in. long magnetic finger stacker with conveying system and an Allen Bradley ControlLogix controls package.
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“Fabricators with varying production schedules and product sizes can benefit from cutting their own material in-house,” commented Reid Coe, company president. “This approach provides better control of production planning, as well as streamlining processes, reducing scrap, improving quality and saving money.”

Bad Boy’s new cut-to-length line, the company’s first, is being built to process steel )MCRS) that is .080-in. to 0.312-in. thick (depending upon material width) at 319 ft./minute. The finger stacker provides direct drop stacking of the blanks to avoid potential damage or material marking. The stacker also has a powered scissors lift table capacity of 6,600-lb. that is used for load/unload. It can handle blank widths from 24-in. to 60-in. and lengths from 24-in. to 120-in. 

This is a turnkey project that includes installation, start-up, and training assistance. COE’s cut-to-length lines are built from standard COE coil processing equipment integrated with shear and stacking solutions, providing a reliable blanking solutions at a value price.

COE Press Equipment announced that it has delivered a new coil processing line to Apodaca, Mexico for a supplier of automotive stampings and fine-blanked components. The line consists of a 36-in. COE servo roll feed, a 36-in. x 16-ft threading table, a 3-in. x 36-in. power straightener, a 20,000-lb. x 36-in. double-ended coil reel and Allen Bradley CompactLogix controls.

The line will be used primarily for processing cold rolled steel (CRS) at thicknesses of 0.025-in. to 0.187-in. depending upon the coil width, but can also process AHSS.  It can achieve a speed of 409 feet/minute with a feed accuracy of + 0.003-in.  Both the feed and straightener feature non-marking chrome rollers, self-centering edge guides and hand crank adjustments.  
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In addition to the equipment, COE also provided installation, startup and technical training. 

COE Press Equipment has announced the appointment of Ronald Wahl as its machining manager, responsible for operations of the company’s machine shop.  As a vertically integrated company, COE designs and machines the components used in its coil processing equipment on site. Wahl is responsible for scheduling of machining jobs, purchasing of tooling and materials, quality certification and supervising the machining staff.

Wahl has over 30 years of shop floor manufacturing experience, most recently serving as operations manager of BTA Heller (Troy), a manufacturer of drilling tools and solutions.  Throughout his career, he has also been a plant manager, shop supervisor, manufacturing manager, as well as owning his own company.
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Wahl began his manufacturing studies in high school, gaining a diploma with a focus on machine tools  and a certification from Macomb Community College in fixture design and building.  He lives in Oakland, Michigan.

COE Press Equipment has announced the redesign of its Heavy-Duty (HD) Servo Roll Feeds, now offering increased speed, precision and decreased cost of operation while being more robust and capable of handling thicker materials. Based upon a modular design, the feeds provide ease of maintenance and the flexibility to reconfigure machine options should a customer’s needs change.  

Design changes include a 15 percent increase to journal and bearings sizes, enabling the feeds to handle material thickness up to 0.750-in. To optimize performance, COE reduced the air cylinder diameter across the product line. Minimizing cylinder size reduces the air required to pilot the feeder, helping to achieve faster speeds.

The edge guides have been designed to be more robust and flexible, and a new Single Point Roll Lift adjustment option helps operators to quickly set the optimal roll gap to ensure proper piloting.  Both of these features are available in a hand crank, motorized or automated configuration.  

The revamped product line, consisting of the 500, 600, 700 and 800 series, is available in nine widths from 18-in. to 78-in. COE has released two new pull-through straighteners models to work in conjunction with these HD feeds. The feeds are designed to work with or without a power straightener. 

COE also developed a Servo-Piloting option to increase productivity in high-speed and high-precision applications, which will be on display in the booth.  Servo-Piloting allows accurate, repeatable pilot timing at speeds more than 10x faster than air piloting mechanisms.
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These systems can process a wide range of heavy gauge materials including advanced steels. The HD Feeds can reach speeds up to 319 FPM, or up to 409 FPM with the Servo-Piloting option and have a peak motor torque of 1406 to 1800 lbs. based on model and configuration.

COE Press Equipment announced the enhancement of its existing 3-2-1 Warranty to an exclusive 5-4-3 Warranty. This new warranty provides five-year limited coverage on components manufactured by COE; four-year limited coverage on mechanical components installed by COE; and three-year coverage on the complete system. 

In recent years, COE has made a strategic move toward modular products based upon standard designs. This change has reduced the number of components required, reducing the number of welds and streamlining assembly. This has enabled the company to increase the reliability and simplify the maintenance of the coil processing equipment, as well as accommodating reconfiguration as a customer’s need changes.

“We believe that COE has always been recognized for producing robust machines,” commented President Reid Coe, “but with our new designs, we see even more reliability with fewer parts required for repairs, enabling us to confidently offer this unique warranty.”