COE Press Equipment has announced the availability of its new coil straightener and reel combination, an economical solution for stampers and roll formers who are processing light gauge materials for producing components such as brackets, hinges, moldings, and more. Combining unwinding and straightening in a single machine, these systems can be paired with a COE ServoMaster™ 1 or 2 servo roll feed to deliver a complete press feeding line with excellent control and features at a value price. 


These systems can process MCRS, aluminum and stainless in thicknesses from 0.032” – 0.125” and widths from 3” – 12”, depending upon the material thickness. It can handle coil weights up to 4000 lbs. and achieve line speeds up to 50 FPM.  


They are offered in machine cream with right to left configuration and is powered with 440 Volt AC. The straightener features nine 1.97” power-driven rolls with 3.30” diameter entrance pinch rolls and a photo loop sensor. 


The reel, with four-pad mandrel construction and four coil keepers, handles a coil O.D. of up to 48” and a coil I.D. from 19” – 20.5” using a hand crank expansion. It features an air-operated hold-down arm and a mechanical drag brake.


The value of this combined straightener-reel machine is enhanced greatly by COE’s ServoMaster™ 1 or 2 Roll Feeds, which feature ServoMaster Touch™ controls that can integrate with press controls to provide a complete and compact controls system with advanced functions that can be executed by the job recipe at the touch of a button. 
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The combination straightener-reel systems, as well the ServoMaster roll feeds, are part of COE's Express Delivery program and can be purchased at the company’s Online Store. COE stocks a selection of equipment so that customers can have a machine shipped within only two business days of the order.

COE Press Equipment has announced the appointment of John Kwiatkowski as a regional sales manager responsible for all East Coast states including New England. He will be responsible for sales development and for supervising COE distributors in his territory, keeping them appraised of new equipment and service offerings and working with them on customer visits and equipment pricing.

“John’s tenure at COE provides him with an excellent understanding of our equipment, customer relationships, and market potential,” said Reid Coe, COE president. “We are excited to see him apply this knowledge to our sales efforts.”

Prior to this appointment, Kwiatkowski served as a marketing strategist, helping the company identify new markets and has held several other positions at COE, including managing the Aftermarket Sales department and as well as the Application Engineering department. He has also served as a Service Engineer and as an Application Engineer. Kwiatkowski has numerous technical certifications and over 15 years’ experience in manufacturing, providing him an extensive understanding of the coil processing industry.

Next-Gen and Economical Replacement for Obsolete Controllers

Coe Press Equipment has announced the Mini ServoMaster Touch™ controller, its next generation servo feed HMI to replace obsolete or failed controllers. Offering many of the same features as the COE ServoMaster 6 controller, the Mini ServoMaster provides significant cost savings compared to a complete servo controls retrofit.  It is a direct replacement for Coe servo drive packages that were originally equipped with the following controllers:

• CPEC Thumbwheels
• Coe BG1
• Coe BG2
• Coe ServoMaster
• Coe ServoMaster 3

Features of the Mini ServoMaster include a compact user-friendly color touchscreen interface and error diagnostics as well as plug-and-play operation with existing Acroloop or Yaskawa motion controllers.  It also includes the Coe Work Roll Advisor, which quickly estimates powered straightener roll settings for a variety of materials and systems, as well as the Coe Performance Advisor for optimizing servo feed job setup.  Additional capabilities include production data reporting of feed cycles and material usage, and downloading of set-up data or job number selection. Its multi-axis capabilities include push-pull, zig-zag and tailout configurations.
Other features of the new ServoMaster Touch Controller include 500-job memory storage and password-protected job editing and parameters to secure stored recipes. For more information on COE Press Equipment’s new ServoMaster Touch controller, contact COE.

COE Press Equipment has announced the addition of Visionary Manufacturing Solutions (VMS), located in Rochester, Mich., to its distributor network, representing COE’s coil processing and cut-to-length line solutions throughout the state of Michigan and in Canada.   

“With Hunter’s vast knowledge of our industry and product line, we’re tremendously excited to have him as part of our dealer network,” said COE’s Dave Byer, national sales and marketing manager. “We’re certain that he’ll do a great job in our key Michigan and Canadian markets, benefiting both our customers and our companies.”
 
Dedicated to the metal forming industry, Visionary Manufacturing Solutions offers a product line that enables it to provide comprehensive solutions to stamping and fabricating companies. In addition to coil handling and feeding equipment, VMS represents companies with offerings for pressroom automation and tooling, stamping presses, roll forming equipment, pipe and tube mills, machine componentry, controls and electrical services.

To contact Visionary Manufacturing Solutions directly, email hunter.coe@visionarymfgsolutions.com

Coe Press Equipment has announced the appointment of DeBora McCrary as purchasing manager.  In this position, McCrary’s responsibilities include supervising RFQs, managing inventory and materials, procuring goods and contractor services, and establishing and upholding procurement policies that meet the company’s requirements for cost, quality and value.

McCrary brings over 15 years of purchasing knowledge to this position with experience in the automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial and energy sectors. Most recently, she served as a member of the U.S. Navy where, in addition to active duty as a radio man and member of the emergency response team, she had responsibilities as indirect purchasing agent.  Prior to joining the Navy, she was  employed by Tower Defense & Aerospace.

COE Press Equipment has recently shipped a coil processing line to a contract stamper and fabricator of a variety of metal components and assemblies in Minnesota specializing in deep draw stamping and serving a variety of industries.  The new coil feed line can handle coil width up to 30-in. and coil weight up to 10,000-lbs. It is designed for processing mild cold rolled steels with 45,000 PSI yield from 0.035 to 0.250-in. thick and up to 0.125-in. thick with materials at 40,000 PSI yield, depending upon material width. The roll speed rate can reach 318 feet/minute. 
The line consists of a ServoMaster™ Series 4 Roll Feed with SyncMaster™ line controls along with Work Roll Advisor Settings on the screen. SyncMaster controls allow the operator to manage many of the servo feed, straightener, and coil reel setups and functions from a single touchscreen including line speed averaging loop control, loop depth setting by recipe and automatic lubrication control.
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The 30-in. power straightener features 3.5-in. diameter work rolls and 5-in. diameter pinch rolls for optimum straightening capability with a payoff rate of up to 122 FPM. Standard features also include a pneumatic raise and lower of upper pinch rolls, and optimized roll diameter and center distance.

The 10,000-lb. capacity coil reel can accommodate 72-in. diameter coils and is equipped with a hydraulic traveling coil car and remote job pendant. The line also has a 30-in. by 20-ft. threading table with an adjustable passline feature.

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 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.