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.”

COE Press Equipment announced that it has delivered two new coil processing lines with integrated coil end welders to Wico Metal Products (Warren, Mich.) , a provider of large stampings to automotive OEM's and Tier 1 suppliers. Both of the lines are equipped to process High Strength Steels (HS) up to 60,000 PSI yield.

The first line includes a COE 54-in. servo roll feed, 54-in. x 20-ft. dual threading table, 50,000-lb. x 54-in. coil reel, and 4-in. x 54-in. straightener with 6-in. pinch rolls. The second line includes COE’s 72-in. servo roll feed, 72-in. x 16-ft. dual threading table, 60,000-lb. x 72-in. coil reel, and 4-in. x 72-in. straightener with 6-in. pinch rolls. 

Both the lines feature power straighteners equipped with automatic lubrication systems, non-marking chrome rolls and a heavy-duty alligator peeler-dekinker station for hands-free threading and top or bottom payoff ability. The 54-in. line system has a roll speed up 362 feet/minute and straightener payoff rate of up to 80 FPM. The second line system has a roll speed up 296 feet/minute and straightener payoff rate of up to 80 FPM.  Feed accuracy on both lines is +0.003-inch.

In addition to the traditional coil line equipment, the lines feature MES Zipwelders for shearing and welding coil ends together, with all integration of this equipment provided by COE. COE also provided Installation, training and startup of the two lines.

COE Press Equipment announced that it has delivered four new coil processing lines to Gill Industries, a Tier One and Two auto supplier headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich.  All the lines are equipped to process cold rolled steels (MCRS), as well as advanced high strength steels (AHSS) up to 120,000 PSI yield.

Three of the lines, two installed at the Trenton, Ga., facility and one in Grand Rapids, feature COE’s 60-in. servo roll feed, 60-in. x 20-ft. dual threading table, 30,000-lb. x 60-in. coil reel, and 4-in. x 60-in. straightener with 6-in. pinch rolls. These lines can process MCRS up to 0.250-in. thick and AHSS up to 0.080-in. thick, depending upon material width. 

The fourth line, installed in Richmond, Ky., is comprised of COE’s 48-in. servo roll feed, 48-in. x 20-ft. dual threading table, 30,000-lb. x 48-in. coil reel, and 4-in. x 48-in. straightener with 6-in. pinch rolls. It can process MCRS up to 0.250-in thick and AHSS up to 0.090-in. thick, depending upon material width.

​All the straighteners are equipped with non-marking chrome rolls and a heavy-duty alligator peeler-dekinker station for hands-free threading and top or bottom payoff ability. All the systems have a roll speed up 362 feet/minute and straightener payoff rate of up to 80 FPM. 
COE also provided Installation, training and startup at each of the facilities.  ​