Precision tooling is at the heart of every manufacturing process and, at AddisonMckee, we understand the critical role quality tooling performs in every endforming process. AddisonMckee offers a complete line of endforming tooling and accessories, all produced under the control of ISO9001:2000 certified quality systems.

AddisonMckee makes available tooling inventory, as well as ordering programs and agreements—all in order to meet our customers’ demands for shorter lead-times, reduced stock, and lower prices.

Key range/feature information:

• Expanding/reducing:
  
  • Quick change “drop-in” type segmented tooling to change a tube I.D. or O.D. Expansion utilizes segmented fingers and a tapered mandrel inside the tube while reduction uses segmented jaws and a barrel on the outside of the tube.
• ID/OD sizing:
  
  • ID/OD sizing provides improved dimensional accuracy and shape control of both the inside and outside of the tube. ID/OD tooling consists of inside expanding fingers and outside reducing jaws that can be sequenced in any order to produce tighter tolerance parts.
• Ram forming:
  
  • To perform expanding, reducing, beading, flaring, and doming operations, ram forming uses a set of vise jaws to securely hold the tube while the ram tool creates the desired form.
• Parting, end-trimming, angle-cutting, radius-cutting, and radius scalloping:
  
  • Tooling includes a pre-notch function to help reduce dimple deformation at the point of blade entry. Tube trimming uses straight or contoured clamping jaws to hold the tube during the parting or trimming operations.

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