Turning, sheet metal shearing and cold forming: news and insights from Gima S.p.A.
Constant innovation, high quality metalworking and a clear vision of the company aims are the keys that lead Gima Spa to celebrate its 30th birthday on 5 June 2016. This 30 years route encloses what this company rapresents: trust in people, constant modernizations of machinery and, with the course of time, expansion to international markets.…
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How to optimize turning operations to limit tool wear and to obtain high quality metal parts Tool life is important for cost containement in turning metalworking. The tool’s wear depends on serveral factors and it has repercussions on the quality of the workpieces. Let’s see some hints to keep tool wear under control. Cutting…
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An effective control of mechanical forces guarantees a longer life of the cutting tool. Milling is a machining operation which allows to craft a workpiece through material removal. Unlike turning, where the resulting parts are axial-symmetrical, the cutting tool, called mill, is set with a rotational movement around its axis, while the workpiece moves along…
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The study department of ANIMA (Federation of national metalworking industries) has registered a positive trend for Italian industries in the field of metalworking. The growth involves production, exportation and investments. During the last year, the Italian mechanical industries produced technologies and parts for 44 bilion Euros, scoring a +1.3% against the 2014 and, for 2016,…
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Just place and press. Keyence IM is a new image-based measurement system that dramatically change the conventional methods, thanks to its high accuracy and overwhelming speed. Gima S.p.A., with the new Keyence IM-6225, can guarantee to the customers a rigorous measurement method, eliminating errors of the traditional systems. From the set up phase to the…
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Gima S.p.A. purchased a new system able to execute washing, degreasing and drying, removing the chips derived from the working processes. The machine safely uses the super stabilized tetrachlorethylene as solvent. Driven by a high de-pressurized vacuum, it ensures the best washing on complex surfaces and inside holes and slots. The solvent is degreased before…
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The Gima S.p.A. has just purchased a new mechanical press toggle to 315 tonnes, ideal for coining and drawing.
Obtained the renewal for another three years of UNI EN ISO 9001: 2008
The GIMA S.p.A. has recently expanded its production capacity of the lathe, with the purchase of 3 new 9-axis CNC.
Gima is currently the leader in the production and marketing of metal accessories for footwear forms. Our experience and production capacity enable us to be the suppliers of the major form-makers in Italy and the world. As direct producers, Gima is second to none at the level of reliability and convenience. A fully stocked warehouse…
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