The Netronics Bullet Press Cuts Materials Other Presses Can't Handle

Ceramic Substrates

Auer Precision cut as many as 2500 holes, some as small as 0.006" in diameter, with dies about 8 inches square. Read More

Valve Lifter Bodies

General Motors currently uses over 100 high velocity presses to punch an oil drain hole, in-line, in valve lifter bodies.

Thin Metals

Eveready Battery, in their St. Albans, Vermont, flashlight plant used Netronics technology in Lourdes System presses to produce, in-line, a part requiring a 90-degree bend with a hardened material. Previously the work had been done off-line using softer material which required deburring and then hardening. No deburring was required when Netronics technology was used. Vibratory bowls and excess personnel were eliminated.

ITW Fastec in Chicago used the Netronics technology in a similar application.

Soft Plastic

RJF International punches 1800 holes per stroke in a soft plastic for battery insulators. Before the high velocity press was introduced, the work could only be done in the winter when the material itself was hardened by the cold outdoor temperature. Using the Lourdes Press, with Netronics technology, production could run all year round.

Green Ceramic

Coors uses the Netronics technology to work green ceramic and reports clean holes and longer tool life.

Plastic Packages

American Greening Cards used Netronics technology to automate packaging lines. The high velocity press was able to punch clean holes in shrink wrap packaging, in-line, allowing vastly improved productivity.

Aluminum Litho Plates

Western Litho used Netronics technology for burr-free shearing of photo sensitized aluminum litho plates.

Plastics

Gould / Thomas & Betts used Netronics technology to cut to length parts in a plastic extrusion process.

Composite Laminate Material

Timex Corp used Netronics technology to stamp composite laminate material for their Indiglo illuminated watch dials.

Nuclear Fuel Rods

Argon National Labs used Netronics technology to cut spent nuclear fuel rods in an hot fuel cell environment.

Wire

Tyco Corp cut precision wire lengths on the fly using Netronics technology.

Labels

W.H. Brady used Netronics technology for an in-line label application.

Floppy Disk Parts

Sony used Netronics technology to cut floppy disk parts.