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The Lean solution to fastener production
LeanFX is the new FORMAX® from National. LeanFX was introduced at WIRE 2008 in Dusseldorf to a large number of visitors and is now
available for delivery. Jerry Bupp, vice president sales at National Machinery LLC, explains what LeanFX is and what it can do for your
production.
all FORMAX. Feed and kick out adjustments, as “National” quality of any product. Procedures
well as lifting of the transfer, are all manual for assembly and testing are the same as done
adjustments on LeanFX. in Tiffin.
The “ten” in the name designates a rating to
form M10 fasteners such as:
ISO 4014 (DIN931) HEX HEAD
ISO 4017 (DIN 933) HEX HEAD
ISO 4762 (DIN 912) SOCKET HEAD
ISO 1662 HEX FLANGE
…but all at a speed up to 300 parts per
minute. For cold forming fastener producers
interested in these standard types of parts,
National is finalising development of our
patent pending modular tooling that will run at
The Why:
300 parts per minute. In an added effort to
LeanFX10 is a 4 die FORMAX with no quick
bring tooling costs down for this option, the
change features, designed to appeal to the
tooling will be sourced via our NM Group
standard segment of the fastener market. In
Technologies-Suzhou facility with standard
this market segment, cost and speed are
components built in quantities.
critical, as longer production runs are normal.
Some machines available today for this market
The Where:
may have low purchase cost, but fall short in
In an increased effort to further reduce costs
actual running speed. A true combination of
for this global fastener production machine,
speed at a reasonable cost is something that is
National Machinery made additional
still requested by the fastener world.
investments in the NM Group Technologies
Customer support for LeanFX is handled the
(NMGT) facility in Suzhou, China. This wholly-
same as with any National machine, by local
owned National Machinery facility, just north of
service centers throughout the world in USA,
Shanghai is the location where LeanFX is
assembled.
Germany, Japan and China.
NMGT utilises the latest in machine tools,
LeanFX is available now, so please contact
inspection, assembly and test practices. Various
your National Machinery sale person for further
National Machinery experts in the areas of
information. LeanFX is another great option of
engineering, machining, assembly, and
equipment from the FORMAX family, so choose
quality are stationed at NMGT to ensure the option that best fits your production!
The How:
The design for LeanFX was created at
National Machinery headquarters in Tiffin, OH
USA. Since 1874, National Machinery has been
known for innovation in process and machine
design. This experience was used to design
and build the first LeanFX, which was then
developed and tested via rigorous part
production. The result was a global machine
that can produce high quality M10 fasteners
faster than any cold former on the market.
The What:
LeanFX starts with high quality FORMAX
features and components, such as linear feed,
zero clearance heading slide and straight
across transfer. The machine is based on
simplicity, so options are minimal. The bed
frame is the same proven construction as on
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