A Parting Productivity Boost for Thin Turret Fabricators

Highly successful HP Dura-Blade™ parting tool now available for Strippit® thin turret machines

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. (January 11, 2006) – Strippit thin turret fabricators are about to experience a major boost in sheet metal parting productivity from Wilson Tool International. Following its runaway success in thick turret punching, the HP Dura-Blade parting tool is now available for Strippit thin turret machines. Shops running this tool will see incredible productivity increases over standard tools in parting applications.

Increase Sharpening Intervals Up to 100%
Ordinary tools simply can’t withstand the relentless stresses of parting sheet metal, but
Dura-Blade is engineered with Wilson Tool’s exclusive Ultima™ Premium Tool Steel. Ultima sets a new benchmark for durability and performance, allowing fabricators to increase sharpening intervals by up to 100 percent over conventional steels. It comes standard on
Dura-Blade’s replaceable blade insert.

Ultima steel dramatically improves tool life when punching abrasive and high tensile strength materials. With up to twice as long between regrinds, Ultima punches significantly reduce downtime and tool replacement costs. Breaking, chipping, cracking, tool fatigue and other problems are minimized, providing long-term gains in productivity and profitability.

Loaded with High Performance Features
Dura-Blade incorporates the performance-driven advantages of Wilson Tool’s HP line, including side-mounted push-button adjustments and a quick release stripper plate retention system, which allow for blade insert changes by removing a single bolt. Dura-Blade is also fully guided for maximum support and accuracy at the punching surface.

About Wilson Tool
For nearly 40 years, Wilson Tool International® (www.wilsontool.com) has been a leading provider of tooling solutions that enhance the performance of sheet metal fabricating machinery worldwide. Wilson Tool International is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of tooling systems for punch presses, press brakes and punch and die components for the stamping industry. Products are manufactured at the company’s world headquarters in White Bear Lake, Minn., USA, at their European facility in Swindon, England and now at their site in Shanghai, China, serving a growing customer base in that region. Wilson Tool’s network of sales engineers and international distributors operate in virtually every industrialized nation around the globe.

Wilson Tool International® • 12912 Farnham Avenue, White Bear Lake, MN 55110 USA • (651) 286-6001

Contact:
Jeff Paulson, Wilson Tool International
(651) 286-6150 • jeff.paulson@wilsontool.com