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A-Z Tube Dusseldorf 2018 Previews AMBA - Booth 15 C36 Bolt Blanks with Two Heads Speed up Production New all-in-one machine produces 24,000 bolt blanks per hour At WIRE 2018, Aachener Maschinenbau GmbH (AMBA) is going to introduce its new all-in-one machines for the production of up to 200-mm-long bolts at unsurpassed rates. In these machines, several upsetting operations take place simultaneously. Compared to conventional machines, this achieves an increase in throughput many times over – also with bolt heads of complex shapes. 10 TUBE NEWS April 2018 Bolts in lengths between 160 and 180 mm are typically produced at a rate of 60 pieces per minute. In contrast, the new all-in-one machine offered by AMBA produces upset bolt blanks of 60 to 200 mm length at a much higher rate. The first machine of this new all-in-one design can produce up to 400 bolts per minute, or 24,000 pieces per hour. The new AMBA machines achieve this dramatic increase in throughput by first upsetting one end