Cold forming is the most progressive technology for mass- and medium production of parts like bolts, screws, nuts, rivets as well as small axes, ball shanks, spark-plug cases, balls and rollers for bearings. The technology allows to avoid metal rejects.

National Machinery LLC with its 130-year-old history is a certain world leader in manufacturing of cold forming machines and threaders.

Even at the Soviet Union time (approximately 600 machines were supplied to the Soviet Union) "National" headers were decided to be the standard of capacity, reliability and novelty of the technical solutions. As for current scope of production and popularity of National Machinery machines, 950 units of contemporary “FORMAX” generation  were put into operation  worldwide for the last 12 years.

Cold forming machines manufactured by National Machinery are optimal not only for fastener production as well as for such parts like axes, ball shanks, blanks of spark-plug cases, valves, different fittings, nipples etc.

At the present time National Machinery offers the following new products of FORMAX Family:

• FORMAX 2000 (Zero-Clearance Heading Slide Guiding technology)
  
  
• FORMAX Plus (Pick-Move-Place Transfer Technology) - machines with tonnage from 300 up to 2,000 kN for production of a wide range of parts
  
  
• FORMAX Plus for Large Parts (Progressive Automated Technology) - 5-6-die machines with tonnage up to 6,000 kN - for manufacturing of large parts. 

The following important advantages are available due to "FORMAX 2000" and "FORMAX Plus" technologies:

• High precision production of complex parts 
• Reduced machine standstill due to FORMAPAK unit for assembly, precise adjustment and control of tools (for manufacturing of new parts) in a separate block while the machine is in operation 
• Increased tool life due to precise Zero Clearance Heading Slide Guidance System
• Possibility of alternated wire feed for parts requiring high tonnage
• Parmanent supervision of all the functions of machines with the help of FORMATROL PC control system (display menu)
• Mashine can operate as a part of a flexible manufacturing system, jointly with a threader and a chamfer unit
• Lower costs for training of operators
• Lower total costs and higher profit.

All these advantages combined with a wide range of services provided by the service center in Nuernberg (Germany) as well as training, seminars and consultations for customers` specialists allow them to reach the highest possible efficiency of machines produced by National Machinery.

A specific feature of machines manufactured by National Machinery is the universal construction for all the machines of the same series.

Threading machines FORMAX Plus (FXPT) with flat dies combine short change over time of tooling  with new features of the design that makes them the most advanced in their series of machines.

National Machinery has selled of 1 Die-2 Blow, 2 Die-3 Blow Headers as well as Microformer Headers of the Japanese company Nakashimada Engineering Works, Ltd.  since 2003.

Nakashimada offers:

• 1 Die-2 Blow headers of NS series  designed for high precision part production. The manufacturing history of over 40 years and 6,000 machines supplied made the NS series the equipment that is used by the large screws and rivets manufacturers worldwide. Available variants for wire from 4,0 up to 12,0 mm in diameter and up to 200,0 mm in shank length give the NS series an advantage for flexible production of a wide range of precision parts.
  
  
• 2 Die-3 Blow headers of NP series designed for high precision part production. The manufacturing history of over 40 years and 1,500 machines supplied made the NP series the equipment that is used by the manufacturers of fasteners for automobile, electronics and aircraft industries as well as for telecommunication  worldwide. Available variants for wire from 4,0 up to 16,0 mm in diameter and up to 135,0 mm in shank length give the NP series an advantage for flexible production of a wide range of precision parts.
  
  
• Microheaders and Formers of MH/MF series designed for high precision part production. The manufacturing history of over 20 years and 1,000 machines supplied made the NP series the equipment that is used by the manufacturers of computer, electronics, telephone and watch parts worldwide. Available variants for wire from 0,5 up to 3,5 mm in diameter and configurations from 1 Die - 2 Blow to 4 Die - 5 Blow  give the NP series an advantage for flexible production of a wide range of small precision parts.