MetalForming magazine
July 2003
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FEATURES
Automated Transfer Brings Preferred-Supplier Status (pdf 163k)
A Tier Two supplier of truck-trailer parts earns preferred-supplier status for heavy-gauge brake backing plates thanks to a burst in productivity delivered by a servo-transfer system.
Servo-Transfer Retrofits Rejuvenate Huge Presses (pdf 221k)
A Tier One truck-bumper supplier alleviates serious maintenance headaches with its older mechanical transfer units by retrofitting servo-transfer units to two 4000-ton twin-slide presses.
High on Hydraulics
Part 1 (pdf 263k)
Part 2 (pdf 221k)
Hydraulic presses answer the call on unique applications requiring specific power throughout the stroke, extended dwell time and plenty of bed room.
Welding Show Unleashes Options for Adding Value (pdf 192k)
Metalformers and fabricators walked the aisles of the AWS Welding Show in April, uncovering equipment-based solutions to answer the deafening query: "Where's the new welding technology I need to add more value to my sheetmetal work?"
Improved Fabrication via Integrated Laser Cutting and Bending (pdf 193k)
 A Minnesota Toro plant uses a cell approach to win golf-course-mower work, cut costs, improve design and raise productivity.
Corporate Performance Scorecard (pdf 79k)
A guide to operating your company by making decisions based on real-time performance reports.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
New CrN Tool Coatings Keep Going and Going and Going... (pdf 166k)
PVD-applied chromium-nitride coatings on form tools and cutting-tool edges last longer than other coatings, and they go on with minimal heating of the tool, preventing distortion and other unsavory side effects of hotter coating processes. Here are two testimonials.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 32k) by Brad F. Kuvin
Perfect Parts Required
Tooling by Design (pdf 28k) by Tim Stephens
Exceptions to Every Rule
The Science of Forming (pdf 39k) by Stuart Keeler
Springback Revisited
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 23k) by George Keremedjiev
Sensors & Die Designs
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 26k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
No Clear Leader to Transfer Your Business To
You & the Law (pdf 21k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Employer Penalties for Violating the National Labor Relations Act
BackTalk (pdf 27k) by
Louis A. Kren
Safety--Reaching Out to Hispanic Workers
DEPARTMENTS
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