MetalForming magazine
February 2004
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FEATURES
Sleeker Shapes for White Goods Part 1 (pdf 179k)
Part 2 (pdf 174k)
New designs for home appliances have stimulated consumer demand, boosting sales and challenging metalformers.
Adding Value: Metal Fabricator Powder Coats its Way to the Top (pdf 164k)
Offering in-house environmentally friendly powder coating as part of its value-added operations delivers business
to the doorstep of metal fabricator Metcam, Inc.

In-Die Transporters Keep Presses Running (pdf 148k)
Linear transporters placed in the tooling at Omni Manufacturing mean no press stoppage to remove parts and scrap.
Weld Process Solves Seam and Corner Challenges (pdf 109k)
Saginaw Control & Engineering leverages an innovative arc-welding process to increase productivity and decrease
finishing time.
Your Future—Is It In Your Suppliers’ Hands? (pdf 30k)
Do your suppliers control your profits and customers? They do if you haven’t properly reviewed their operation plans.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
Part-Eject Problem Solved: Gas Spring to the Rescue (pdf 90k)
Faced with unruly die-maintenance procedures needed to keep tools stamping small-diameter dawn automotive parts,
Jena Tool finds success with a new nitrogen-gas spring.
Custom Turret-Press Tooling Does the Job (pdf 87k)
Thomas & Betts uses a specially designed turret-press tool assembly to speed production and improve
quality of electrical-cable covers.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 39k) Brad F. Kuvin
Punch, Counterpunch, Bob and Weave-The Fight is On
The Science of Forming (pdf 61k) by Stuart Keeler
How Important
Is Die Transition?
Tooling by Design (pdf 58k) by Tim Stephens
Second Easy Piece: Cutting Practice
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 47k) by George Keremedjiev
Lowering the
Costs of Press and Tooling Maintenance
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 38k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Finally, A Way to Deduct Insurance Premiums
You & the Law (pdf 34k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Investigation of Employee Misconduct
BackTalk (pdf 35k) by Louis A. Kren
Value-Added a Must
DEPARTMENTS
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