MetalForming magazine
May 2004
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 FEATURES
Die Design and Validation Software: Seeing is Believing (pdf 224k)
Supplying draw-die-development services to major automotive OEMs and Tier One suppliers,
renowned specialist Christy Industries relies on finite-element-analysis software,
enhancing its die-design and tryout brawn with brains.
Software Lets Manufacturer Double Sales Without
Increasing Admin Staff (pdf 152k)
Integrated manufacturing plant-management software helped contract manufacturer Tube
Specialties Co., Tempe, AZ, automate nearly every stage of its business cycle.
Safety in the Pressroom
Part 1 (pdf 143k)Part 2 (pdf 232k)
The latest in pressroom safety products are designed to protect plant-floor personnel,
meet safety standards and lead to improved productivity.
OEM and Suppliers Spin Three-Way Collaboration (pdf 140k)
When a CNC metal spinner, its steel supplier and the OEM customer collaborated to redesign a part and
improve its production process, they reduced lead times by 70 percent and developed a part that is virtually
unbreakable.
Programmable Stamping to the Rescue (pdf 122k)
To more efficiently produce custom stainless-steel parts, this metalformer switched from turret presses
to a programmable coil-fed stamping system. The result: Less scrap, quicker part production and reduced
secondary processes.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
Matrix High-Speed Steels Economical Alternative to Powders (pdf 170k)
If fracturing, chipping and microchipping plague your tooling, consider using a new breed of tool steel.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 38k) Brad F. Kuvin
Pressroom Efficiency Depends on Persistent Training
The Science of Forming (pdf 72k) by Stuart Keeler
A Tale of Three Press Shops
Tooling by Design (pdf 95k) by Tim Stephens
Fifth Easy Piece: Forming Theory
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 45k) by George Keremedjiev
The Mechatronics Toolroom
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 33k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
An Easy Way to Increase Your Retirement Income/P>
You & the Law (pdf 44k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Sexual Harassment by a Supervisor Can Trigger Employer Liability
BackTalk (pdf 35k) by Louis A. Kren
Presses, Like People on the Bus, Go Down and Up
DEPARTMENTS
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