MetalForming magazine
February 2005

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FEATURES

Digital Control Aids Hydraulic-Press Productivity
(pdf 237k)

Incorporating closed-loop digital electronic controls into new as well as aging press equipment boosts product quality and press efficiency and life, leading to improved productivity and profit.

Diary of a Pressroom Renovation: Cellular Layout, Networked Communications
(pdf 282k)

New presses and press controls add capacity, value-added in-die capabilities and flexibility to a Wisconsin stamper.

Driven to Destack (pdf 190k)

Automotive metalforming demands robust prepress equipment and systems that can move heavy blanks quickly and accurately. These requirements have propelled an evolution in destacking tables.

Thickness Where You Need It (pdf 246k)

A metalforming technology that selectively thickens parent material within the die debuts in North America. The process promises more robust joints in automotive applications without the need for fasteners.

Smooth Weld-Wire Delivery Triggers Effective Aluminum-Boat Fabrication (pdf 203k)

Need to weld aluminum, and feed weld wire over a great distance? Read on.

TOOLING TECHNOLOGY

Coil-Spring Combo Offers Custom Force Profile (pdf k)

Anchor Manufacturing applies a new dual-die-spring set that allows the stamper to gain the performance characteristics rivaling nitrogen gas springs in load and travel, with the robustness traditionally associated with coil springs.

COMMENTARIES

Editorial (pdf 39k) Brad F. Kuvin
Annual Homage to Engineers—with a Twist

The Science of Forming (pdf 84k) by Stuart Keeler
Why Certain Defects Occur

Tooling by Design (pdf 68k) by Tim Stephens
Change Quickly or Die

Metalforming Electronics (pdf 53k) by George Keremedjiev
How is Outsourcing Manufacturing Good for the United States?

Blackman on Taxes (pdf 36k) by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock   www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
65 or Older and Tired of Paying Premiums?

You & the Law (pdf 48k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Employee Can Sue for Workplace Harassment Despite Signing a Workers’ Comp Release

BackTalk (pdf 35k) by Louis A. Kren
A Difficult Gift List

DEPARTMENTS

News Fronts (pdf 110k)	New Products (pdf 130k)
Tech Update (pdf 94k)	Free Literature (pdf 44k)
Quality Control (pdf 30k)	Classifieds
Tooling Update (pdf 121k)	Site Sponsors (Ad Index)

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