MetalForming magazine
March 2005

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FEATURES

Advanced High-Strength Steels for Stamped Automotive Parts (pdf 215k)

The new century has seen significant developments in new high-strength steels, which have found considerable acceptance within the automotive industry due to their improved mass efficiency, impact properties and, most importantly, their enhanced formability.

Warming Up to Al and Mg Forming
(pdf 122k)

Heating aluminum- and magnesium-alloy tube and sheet, as well as tooling, as part of a hydroforming-like process may open new doors for the traditionally tough-to-form materials.

Productivity Skyrockets with New Software System (pdf 178k)

An investment in integrated web-based manufacturing software has given Michigan stamper Ralco Industries its much-sought-after competitive edge—improved inventory accuracy—with a return on investment of just over one year.

METALFORM’05 Show Guide

PMAEF Silent Auction (pdf 371k)
Product Listings and Conference Schedule (pdf 411k)
Exhibitors’ List (pdf 166k)
Product Previews Part 1 (pdf 384k)
Product Previews Part 2 (pdf 456k)
Product Previews Part 3 (pdf 456k)
Product Previews Part 4 (pdf 375k)
Product Previews Part 5 (pdf 357k)

TOOLING TECHNOLOGY

Faster, Stronger In-Die Fastening (pdf 235k)

That’s the promise of these nuts and studs, backed up by part producers in the automotive and lawn-and-garden industries.

COMMENTARIES

Editorial (pdf 117k) Brad F. Kuvin
You Can Survive an Ultra-Lean Supply Base

The Science of Forming (pdf 152k) by Stuart Keeler
The New Dual-Phase Steel

Tooling by Design (pdf 137k) by Tim Stephens
The Lost World

Metalforming Electronics (pdf 83k) by George Keremedjiev
Your Inhouse Controls Expert

Blackman on Taxes (pdf 86k) by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock   www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Your Old Life-Insurance Policy May be Worth More Than You Think

You & the Law (pdf 103k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Ring in the New Year with an Updated Employee Handbook

BackTalk (pdf 114k) by Louis A. Kren
Signs of Things to Come

DEPARTMENTS

News Fronts (pdf 110k)	Tooling Update (pdf 135k)
Tech Update (pdf 105k)	Classifieds
Materials & Coatings (pdf 56k)	Site Sponsors (Ad Index)

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