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Volume 39, Number 12
MetalForming magazine
December 2005
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 FEATURES
Get Rollforming Up to Speed for Construction Clients (pdf 112k)
Read these tips for upgrading your rollforming equipment to best serve this growing market segment.
 A Properly Spec'd Transfer Press Minimizes Troubleshooting (pdf 132k)
Specifying a transfer press requires the stamper to look at the equipment not just as a press but as a system that can include the press, transfer mechanism, dies, feed equipment and more.
Margins Climb with F-to-B Transfer (pdf 123k)
Margins on transfer dies rose nearly 50 percent when moved from a through-the-window transfer system to a press outfitted with a front-to-back transfer, enabling a 6-stroke/min. increase in press speed.
 Spray to the Rescue (pdf 165k)
Here's a look at the most significant die-lubrication challenges reported by stampers and how spray lubrication can overcome them.
Mechanical or Electronic Guards: Which is Best for the Application? (pdf 178k)
 Here's some help when deciding whether a mechanical or an electronic guard is best for your machine-safeguarding application.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
Nervous About In-Die Part-Quality Inspection? (pdf 57k)
You're not alone. The advantages of analog sensing for in-die part-quality inspection are many, as are the challenges. But there's hope.
 Selecting the Right Die-Protection Equipment (pdf 184k)
Stampers are launching sophisticated, in-depth die-sensing programs to protect their increasingly complex dies from crashes. Step one: Create a checklist of the capabilities your die-protection equipment must have.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 26k) by Brad Kuvin
Close the Loop to Enrich Customer Satisfaction
The Science of Forming (pdf 33k) by Stuart Keeler
Learning About New Forming Technology
Tooling by Design (pdf 41k) by Tim Stephens
Only the Best
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 48k) by George Keremedjiev
Where to Hang Your Hat in an Earthquake
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 22k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
What’s More Important: Beating Up the IRS (Legally) or Helping Your Family?
You & the Law (pdf 23k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Golf, Golf, Golf: Rights and Risks
BackTalk (pdf 24k) by Louis A. Kren
Chicken and Pickups—Why You Should Care
DEPARTMENTS
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