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Volume 40, Number 6
MetalForming magazine
June 2006
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FEATURES
 Successful Stamping and Drawing—What’s Lube Got to do with It? (pdf 77k)
New lubricants help metalformers improve quality and tool life while taking on more challenging materials, and at the same time control costs by, among other advantages, eliminating cleaning operations.
 METALFORM Played All the Hits (pdf 158k)
Attendees of Regional METALFORM Nashville, March 21-23, no doubt left with a song in their hearts and productivity-improving ideas in their minds as they were privy to dozens of new and innovative products on display at the show. Here are a few highlights.
Awards of Excellence 2006 (pdf 159k)
Recognizing outstanding achievement, the Precision Metalforming Association named eight metalforming companies as recipients of its prestigious annual awards.
Stampers, Get Ready to Rumble: It’s all About Forming AHSS (pdf 73k)
The annual Great Designs in Steel seminar has evolved into a must-attend meeting for any metalforming company that hopes to keep pace with the use of advanced-high-strength steels in automotive assemblies. Here’s some of what transpired at the 2006 edition.
 Rollforming + High-Speed Stamping = More Output (pdf 124k)
That equation is proven as a rollforming mill more than doubles its production of steel wall-framing components thanks to the speed and accuracy of a new high-speed press.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
 Simulation Slashes Die-Tryout Costs and Time (pdf 86k)
The need to eliminate a stretch carrier in production of a drawn automotive part provided a perfect opportunity to test computer forming simulation. Cutting die-tryout cost from $18,000 to $3600 demonstrates that simulation passed with flying colors.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 35k) by Brad Kuvin
As Supply Relationships Change Pace, Can the Partners Stay in Step?
The Science of Forming (pdf 109k) by Stuart Keeler
Material Properties and Cup Drawing
Tooling by Design (pdf 52k) by Tim Stephens
Old School’s Best Game in Town
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 55k) by George Keremedjiev
Properly Developing In-Die Welding
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 110k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Buy-Sell Agreements: If Done Wrong Enrich the IRS; Done Right Enrich Your Family
You & the Law (pdf 37k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Light-Duty Accommodation Does Not Convert Temporary Position into Permanent One
BackTalk (pdf 33k) by Louis A. Kren
When Awards Matter
DEPARTMENTS
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