MetalForming magazine
June 2007

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FEATURES

Coil-Line Installations Making Headlines (pdf 216k)

Big presses, big dies and extra-thick and -wide coil stock, as well as strict tolerances on material flatness, required these stampers to take a fresh approach to specifying feed-line capabilities.

Enthusiasm Abounds at METALFORM (pdf 312k)

More than 4000 attendees left METALFORM, held March 25-28, pumped with excitement thanks to the array of new equipment on display. Here the editors present a taste of what was new on the show floor.

Awards of Excellence 2007 (pdf 600k)

The Precision Metalforming Association honored its 2007 award winners with a special presentation at METALFORM, and the winners are profiled here.

The ABCs of In-Die Tapping (pdf 394k)

Want to add in-die tapping to your value-added offerings? Read on to learn all about tapping-head orientation, tap travel and die timing, die-design requirements, lube requirements and broken-tap detection.

TOOLING TECHNOLOGY

QDC Pays Off at Timken (pdf 84k)

Two custom dual-station die carts mean safer, and quicker, die changes at this Sylvania, GA, bearing plant.

COMMENTARIES

Editorial (pdf 43k) by Brad F. Kuvin
Thanks for Completing Our Editorial-Quality Survey

The Science of Forming (pdf 63k) by Stuart Keeler
Measuring n Value

Tooling by Design (pdf 59k) by Peter Ulintz
Troubleshooting Guidelines for Deep Drawing

Metalforming Electronics (pdf 46k) by George Keremedjiev
Addressing Sensor Usage in Your Plant

Blackman on Taxes (pdf 49k) by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock   www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Ninety Percent of All Estate Plans Enrich the IRS, Not Your family

You & the Law (pdf 40k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Parents May Create a Duty to Care

BackTalk (pdf 47k) by Louis A. Kren
Forty Years of MetalForming

DEPARTMENTS

News Fronts (pdf 92k)	Free Literature (pdf 40k)
Tech Update (pdf 71k)	In Retrospect (pdf 168k)
Software for Manufacturing (pdf 33k)	Classifieds
Tooling Update (pdf 45k)	Site Sponsors (Ad Index)
New Products (pdf 135k)

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