MetalForming magazine
August 2007

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FEATURES

Big-Bed Presses Bringing Home the Bacon (pdf 177k)

A pair of case-history articles illustrate how bigger can be better for a pair of persevering Midwest stamping companies.

Lasers Key Shift to Small-Lot, Prototype Production (pdf 129k)

Craftsman Custom Metals has transformed from a high-volume supplier to low-volume high-mix stamping and fabricating thanks to cellular manufacturing and the addition of two laser-cutting machines.

Bin Changes Slowing Production? Automation is the Answer (pdf 273k)

Bin changing, especially with the trend toward smaller lot sizes, can chew up plenty of production time. Automating the process can reclaim that costly time.

Take Another Look at Fourslide (pdf 81k)

In an era of smaller lot sizes and JIT manufacturing, fourslide production can cut part costs, speed product delivery and streamline quality assurance.

Formability Analysis: Finding the Deformation Zone (pdf 127k)

With a circle grid created, a maximum-deformation ellipse can be determined with precision, leading to identification of the deformation zone, and eventually to methods for preventing stamping defects.

TOOLING TECHNOLOGY

Die-Design-and-Build Efficiencies via All-in-One Guided Lifters (pdf 603k)

Why custom-design and manufacture systems for progressive-die guided lifting every time a new project comes along, when standard off-the-shelf products have it covered.

COMMENTARIES

Editorial (pdf 41k) by Brad F. Kuvin
A Chery on Top of Chrysler’s July 4 Sundae

The Science of Forming (pdf 72k) by Stuart Keeler
High-Speed Forming

Tooling by Design (pdf 67k) by Peter Ulintz
Flange or No Flange

Metalforming Electronics (pdf 48k) by George Keremedjiev
Cheap Sensors: Too Good to be True?

Blackman on Taxes (pdf 44k) by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock   www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
The Tax Knight and His Merry Men Rescue a Distressed Taxpayer

You & the Law (pdf 40k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Voluntary Cleanups of Pollution Sites Qualify for CERCLA Cost Reimbursement

BackTalk (pdf 44k) by Louis A. Kren
Stolen Ideas, and a Stolen Life

DEPARTMENTS

News Fronts (pdf 65k)	New Products (pdf 85k)
Tech Update (pdf 94k)	In Retrospect (pdf 57k)
Materials & Coatings (pdf 44k)	Classifieds
Tooling Update (pdf 56k)	Site Sponsors (Ad Index)

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