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Volume 41, Number 9
MetalForming magazine
September 2007
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FEATURES
 People Power, and Other Blocks to Building Successful Metalforming Companies (pdf 317k)
The editors of MetalForming discuss success strategies with several metalforming-company leaders to unearth their unique roadmaps to allow them to remain competitive for the foreseeable future. Strategies include closer partnerships with customers, more value-added work and entry into new markets.
 Networked Controls Keep Presses Pressing (pdf 105k)
Armed with the data from networked press controls, this Illinois stamper was able to find numerous causes for press downtime, and then fix them via quick die change and other methods.
 What’s Shakin’ in Punch-Press Technology? (pdf 559k)
Whether you’re a stamper looking to fulfill low-volume runs with soft-tooled punch presses, or planning to expand into sheetmetal fabrication, you’re sure to find a press perfect for you among those described here. Detailed are the latest punch-press offerings and case studies describing the machines in action.
Fabtech, Welding Show Return to Chicago (pdf 101k)
Mark your calendars for November 11-14 and plan to head for Chicago’s McCormick Place to walk amongst more than 1000 display booths and take in a full complement of conference sessions.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
 In-Die Tapping—Get a Grip and Keep it Cool (pdf 86k)
Adding tapping stations to dies to eliminate costly secondary operations? Then look to extend tap life by eliminating material movement during tapping and optimizing lubricant delivery. Those solutions netted double the tap life for this Pioneer, OH, stamper.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 44k) by Brad F. Kuvin
Success Comes Via Strategic Partnering, Survey Says
The Science of Forming (pdf 64k) by Stuart Keeler
High-Speed Forming—Part 2
Tooling by Design (pdf 59k) by Peter Ulintz
Drawing Cups with Flanges
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 45k) by George Keremedjiev
What’s a Sensor Applications Specialist Worth?
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 45k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Want to Get Real Estate Out of Your Corporation Tax-Free?
BackTalk (pdf 42k) by Louis A. Kren
Don’t Just Measure, Measure Accurately
DEPARTMENTS
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