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Volume 42, Number 2
MetalForming magazine
February 2008
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FEATURES
 Puzzle Pieces Fit Together (pdf 173k)
…for this contract stamper, bringing lube delivery and containment improvements as well as scrap/part-conveyance upgrades that maximize productivity, press uptime and, of course, return on investment.
 Looking to Transfer? (pdf 161k)
If you’re mulling over transfer automation to boost stamping productivity, know your options as described here.
Advanced High-Strength Steels—New Types on the Block (pdf 295k)
The world’s steel companies have worked with customers to create new types with mechanical properties and performance characteristics that just a decade or two ago would have seemed improbable, if not downright impossible to achieve. Here’s a roundup of some of those steels.
Going Lean? You Need to Motivate the Shop Floor (pdf 129k)
Employees must be highly involved in assuming new skills and responsibilities, and be rewarded for doing so.
 For Global Networking, ICOSPA 2008 Ranks No. 1 (pdf 113k)
Learn what’s happening around the world and network with peers from foreign metalforming companies by attending the ICOSPA (International Council of
Sheet Metal Presswork Associations) 2008 Congress in September.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
 Die Forensics—Find the Root Cause of Piercing and Blanking Failures (pdf 189k)
What causes galling, wear and premature punch failure? How can stampers control slugs and avoid rejected parts and damaged die components? What are the best procedures to follow during punch grinding? Find the answers to these questions and more right here.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 43k) by Brad F. Kuvin
Steelmaking, and Steels, Getting Better and Better all the Time
The Science of Forming (pdf 61k) by Stuart Keeler
Out with Boxes—In with a Continuum
Tooling by Design (pdf 70k) by Peter Ulintz
Buying Metal Stamping Dies—Part 2
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 45k) by George Keremedjiev
PML: Process Monitoring & Lean
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 49k)
by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock
You Don’t Have to Lose a Dime of Your Wealth to the IRS
You & the Law (pdf 53k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Employment Law’s Newest Offspring: Immigration Law
BackTalk (pdf 44k) by Louis A. Kren
The Father of Scientific Management…for Good and Bad
DEPARTMENTS
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