MetalForming magazine
March 2008

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FEATURES

Less Power, More Production from New Press Brakes (pdf 78k)

Wisco Industries saves power and time by upgrading to all-electric and electric-hydraulic equipment.

Reusable Packaging has Stampers Thinking Green (pdf 121k)

Green not only as in environmental friendliness, but in the investment required by stampers and their customers to move from disposable to reusable packaging.

Tax Credit, Part II—It Does Apply to You (pdf 130k)

An article explaining the R&D tax credit appeared in the January issue of MetalForming. In this follow-up article, three metal-stamping companies describe how they successfully applied the tax credit, and how they used their new-found cash.

METALFORM Regional Birmingham Show Guide (pdf 179k)

• Exhibitors’ List (pdf 130k)
• Registration Form (pdf 188k)
• Conference Schedule (pdf 157k)
• Product Previews (pdf 645k)
  • Part I (pdf 645k)
  • Part II (pdf 746k)
  • Part III (pdf 720k)

TOOLING TECHNOLOGY

Safer, Faster Die Changes (pdf 144k)

The move from small single-stage dies to large 10,000-lb. progressive dies easily justified the investment in a new die cart, for safety and productivity reasons.

COMMENTARIES

Editorial (pdf 47k) by Brad F. Kuvin
Flirting with, but Avoiding, a Recession

The Science of Forming (pdf 68k) by Stuart Keeler
How Valuable Is One Data Point?

Tooling by Design (pdf 68k) by Peter Ulintz
High Stress for Stampers and Die Shops

Metalforming Electronics (pdf 52k) by George Keremedjiev
Sensors for the South

Blackman on Taxes (pdf 40k) by Irving L. Blackman & Brian T. Whitlock www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Thinking of Making Your Kid a Stockholder?

You & the Law (pdf 50k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Continued Employment Viewed as Worker Acceptance of Employer-Instituted Agreement

BackTalk (pdf 44k) by Louis A. Kren
Buddy, Can Ya Spare an Engineer?

DEPARTMENTS

News Fronts (pdf 77k)	Software for Manufacturing (pdf 42k)
Tech Update (pdf 56k)	Classifieds
Tooling Update (pdf 62k)	Site Sponsors (Ad Index)

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