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Volume 42, Number 8
MetalForming magazine
August 2008
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COVER STORY
Prototyping Built Around Press Brake, Offline Programming (pdf 296k)
This Ohio prototyper combines a lifetime’s experience with press brakes and a knack for part and tool design to serve job-shop customers across a range of industries.
FEATURES
Servo-Press Technology: Drive Design and Performance (pdf 200k)
Servo presses combine the flexibility of hydraulic presses with the speed of mechanicals. This dynamic drive behavior maximizes productivity and reduces energy consumption. Here we review the capabilities of the various drive designs.
 Leverage Press Technology as Part of a Survival Strategy (pdf 177k)
Companies running old equipment or presses that have not been well maintained will likely find it difficult to compete. In particular, stampers manufacturing tighter-tolerance parts will benefit from operating tighter-tolerance presses.
 Fab Shop Stays Laser Focused on Short-Run Success (pdf 151k)
More efficient material packaging; processing of heavier, larger coils; faster setups; and ordering coil widths to tighter tolerances represent some of the techniques available to minimize the cost of raw materials to metalformers.
 Get Ready for IMTS (pdf 112k)
The International Manufacturing technology Show makes its biennial visit to McCormick Place this September, boasting 1200 exhibitors displaying the latest and greatest in machine-tool technology.
Press-Brake Bending—Methods and Challenges (pdf 168k)
Press brakes can do a lot, though challenges abound in creating top-quality parts. Here we discuss the types of bending, and factors that affect machine performance.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
 Turret-Press Tools Create Works of Art (pdf 135k)
Special tooling allows A. Zahner Co. to create custom panels that clad some of the most famous museums and art houses in North America.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial (pdf 42k) by Brad F. Kuvin
Labor Shortage? Grow, and Keep, Your Own
The Science of Forming (pdf 68k) by Stuart Keeler
Formability Comparisons—Steel and Aluminum
Tooling by Design (pdf 66k) by Peter Ulintz
Deep Drawing—More Advanced Topics
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 85k) by George Keremedjiev
Sensor-Applications Excellence on Display in Louisville
Blackman on Taxes (pdf 43k)
by Irving L. Blackman www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Great Tax-Saving Idea for the Family Business
You & the Law (pdf 52k) by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Summer-Released Employment-Law Cases No Picnic for Employers
BackTalk (pdf 40k) by Louis A. Kren
Small Shops, Small Runs, Big Dreams
DEPARTMENTS
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