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Volume 42, Number 9
MetalForming Magazine
September 2008
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COVER STORY
Muscle-Bound Coil Line Breathes New Life into Transfer Press
Heavy-metal stamper Stamco Industries rejuvenates a 3000-ton transfer-press line used to stamp thick HSLA steel by installing a new, robust coil line. Downtime is down, press speed and throughput are up, as is press capacity—by 15 percent.
FEATURES
 4400-Ton Transfer Press Emits Heavy-Metal Vibes
Rockford Toolcraft proves bigger (and stronger) is better as it tools up a rebuilt and reengineered transfer press—built of two twin-ram 2200-ton presses—to process coil-fed steel to ½ in. thick.
Surf to our video page to see the transfer press in action.
 Gas-Tungsten-Arc Welding: What You Need to Know
…to ensure optimum results, whether welding fabricated sheetmetal assemblies or performing tool and die repairs.
 EuroBlech 2008
‘Quality, Flexibility, Productivity’ is the theme for the world’s largest sheetmetal-technology show, slated for October in Hanover, Germany.
 FABTECH, Welding Show and METALFORM All in One
Come October 6, the Las Vegas Convention Center is home for FABTECH International & AWS Welding Show introducing METALFORM. This plants the seeds for an annual megashow stretching across sheetmetal-related industries.
New Turret Press Keys Productivity Turnaround
Low-cost competition from China combined with outdated fabricating equipment and manufacturing techniques threatened this Seattle heater manufacturer. A new automated turret punch press allows use of advanced software and tooling to streamline the part-making process.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
 Why Choose In-Die Welding?
Given sufficient volumes and proper technology setup, in-die welding can save big over stamping then welding as a secondary process. Here’s the proof.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial by Brad F. Kuvin
We’re Ready to be Your Source for Tool and Die ExpertiseWe’re Ready to be Your Source for Tool and Die Expertise
The Science of Forming by Stuart Keeler
Interesting Details About Coefficient of Friction
Tooling by Design by Peter Ulintz
Tonnage and Energy
Metalforming Electronics (pdf 85k) by George Keremedjiev
The Challenge of Part-Out Sensing
Blackman on Taxes
by Irving L. Blackman www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Buy-Sell Agreements Done Wrong Enrich the IRS; Done Right Enrich Your Family
You & the Law by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Of Reimbursement Retaliation and Reasonable Accommodation
BackTalk (pdf 40k) by Louis A. Kren
Sun Sets on Manufacturing Dominance, But Where Will It Rise?
DEPARTMENTS
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