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Volume 42, Number 11
MetalForming Magazine
November 2008
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COVER STORY/TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
Expanding Opportunities—New Ideas, Products and Markets
A degree in accounting along with 30+ years behind the production wheel of a variety of manufacturing companies has given 2009 PMA Chairman Wayne Boeckman, president of Quick-Way Stampings, Inc. of Texas, a knack for knowing where and when to diversify. Metalforming companies, and PMA, need to follow his lead.
FEATURES
 Tooling Tips for High-Speed Stamping
This article quotes liberally from the book, High Speed Stamping, by Dayton Progress Corp., which addresses slug-control techniques and other tool-design criteria aimed specifically at improving quality and productivity of high-speed stamping operations.
 Is Your Press Line Out of Control?
As stampers add components to press lines, controlling all of them can become quite a chore, testing the ability to maintain part production and conduct proper troubleshooting. That’s when a controls assessment and upgrade are in order.
 Press Feeds—Selection and Operation
What advantages do air and servo feeds bring? Read on to find out which is best for your press-feed needs, and how you can get the most out of it.
ERP System a Data-Laden Backbone to Support Rapid Growth
The five-year plan for Apex Skypark, a manufacturer of robotic automobile-parking structures, calls for a 10-fold increase in sales. To keep pace, its metal-fabrication business leans heavily on an ERP system to effectively manage such skyrocketing expansion.
TOOLING TECHNOLOGY
 Manifolds or Stand-Alone Gas Springs—Make the Right Choice
Both have advantages in particular applications. Manifold systems are hardier and provide low pressure rise, and stand-alone or drop-in gas springs are ideal when pressure rise and environmental conditions are not concerns.
COMMENTARIES
Editorial by Brad F. Kuvin
Wallow or Energize? The Choice is Yours
The Science of Forming by Stuart Keeler
Things That Bother Me
Tooling by Design by Peter Ulintz
The Problem with Die Designs
Metalforming Electronics by George Keremedjiev
Sensors Now—More Than Ever
Blackman on Taxes
by Irving L. Blackman www.TaxSecretsOfTheWealthy.com
Advice to the New President on Income Tax and Estate Tax Laws
You & the Law by Douglas B. M. Ehlke
English, Legally Speaking
BackTalk by Louis A. Kren
Don’t Let the Auto Crisis Take You for a Ride
DEPARTMENTS
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