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MetalForming’s Monthly E-Newsletter, Tool & Die AuthorityComplete List of ArticlesPast issues are available on a CD-ROM—contact Marlene O'Brien at mobrien@pma.org for more information. Joe Brown Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, June 2010 Linking to the Alternative-Energy Supply Chain, Part 2, May 2010 Keeping U.S. Manufacturers Linked to the Alternative-Energy Supply Chain, April 2010 How Detroit “Won the War”, March 2010 Marketing Makes a Difference for Manufacturers—Part 2, February 2010 Marketing Makes a Difference for Manufacturers—Part 1, January 2010 Reflecting on the Glory Days of the Tool and Die Industry, December 2009 Using Social Media to Overcome the Misperceptions of Manufacturing, November 2009 Who’s Moving Along with the Winds of Change?, October 2009 Oakland University Creates an Open Forum…for Die Makers, their Customers and Other Key Stakeholders, September 2009 The Future Tooling-Talent Pool: Misperceptions Demand Attention, August 2009 “L’unione fa la forza”—In Union There is Strength (Italian Proverb), July 2009 Understand the Significance of the Tooling Industry, or Else, June 2009 An Exclusive Interview with the Mastermind Behind the Tooling Proposal, May 2009 Here’s How We Got Here. Spread the Message! Part 1, April 2009 Lien on Me, March 2009 U.S.-Korea Trade Imbalance, Part 2, February 2009 U.S.-Korea Trade Relationship Points to Reasons for Auto, Tooling Troubles, January 2009 Strange Times Call for Strange Bedfellows, December 2008 Time for Tooling Industry to Step Up and Train, November 2008 We Need Apprenticeship Programs, or Soon the Die May be Cast, October 2008 Pete Ulintz Ten Tool and Die Problems, with a Focus on Galling, June 2010 Increasing Press Speed and Efficiency, What you don’t know can hurt your bottom line, May 2010 Die Damage at Coil Change, April 2010 Tool Repair by Welding, March 2010 Tool Damage Caused by Sharpening, February 2010 Breaking Speed Limits—Part 2, January 2010 Breaking Speed Limits, December 2009 Die Setting Practice, Part 2, November 2009 Die-Setting Practice, October 2009 A Split Decision—Part 2, September 2009 A Split Decision, August 2009 Solving Deep-Drawing Problems—Part 2, July 2009 Solving Deep-Drawing Problems, Part 1, June 2009 Surface Coatings for Draw Steels—More Reasons Why You May Not Need Them, May 2009 Surface Coatings for Draw Steels—You May Not Need Them, April 2009 New Business Producing Existing Parts, March 2009 Avoiding Punch-Head Breakage, February 2009 Failure Analysis: Punch-Head Breakage, January 2009 Failure Analysis for Stamping Dies, Part 2: Tool-Steel Heattreatment, December 2008 Failure Analysis for Stamping Dies—General Procedures, November 2008 Quick Fixes for Slug Pulling, October 2008 Danny Schaeffler Continuous Hot-Dipped Galvanizing of Sheet Steels, June 2010 Problem-Solving Techniques: The Five-Whys (or, How to be a Wise Guy), May 2010 Specimen Shapes Shown in Sheet-Steel Specifications (or, Know Where the Numbers Come From), April 2010 Loose Change Management Can be Costly (or, Poor Record Keeping Can Lead to Costly Actions), March 2010 What is Steel? Part 4: Duel-Phase Steels (or, the Shape of Things to Come), February 2010 The 20-Precent Maximum Thinning Rule (or How Much is Too Much?), January 2010 Root-Cause Defect Analysis: Working with Your Supplier (or, It’s Your Problem Even When It’s Not Your Problem, December 2009 Online Steel Resources (or, Steel Crazy After All These Years), November 2009 Steel Mills are Heating Up (or, the Law of Unintended Consequences), October 2009 The Sound of One Hand Clapping (or, Are You Really an Author if No One Reads What You Write?), September 2009 Limitations of Hardness Testing for Deep-Drawing Applications, August 2009 Stronger and Thinner for Summertime…(Building a Better Body One Part at a Time), July 2009 Sampling Sheet Surfaces for Successful Stampings (or, Seeing the Forest and the Trees), June 2009 Troubleshooting Sheetmetal Problems—Part 2 (or, If You Always Do What You Always Did, You’ll Always Get What You Always Got), May 2009 Troubleshooting Sheetmetal Problems (or, Meticulously Mending Metal with Mettle), April 2009 What is Steel? Part 3: Steel Microstructures and Phases (or, While the Iron is Hot, Grab It!…with Apologies to Mrs. Malaprop), March 2009 What is Steel? Part 2: Medium-Strength and Conventional High-Strength Steels (or, Ironing Out the Differences), February 2009 What is Steel?…Part 1 (or, Too Many Irons in the Fire), January 2009 The Case for Thinning Strain Analysis (Strain Spots Keep Falling in the Red), December 2008 Circle Grid Strain Analysis—Confirm that Ellipse Measurements Make Sense (or, It’s My Destiny to be The King of Strain), November 2008 Measuring Accurately During Circle Grid Strain Analysis (or, I Can See Clearly Now, The Strain Is Gone), October 2008 Bob Quinn The Future of Die Design, June 2010 Tool and Die Futures Initiative—Brutal Facts, But Hope Lives On!, May 2010 Lean Misperceptions, April 2010 Compound Innovation, March 2010 Can Robotics Help a Tool and Die Shop? Part 2, February 2010 Can Robotics Help a Tool and Die Shop?, January 2010 Beacon of Light for the Tool and Die Industry, December 2009 The One-Minute Transfer-Die Feasibility Checklist, November 2009 Transfer Systems—What Can They Do for You?, October 2009 How Does Tooling Price Impact Piece Price?, September 2009 Tooling Costs Compared—Offshore vs. On, August 2009 America Can Compete, With a Little Innovation, May 2009 Job Tracking and Quoting Systems—A Deeper Look, April 2009 Closing the Loop—To Measure or Not to Measure?, March 2009 How About a Little ‘Coopetition’ to Ride out the Storm, February 2009 Time-Saving Alternatives for the Toolroom—Part 3, January 2009 Time-Saving Alternatives for the Toolroom—Part 2, December 2008 Time-Saving Alternative to Six-Sided Grinding—Part 1, November 2008 The Basics of Efficient Die Making, October 2008 Drew Stevens Multiple Part Numbers from the Same Tool—Part 1, June 2010 Effective Error Proofing, May 2010 Proper Documentation for Troubleshooting and Cost Justification, April 2010 Preventing Nuisance Faults, Part 3, March 2010 Preventing Nuisance Faults, Part 2, February 2010 The Sensor that Cries Wolf—or, Eliminating Nuisance Faults, January 2010 Creative Part-Out Sensing, Part 2, December 2009 Creative Part-Out Detection, Part 1, November 2009 Detecting Feed in Thick Materials, October 2009 Creative Error Proofing, September 2009 Value-Added Operations, Part 1—Putting Stuff Together, August 2009 Value-Added Operations—Part 3: Locating Parts for In-Die Welding, July 2009 Value-Added Operations, Part 2, June 2009 Value-Added In-Die Operations, Part 1, May 2009 Part Measurement on the Fly, Part 3, April 2009 Part Measurement On the Fly, Part 2, March 2009 Part Measurement ‘On the Fly’—Part 1, February 2009 The Perils of Reverse Tonnage and Improper Counterbalance Settings, January 2009 Error-Proofing Proactively with Proper Setups, December 2008
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