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MetalForming
February 2013 | Volume 47 — Number 2 Cover Story
An Official Publication of
Features
16 Press Automation Boosts Production at VW
A new approach to press-transfer automation enables Volkswagen to increase stroke rate, slash cycle times and streamline maintenance operations, preparing the company to keep up with growing demand for the widely acclaimed Golf 7.
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Expanding the
Vision to High-Mix
Low-Volume Fab
The business strategy guiding Chicago’s Laystrom Manufacturing Co. has evolved considerably since the 1980s, from stamping a stable product mix for a stable customer base to specializing in CNC fabricated- metal products. Leading the charge is an automated laser- cutting line that dominates the facility’s footprint and its output.
Tooling Technology
54 Moving Forward with Reverse Engineering
Here’s how a Michigan toolmaker has brought life back to damaged equipment shipped home from the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Pioneering Metalformers Providing “College Educations in Manufacturing” Brad F. Kuvin
Human Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Why It’s Important to Invest in Your Employees Debbie McGrath
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
40 Automation Package Lifts Laser Productivity
Automating its new high-power laser- cutting machine with a nozzle changer, beam-alignment unit and sheet handler positions this OEM manufacturer to grow its contract sheet- and plate-fabrication business.
News Fronts
Tech Update
Safety Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ask the Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
23 PMAEF—Proudly Honoring Pioneering Metalforming Companies
Pioneer Metalformers Invest in Workforce Development
24 Diemasters Manufacturing Inc. 29 Eclipse Manufacturing Co.
33 Marlin Steel Wire Products LLC
Do Higher-Strength Steels Have Less Formability? Part 2 Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lightweighting Challenges
Peter Ulintz
Departments
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FABTECH Draws Thousands to Vegas
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