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MetalForming
December 2020 | Volume 54 — Number 12 Cover Story
Fabrication
22 News & Technology
24 AutomotiveBlanking Without Stamping Dies Via Laser
Coil-fed laser blanking offers a time- and cost-saving alternative, while serving trends toward increased model variants and shorter launch times.
27 ToolingUpfor Maximum Punch Productivity
An Ontario, Canada, sheet metal fabricator’s careful tool planning and utilization maximize the productivity of its pair of new turret punch presses.
29 Welding Well
Tips for Troubleshooting Arc-Weld Defects
Porosity, excess spatter, cracking... the list of possible weld defects goes on and on, and they can be frustrating and costly.―Follow
these tips to help cure them, and minimize their occurrence.
18 HowPressControls
Battle the Pandemic
In our COVID-19 world, press controls continually adapt to provide more monitoring data and more capability to program, run and maintain press lines. Expect the evolution to continue.
Features
12 CobotsKeepStampingPresses
Fed at WI Manufacturer
Collaborative robots, simple to set up, operate and maintain, tend mechanical presses in a work cell at Processed Metal Innovators. Find a cobot, too, in the company’s welding department, and expect to see more down the road.
16 AutomationResuscitatesLegacyPressLine
Automotive supplier Matcor-Matsu invests in a transfer-system upgrade to breathe new life into an aging big-bed press. The flexibility and expanded motion profile of the transfer system has opened the door to new business, including customer- takeover tools.
31 UsingSimulationSoftware
... to navigate the perfect storm of die development: increased part complexity, stronger steels and compressed customer timelines.
33 2020WomenofExcellence
MetalForming recognizes the 38 winners and 30 honorable-mention recipients in this year’s class.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Fortify Your Factory with Talented Women Brad Kuvin
8 Tooling by Design
Drawing on Experience
Peter Ulintz 10 Cutting Edge
Heat-Assisted Adiabatic Cutting of High-Strength Steel Eren Billur, Ph.D.
48 The Science of Forming
Loose-Change Management Can Be Costly
Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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