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 March 2022 | Volume 56 — Number 3
Cover Story
32 BuildingMomentum, Strengthening the
Metal Forming Community
PMA’s 2022 board of directors chair Doug Johnson seeks to generate momentum for the association and the industry, to enlarge the community and provide strength in numbers. A larger metal forming community pays off in many ways, including fortifying our lobbying influence in Washington, D.C., and helping PMA expand its menu of networking opportunities.
Features
14 RoboticDestacking and Press Tending
A huge time and labor saver for Sukup Manufacturing, an Iowa-based agricultural supplier that adds automation to free shop-floor personnel for other duties.
16 OptimizedandThenSome— Part-Transfer Success
at BAE Industries
Melodious motion, combined with the advantages of front-and-back systems and the adaptability of universal tooling, allows for optimal transfer system performance.
37 NewControls+Sensors=
Pressroom Profitability
For stampers dealing with the effects of the skilled- labor shortage, including brain drain and lost shop- floor productivity, advances in press controls and the expanded use of sensors promise to multiply the capabilities of staff already on the floor. In addition, the advances described here promise to extend the careers of older team members and help attract new hires.
Fabrication
22 News & Technology
Commentaries
4 Editorial
How Do You Manage a Young, Relatively Uneducated Workforce?
Brad Kuvin
12 Tooling by Design
Pressure-Plate Strippers—Part 1
Peter Ulintz
41 Metal Matters
Strength and Stiffness are Not the Same
Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
News Fronts ...................... 6 Tech Update ...................... 8 Automation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
28 Effective Teamwork Via ERP
Design-to-manufacturing facilitates collaboration across metal forming and fabricating organizations and supply chains to improve resiliency, performance and efficiency.
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