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MetalForming
March 2023 | Volume 57 — Number 3 Cover Story
Features
32 Optimizing Connections:
PMA United
“Our path as a company and our progress is intertwined with our involvement with PMA,” says Clips & Clamps President Jeff Aznavorian, PMA board chair for 2023. “I will continue to cheerlead for PMA—this organization represents the best of the best metal forming companies.”
Fabrication
26 News & Technology
28 CNCPunching: Positive Stop a
Positive Advantage
...for coining, embossing, lancing and more, but just make sure to mind the tool sharpening.
30 RobotRetrofits:
When is it Time?
With proper maintenance, an industrial robot will remain in service for 10-15 yr. In many cases, retrofitting can extend—and even double—the life of these shopfloor workhorses.
ABOUT
THE COVER
Jeff Aznavorian, president of Clips & Clamps Industries and PMA Chairman- elect for 2023, graces this issue’s cover, standing within the firm’s latest capital
investment: a three-robot multiprocess production cell. Read more beginning on page 32.
Displayed proudly by Jeff in this photo: the November 1994 issue of MetalForming, in which we recognized Michael Aznavorian, Jeff’s father and Clips & Clamps’ president at the time, as the incoming PMA Chairman-elect for 1995.
16 CobotsinthePressroom—FiveConsiderations
Collaborative robots (cobots) can offer numerous advantages in installation, flexibility, cost and programmability—and more—over traditional industrial robots. To get the most from cobots, mind the following.
20 RobotsWorkinginMetalFormingOperations
Join us April 25 for MetalForming LIVE on the Shop Floor for an up-close look at robots at work at two metal forming companies performing completely different types of operations. Plant managers will be on hand to discuss the applications and field your questions.
22 PressControlRetrofit
...streamlines robot integration.
38 NewDieSteelReducesWearonFormDetails
...for this Indiana automotive manufacturer, prolonging tool life between sharpenings and reducing the amount of sharpening needed during maintenance.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Celebrating a Columnist’s Milestone With a Novel Take on Apprenticeships
Brad Kuvin
14 Tooling by Design
A Novel Approach to Apprenticeship Programs Peter Ulintz
40 Metal Matters
Metal Properties:
Plastic Strain Ratio (r-Value) Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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