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Serving those who create precision metal products using stamping, fabricating and other value-added processes.
Cover Story
32 2009 PMA Awards of Excellence
Nine companies, in eight categories, represent the best our industry offers.
Features
12 Fundamentals of Mechanical-Press Design
Information for this article comes from the MetalForming Handbook, by Schuler GmbH, published in July 1998 by Springer. The hardcover book, 568 pages, is available on Amazon.com.
20 Influx of Link-Motion Presses Pays Dividends in Mexico Mexican metalformer Gobar Systems leverages mechanical-press technology to boost productivity as well as diversify into nonautomotive markets.
24 When Packaging, No Rust is a Must
In the battle against oxidation, new-generation volatile corrosion inhibitors fit the bill for parts large and small.
26 Ford Flies with Robotic Press Tending
Replacing aging automation with new robotic technology yields lighting-fast press-to- press part transfer at this automotive OEM’s Woodhaven, MI, stamping plant.
30 Error-Free Automated Assembly a Money Saver
An inhouse-designed automated-staking assembly cell economically eliminates human error in producing seating components for this Tennessee automotive supplier.
Tooling Technology
44 Copper-Alloy Die Insert Tackles Tough Dual-Phase Draw Experiencing a die-insert failure, due to tool-steel galling, after only 7500 hits sends out a call for help dealing with an automotive-seat stamping of dual-phase steel. To the rescue: a new insert machined from a special hardened copper-alloy casting.
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Commentaries
Editorial ........................5
Survival Tips
Brad F. Kuvin
TheScienceofForming ............42
Understanding the Behavior of Sheetmetal
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Stretching and Drawing
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
David & Goliath
George Keremedjiev
TheBusinessofMetalforming ........50
Trade Events: Maximize Results by Closing New Business Michael Bleau
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Daily News for the Industry
Backtalk .......................56
Hot Air Fuels Wind-Energy Debate
Louis A. Kren
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There is More to Winning the Tax Game than Legally Beating Up the IRS Irving L. Blackman
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . View Online
Changes to the Meaning of “Disability” Under the ADA—Part 1
Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Departments
News Fronts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 TechUpdate .....................8 Metals/CoilProcessing .............10 Tooling Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 AdIndex.......................55 ReaderAction ...................55
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ABOUT THE COVER: Nine winners of the 2009 PMA Awards of Excellence earned their awards by eliminating costly secondary operations, slashing lead time, employing new sensing technology, embracing continuous improvement, proactively addressing workplace safety and stressing employ- ee training and education. Read and learn beginning on page 32.
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