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Serving those who create precision metal products using stamping, fabricating and other value-added processes.
Cover Story
12 Wind and Solar Energy—
Where are the Opportunities for Metalformers?
MetalForming interviews Loch McCabe, president of Shepherd Advisors, a specialty management-consulting firm in Ann Arbor, MI, whose mission is to "foster economic wealth and planetary health through the robust commercialization and deployment of clean technologies."
Features
10 Assembly Expo to Feature
Medical-Device Assembly Pavilion
Assembly Technology Expo and its four pavilions—Electronics Midwest, Wire Harness Process Solutions, Medical Device Assembly/Automation, and Sensors and Vision—lands at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL, September 22-24.
18 Do You Have What it Takes
to Move into the Medical Market?
Medical-product OEMs and suppliers paint the picture: An expanding market for metalformed parts and assemblies, requiring suppliers well-versed in quality management, loaded with design expertise, and equipped to provide short lead times and custom products. Do you see yourself in the picture?
Tooling Technology
28 Troubleshooting In-Die Fastening Systems
Keep your in-die fastening equipment in tip-top shape by paying close attention to four major areas: the fasteners, the feed system, the in-die tools (sometimes referred to as insertion heads) and the control system.
Special Online-Only 2009 — Volume 43
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Commentaries
Editorial ........................5
There is No Magic Bullet, Just Blood, Guts and Determination
Brad F. Kuvin
TheScienceofForming ............26
More About Springs and Springback
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Angular Piercing and Punching
Peter Ulintz
MetalformingElectronics............34
Profound Neglect
George Keremedjiev
TheBusinessofMetalforming ........36
Going Green: How to Genuinely Enhance Your Sales Proposition
Michael Bleau
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HOT off the PRESS
Daily News for the Industry
BlackmanonTaxes................40
Supreme Court Deals Blow to 401(k) Plans
Irving L. Blackman
YouandTheLaw .................42 28 Changes to the Meaning of “Disability”
Under the ADA, Part 2
Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Departments
NewsFronts......................6 TechUpdate .....................8 Tooling Update. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 FreeLiterature...................38 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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METALFORMING / SPECIAL ONLINE-ONLY ISSUE 2009 3
ABOUT THE COVER: Last year, more new wind turbines were installed in the Untied States and across the world than ever before. In 2008 alone, nearly 27,000 MW of new wind-turbine capacity was installed globally, of which more than 8500 MW were installed in the United States. At the same time, demand for concentrated-solar-power projects is taking off, and in the U.S. market alone is expected to quadruple its current installed capacity by 2011. Both technologies offers numerous opportunities for metalforming companies; learn more by reading our exclusive online article beginning on page 12.
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