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MetalForming
March 2011 | Volume 45 — Number 3
Commentaries
Guest Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Stand Up and be Heard
Bob Clay
The Business of Metalforming . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Eco Challenges: Fish-Friendly Manufacturing
Michael Bleau
Cover Story
23 ToolroomTechnologyFuels
Production Success
Behind every great pressroom is a great toolroom, equipped and staffed to move new dies from the design center efficiently through production, and also to return production dies requiring maintenance back to the presses in a timely manner. Toolrooms also are tasked with supporting assembly and welding operations, by manufacturing jigs and fixtures.
Best Practices
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The Link Between Total Cost of Quality and Profitability
Bob Dobrowsky
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Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Urban Legends, Myths and Half-Truths
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Is Your Ram on the Level—Part 2?
George Keremedjiev
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Wall Street Business Model is Broken
Irving L. Blackman
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
News from OSHA, Workers Comp, etc.
Douglas B. M. Ellke
Departments
31
Two Northeastern-U.S. lubricant
formulators and one of their metalforming
customers explain how new lubricant
recipes contribute to improved performance in the press, particularly when deep- drawing difficult-to-form materials and cosmetic parts.
19 PowerfulCleaning—
But Not Too Clean
Parts-cleaning systems are not one-size-fits-all solutions. Metal stamper Thomas Erie Co., knows this well. When the firm recently replaced its aging perchloroethylene- based parts-cleaning system, it faced a unique challenge: ensuring that the cleaned, stamped parts weren’t too clean.
ShowWeldersYouCare,
with ADF Helmets
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission estimates that hospital emergency rooms treat 10,800 eye injuries related to various types of welding equipment and processes every year.
One welder-safety solution gaining in popularity: helmets with auto-darkening filters.
News Fronts . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . Materials & Coatings Tooling Update . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . Ad Index . . . . . . . . . .
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Features
AdditivesKeyto
Lube Success
The Science of Forming
Let Your Supplier Help
Stuart Keeler
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Tooling Technology
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Maximize the Life of Your
Nitrogen Gas Springs
To optimize gas-spring life, it is important to understand the factors that affect their performance. The greatest influences on the life of a nitrogen gas spring are fitness for the application, proper spring installation and regular gas-spring maintenance.
About the Cover
Long before the new Camaro
convertible hit the streets in
February, it created quite a stir
not only on the auto-show cir-
cuit but also at Principal Man-
ufacturing, charged with tool-
ing up to stamp and assemble
the retractable roof’s steel
substructure. We visited Prin-
cipal during launch week to
report on the flurry of activity its toolroom undertook during the last half of 2010 to prepare for the huge project. The story is part of our special Toolroom Technology section that begins on page 23.
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