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MetalForming
April 2011 | Volume 45 — Number 4
Cover Story
16 Hydraulic Presses
Surging into the
Marketplace
Press performance improves as new technology infiltrates, including developments in closed-loop control systems and upgrades to valves and pumps. Here, hydraulic-press manufacturers describe all that’s new and explain how metalformers can leverage new presses to elevate their status.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Healthy Companies Beget Healthy Employees Brad F. Kuvin
The Business of Metalforming . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Presentations: Keep it Simple
The Official Publication of
A B C D E F G H
Features
More Ways to Let Your Supplier Help
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tool Repair by Welding
PeterUlintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Revitalizing a Used Mechanical Power Press, Part 3: What’s in Control?
George Keremedjiev
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Succession, Estate and Lifetime Planning— Three Natural Companions for Family Businesses
Irving L. Blackman
22 SoYou’reThinking About Medical Device Manufacturing?
Consider this a primer for organizations looking to leverage opportunities within the medical- device industry.
Michael Bleau
The Science of Forming
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26 LaserTechnologySpecialSection
Four manufacturers of laser-based fabricating systems—Amada America, Prima Finn-Power, Mazak Optonics and Wayne Trail Technologies—share their latest technology developments with the readers of MetalForming.
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SoftwareforManufacturing.........
Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tooling Technology
Sensoring for In-Die Tapping
...checks for the presence of a pretapped hole as well as sufficient tap penetration, even in the event of tap wear.
Ad Index
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