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MetalForming
May 2011 | Volume 45 — Number 5
Tooling Technology
40 NewTurret-Press Tools Deliver a
Benefit Bonanza
Among the benefits realized from a fresh approach to tooling up high-speed turret presses at Red Dot Corp., a fabricator of HVAC systems for heavy vehicles: improved part-edge quality, prolonged tool life and more efficient sheet utilization.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Interaction and Energy
Brad F. Kuvin
TheBusinessofMetalforming............14
Earned Success: A Case for Hard Knocks
Michael Bleau
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
When Does Sheetmetal Fail?
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
AHSS Press Considerations
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Revitalizing a Used Mechanical Power Press, Part 4: Die Protection
George Keremedjiev
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Official Publication of
Cover Story
18 Electrolux Cuts its
Teeth on Stamping
Stainless Steel
Learn how this appliance OEM stepped up its pressroom operations, brought 23 outsourced dies inhouse, and purchased two new big-bed mechanical presses, all with a lightning-quick return
on investment.
Features
24 AdvancedHigh Strength Steels
Solve Growing Demands for Formability
30 Digitizing the Press-Brake Bending Process
As more and more fabricators enter the arena of low-volume high-mix production, they should look to take advantage of offline press-brake programming to enjoy huge benefits in time, efficiency and costs.
34 AbrasiveBelt,DemagnetizerProve
Key to New Conveying Solution
...at metalformer Buhrke Industries, which now can confidently supply critical, assembled airbag housings to its customer with an annual production volume in excess of 350,000.
The New Estate Tax Law—Good News, and Bad
Irving L. Blackman
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Optimum Time
to Sell Your Company
How to Obtain a Premium Price. By George Spilka
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