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MetalForming
July 2011 | Volume 45 — Number 7 Cover Story
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Innovators Become Profit Makers
Brad F. Kuvin
The Business of Metalforming . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Automated Laser-Cutting
Systems
OEMs describe how automated material- handling systems drive laser-cutting productivity through the roof, keeping assembly lines stocked with precision-cut parts from sheet and plate.
Features
22 Waterjet Cutting—
The Swiss Army Knife
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Selling Tools: Adopting Tablet Computers
Michael Bleau
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sheetmetal Properties—
n, m, FLD and r—New or Old? Stuart Keeler
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14 An Extreme Press Makeover
A press-line rebuild, including a new control, a beefy servo-feed line and a magnetic die clamping system, adds robustness to an OEM pressroom.
Die Damage at Coil Change
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Revitalizing a Used Mechanical Power Press, Part 6: Who will Drive; Where is the Road Map?
George Keremedjiev
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
At Last, a Proven Solution to Fortify Your Company’s 401(k) Plan Irving L. Blackman
Tooling by Design
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You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . .
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The OSHA Floodgates Open
Douglas B. M. Ellke
Departments
The Official Publication of
This manufacturer envisions a world made of fabricated sheet and plate, using waterjet cutting and other processes to build products typically made from machined castings.
28 Better Die Life for Spring-Steel Stamper
T15 tungsten-vanadium powder- metallurgy tool steels traditionally gain favor for high-speed high- performance cutting tools. Here, a wiper-blade manufacturer engages the PM tool steel for stamping prehardened spring steel.
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Tooling Technology
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