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MetalForming
May 2012 | Volume 46 — Number 5 Cover Story
Features
22 Use Steel Media to Burnish, Deburr and Clean
Tooling Technology
56 Embracing and
Benefitting from
Hard Milling
While hard milling of stamping tooling can be tricky, manufacturers that follow the right protocol stand to benefit more from this machining practice than if they were to employ grinding, wire EDM or die-sinking EDM operations.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Money Talks
Brad F. Kuvin
The Business of Metalforming . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
QR Codes: Application for Machines and Promotion
Michael Bleau
18 Driving Toward the
Next Generation of
Steel for the
Automotive Industry
While game-changing 980-MPa grades already are being deployed, 1180-MPa grades are under development and are targeted for 2014 production-vehicle platforms.
Parts-finishing experts weigh in on the growing trend toward vibratory finishing with steel
media, and the adoption by stampers of continuous- flow finishing equipment to eliminate secondary operations and reduce costs.
27 PMAEF—Proudly Honoring Pioneering Metalforming Companies
Pioneer Metalformers Invest in Workforce Development
28 Roll Forming Corporation 33 Oberg Industries
38 GR Spring & Stamping
44 Machine-Tending Robots Lead Reshoring Effort
Made in China no longer makes good business sense to an electronics OEM, thanks in part to a New England sheetmetal fabricator providing significant cost savings through the use of press- brake-tending robots.
46 Dimensional Measurement of Automotive Stampings
The Holy Grail of measurement is to develop one system for the stamping plant that can potentially perform all of the required functions with reliability, repeatability and accuracy. Here we present the pros and cons of a few of the most common dimensional-measurement systems.
62 Orlando Welcomes 2nd Annual
MFG Manufacturing for Growth Meeting
The Science of Forming
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Automotive Steels—Online Technical Resources Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Forensic Investigation—Press-Shop CSI
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Photoelectric Sensors and Oil—They Do Mix
George Keremedjiev
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
In This Economy, the Right Estate Plan Becomes Your Best Investment Irving L. Blackman
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 10 Safety Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... 14 Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 52 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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