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MetalForming
August 2012 | Volume 46 — Number 8
Cover Story
12 Waterjet Cutting Keeps the Work Flowing
Tru-Fab Technology is a “metal- fabrication shop with the ability to do a lot more,” according to company president (and welder/machine operator) John Stegh. Its pair of waterjet-cutting machines consistently leads customers to the door, so much so that a third machine may soon be on order.
Tooling Technology
44 Coating Makes
Drawing Stainless
Painless
Beset with galling and cup tearing, Penn United Technologies sought a solution for drawing stainless-steel cups. The metalformer found one: a physical-vapor-deposition (PVD) tool coating.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
“You Don’t Have to be Smart...you just have to be smart enough to learn from others.” Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dome Embossments Provide Forming Knowledge
Stuart Keeler
Features
18 Die Engineering at Chrysler
16 Swiss-Built Waterjet Machine Lands in Louisiana
Once this laser-cutting job shop identified the opportunities for waterjet work—heavy plate cutting, machining and even nonmetallic work— it believed it could easily justify bringing waterjet cutting inhouse.
...evolves to meet the challenges, and opportunities, afforded by the growing use of advanced high-strength steels in automotive body-in-white structures.
Tooling by Design
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34 Coilers, Payoffs
How Many Pro-Union Buttons Can Be Worn at Work? Ask Starbucks Douglas B. M. Ellke
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
...and the proper methods of installing and maintaining them.
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Creating a New Deal for Middle Managers
New from the Precision Metalforming Association: the Management Development Academy, a series of workshops, instructional seminars and structured networking sessions designed to develop the business and leadership acumen of mid-level managers in metalforming companies.
24 Take What You Know About Stamping Presses
...and throw it out the window, because servo- driven mechanical presses are becoming the rule, not the exception. As a result, the rules of the stamping game have changed, forever.
Increasing Press Speed and Efficiency
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Take Time to Determine Proper Sensor Timing
George Keremedjiev
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Online
Ad Index
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