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MetalForming
September 2012 | Volume 46 — Number 9
Cover Story
Tooling Technology
50 Embossing Tool Creates Artistic Metalwork
Punched holes in random wave lines create “architecture as art” when fabricating aluminum sheetmetal panels to construct a spectacular building facade with a vibrant feeling of flowing motion.
52 Punch Tooling Supports Rapid Growth
...at this sheetmetal fabricator, which has standardized and simplified its tooling inventory rather than use multiple types of thick turret tooling. As a result, the company has realized immediate cost savings, and it’s getting more life from punch inserts.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Micromanage the Right Way
Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Handle Elastic Stresses to Manage Spring- back and Improve Dimensional Stability Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Progressive-Die Strip Evaluation
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Sensor Return-on-Investment 101
George Keremedjiev
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Materials & Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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Plan Press Maintenance
to Avoid Unplanned Downtime
Follow the advice offered here, including planning for component obsolescence, to avoid unplanned press downtime and expensive emergency repairs in the pressroom.
22 Just-in-Time Nesting—Concurrent Engineering with a Single Database
Sheetmetal-nesting software based on an expert system that enables concurrent engineering employs one database for both design and nesting. If designs change, new NC part programs are automatically recreated to match the new design, speeding the process and avoiding production of unusable parts.
The Last Time
He Micromanaged
Don’t let a monthly production schedule manage your operation. Rushing leads to errors in quality and safety that eat into profits. Here’s a better way.
Special Section
The Manufacturing ERP Experience
30 Is It Time to Purchase a New ERP System?
38 Emerging Trends in ERP Software
44 ERP—More Processing, Less Planning
Features
18 Servo Press—
a Centerpiece of
Strategic Expansion
Here today, gone tomorrow— stampers know too well that jobs on the floor today can be on a competitor’s floor tomorrow. That’s why managers at Batesville Tool & Die strive to leverage new technology to stamp difficult parts. Its latest fulcrum: an Aida servo- drive press.
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Ad Index
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