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Tooling Update
expanded website of Balluff Inc., Florence, KY. Visit the site for access to product datasheets and to download support materials and literature.
Balluff: 800/543-8390; www.balluff-usa.com
New: A State-of-the-Art Training Program for Prog-Die Design
The Tool and Die Futures Initiative (TDFI) wants you—if, that is, you are a designer with a mechanical background, looking to gain added experience in the field progressive-die design. The indus- try needs die designers, and so the TDFI has begun to develop a training pro- gram to be held in Romeo, MI.
Interested students should e-mail diedesign@toolanddiefutures.org.
Wintriss Launches Die-Protection Knowledge Base
Wintriss Controls Group, Acton, MA, has added a Die Protection Knowledge Base to its website, loaded with tips on sensor selection and installation. Articles already posted to the site include Know
Your Critical Angle, Partial Feed Detection, Prox Sensors in the Lower Die for Feed Protection, and Selecting the Right Stop Type. Visit the site regularly, as Win- triss will post a new article each month. Wintriss Controls Group: 800/586-8324; www.wintriss.com

sizes, shapes and materials.
The DaySet preassembled master
compound die is a precision-made dieset that works with the compound tooling to provide a complete system for producing flat blanks (like washers) in a single press stroke. This two-post dieset with adjustable guides includes a knockout and key for irregular shapes.
Dayton Progress: 937/859-5111; www.daytonprogress.com
Tool Steels
Being Stocked at Schmolz + Bickenbach SoCal Location
The Brea, CA warehouse of Schmolz + Bickenbach has begun to stock several types of tooling materials, including Thermodur hot-work die steels, Cryodur cold-work tool steels and MoldMax cop- per-based alloys. The Brea service cen- ter is one of the firm’s seven North American locations.
Schmolz & Bickenbach USA, Inc.: 800/323-1233; www.schmolz-bickenbach.us
Upgraded Website Offers Enhanced Sensor Product Selector
Metalformers in the market for induc- tive, photoelectric and other types of sen- sors will have an easier time selecting the optimum sensor for a particular appli- cation thanks to the upgraded product- selector functionality on the new and

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