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MetalForming
April 2013 | Volume 47 — Number 4 Cover Story
An Official Publication of
38 Sharing Knowledge, Shaping the Future
PMA Chairman for 2013 Bill Adler, president of Stripmatic Products, Inc., Cleveland, OH, knows that knowledge and innovation pave the path to a bright future.
Tooling Technology
62 Additive Manufacturing Creates New Opportunities for Metalformers
The evolution of
additive
manufacturing
and its 3D-
printing subset
brings the ability
to create all sorts
of parts and products
economically, for use on the
shop floor and for custom or volume supply to customers.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Manufacturing’s New World Order
Brad F. Kuvin
Human Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Are Incentives Being Overused to Reward Wellness? Debbie McGrath
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
More Conversations with Your Stamping
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Stainless Steel Light-Weighting Challenges
Peter Ulintz
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
New Law Opens New Opportunities for Successful Family-Business Owners Irving L. Blackman
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
New Restrictions Targeting Confidentiality of Misconduct/Complaint Investigations Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Departments
Features
30 Leveled Plate Improves Manufacturability
...at this German manufacturer of trailers and semitrailers.
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Success Boils Over When Deep
Drawing Replaces Hydroforming
Cookware-maker All-Clad Metalcrafters returns 25 percent of its metalforming requirements inhouse, on the backs of a new hydraulic press.
Four-Roll Servo Feed at the
High End of the Toughness Scale
Toll processor Voss Clark equips a high-speed blanking line with a heavy-duty servo feeder to tackle heavy-gauge high-strength steel.
46 Auto-Parts Suppliers Gaining the Upper Hand
The automotive-parts supply chain is rattling, shaken by capacity constraints that have improved competitive dynamics for lower-tier suppliers. If it’s true that automotive metalformers should be solid
and enjoying improved profit margins, how
can that success be sustained? Attend PMA’s Automotive Parts Supplier Council Meeting to find the answers.
50 The State of the North American Automotive Supply Base 54 Software Elevates CNC Punching Productivity
High-speed automated punching can be among the most profitable processes a sheetmetal fabricator performs, provided operators spend their time shaking out parts rather than changing tools. That’s how T Top Mfg. increased press efficiency by 40 percent, with the help of new scheduling software.
News Fronts
Tech Update
Software for Manufacturing Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ad Index
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