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MetalForming
September 2013 | Volume 47 — Number 9 Cover Story
An Official Publication of
Features
22 An Under-the-Floor-
Mounted Conveying
Solution
...takes automated laser cutting to the next level, allowing this OEM to run lights-out and process 110,000 lbs. of sheet and plate per week.
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Walking-Beam
Transfer Line
Epitomizes Flexibility
A nine-press transfer line can produce stampings fully loaded, or by using any combination less than nine presses. The options it provides this job-shop stamper are boundless.
To watch it run, a video is available under Editorial Videos at www.metalformingmagazine.com/ multimedia
Features
50 Metal-Cored Wire for Welding Galvanized Steel Full Speed Ahead
Galvanized steel’s most positive attributes also make the material challenging to weld. Run metal- cored wire in place of solid wire to minimize the likelihood of burnthrough and weld porosity, without slowing down.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Value Diversity? Walk the Walk
Brad F. Kuvin
Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Assessing a Company’s International Preparedness
Bob Dobrowsky
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Opt for Qualitative, Rather Than Quantitative, Analysis of Steel Data
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Press-Shop Maintenance
Peter Ulintz
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
28 How to Optimize Waterjet-Cutting Performance
Test the water quality, and invest in technology that enables a waterjet-cutting machine controller to monitor and adjust for changes in workpiece-material thickness and surface quality—these are just two of the six tips offered here.
Die-Change Die-Setting Safety
Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Departments
Special Section
The Manufacturing ERP Experience
30 ERP, the Next Generation: The Final Frontier?
36 Ten Hut! ERP Implementation Basic Training
40 Adopt Leading Technology Strategies to Become
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