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MetalForming
February 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 2 Cover Story
Tooling Technology
40 10 Noteworthy
Developments in
Sensors and Controls
Sensor and control expert George Keremedjiev perused the halls of FABTECH 2013 to develop this hit list of new state-of-the-art product developments aimed at helping metalformers error-proof their operations.
Commentaries
Editorial ................................6
Spring Will Welcome a Pair of Must-Attend Educational Events Brad F. Kuvin
HumanCapital .........................14
The 3 “A’s” of Employee Engagement
Debbie McGrath
TheScienceofForming .................38
Getting a Grip on Friction
Stuart Keeler
ToolingbyDesign ......................44
Improving Hole Burnish and Cut-Edge Quality
Peter Ulintz
BlackmanonTaxes .....................46
Own Annuities? You May be Getting Ripped Off
Irving L. Blackman
Departments
NewsFronts ............................8 TechUpdate ...........................12 SafetyUpdate ..........................16 ToolingUpdate .........................36 Classifieds ............................50 AdIndex ..............................52
Features
18 Transfer System “Picks Up Parts
Like a Baby
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Strip Design and Development— Gaining Confidence in the Process
Three software tools take automotive stamper and assembler Atlantic Tool & Die to the next level in progressive-strip development. Meanwhile, a laser- scanning portable CMM and accompanying 3D metrology software lead the firm’s efforts to reverse-engineer stamping dies and weld fixtures.
...and sets them down like
snowflakes.” That’s how one engineer describes his company’s recent retrofit of a three-axis servo transfer system to a 2600-ton press. Results are impressive—press speed and OEE have doubled.
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The Voice of the Customer
...leads this Ontario Tier Two automotive metalformer to make the move to transfer stamping, to provide tight-tolerance transmission components.
24 Fixturing for Automated Welding in Automotive— Repeatability, Access and Protection are Key
In the fast-paced mass-production environment of the automotive industry, development of fixtures for automated welding depends upon repeatability, proper welding- gun access and dependable spatter protection.
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Highlights from FABTECH 2013
What follows represents a small sampling of hundreds of new products displayed at the giant tradeshow held last November in Chicago; we’ll present more product introductions in future issues of MetalForming.
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