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MetalForming
July 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 7 Cover Story
35 Safe Work Practices
Follow these tips for managing the safe use of metalworking fluids, and for performing inhouse safety audits.
32 Customer Responsiveness Defined
In February 2013, metalformer Waukesha Metal Products won a job to stamp shelving and side rails to support the construction of new automated warehouses. Time was of the essence, more so than ever before, and by May its new 660-ton Seyi press was up and running.
Features
14 Advances in Die Protection
and In-Die Sensing
What your competitors’ press shops are implementing, and why you’d better get on the ball.
20 How to Improve
Spot-Welding Performance
Resistance spot welding is a popular value- added secondary operation for many metalformers, but the process often is ignored until quality problems arise. When a customer calls to report that all the parts you just produced have been rejected due to bad spot welds, suddenly the process takes on a whole new level of importance.
24 The War-Room Strategy for Stamping Aluminum
Aluminum will attack your tooling, frustrate your part and die designers, and challenge press operators and maintenance personnel. Here, industry experts Pete Ulintz and Stuart Keeler detail the challenges, and lay out a game plan for fighting back.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Manufacturing Day is on the Way— Make a Difference
Brad F. Kuvin
Human Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Benefits and the Butterfly Effect
Debbie McGrath
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Material Strengths Are Increasing, Are You Prepared?–Part 1 Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Non-Traditional Forming of Aluminum Alloys
Peter Ulintz
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Development of Injury and Illness Prevention Programs—Part 1 Douglas B. M. Ehlke
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