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MetalForming
August 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 8 Cover Story
24 Digital Manufacturing Impacts Sheet
Hydroforming
A revolution is taking place, leveraging several independent technologies to produce advanced metalforming results and change the way companies develop and produce sheetmetal parts. The result: the destruction of old notions of part cost, forming capability and development time.
60 IMTS 2014: Come Together,
Leave Informed
Plan your visit now to North America’s largest manufacturing- related tradeshow, IMTS 2014, and experience first-hand the technologies that will help
keep you in the lead.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Industry Talks, Educators Listen and Learn
Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Material Strengths are Increasing, are You Prepared?—Part 2 Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Progressive Dies and Tipping Moments
Peter Ulintz
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Asset Protection and Estate Planning—Done Right, and Both are Part of the Same Plan Irving L. Blackman
Features
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Straight Talk on Hydraulic Straightening-Press Applications
32 3D Technologies for Stamping- Die Design
Understand the differences between parametric and direct modeling to find the right method, or combination of methods, for the die-design job at hand.
Solid-State Lasers Take on Thick-Plate Cutting
The applications for high-power
solid-state lasers (fiber and other)
are expanding beyond the realm of thin-gauge sheetmetal and into heavier plate. Read here how one metalformer leverages that ability to expand into new markets and gain new customers.
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Departments
News Fronts
Tech Update
Safety Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In the Classroom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Special Section
ERP Software
43 Trends in ERP Converge
50 Guidelines for Navigating the ERP Terrain
56 10 Tips for ERP Selection and Implementation
Ad Index
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