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MetalForming
December 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 12 Cover Story
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Features
12 Feed Lines Fuel Cosmetic-Parts Production
...at Weber, manufacturer of the “American backyard barbecue.” As Weber’s product mix has expanded in recent years to include high-end stainless-steel masterpieces, so has its manufacturing acumen, highlighted by the move to progressive-die stamping with feature-laden servo feed lines.
16 What Good is a Good Stamping
... if it arrives at the customer dinged and damaged? Making sure that doesn’t happen falls on the shoulders of Advanta Industries, a manufacturer of returnable racks and dunnage. Recently, the fabricator and weld-shop extraordinaire added some weapons to its arsenal: laser- cutting machines.
26 Service Center Banks on
Large-Format Waterjet-Cutting Machines
The five U.S. service-center locations of France-based Jacquet Metals have, since 2006, installed 11 waterjet-cutting machines to provide value-added cut-to-size services to its customers. An interview with U.S. CEO Terry Engle explains the firm’s fascination with the evolving waterjet-cutting technology.
30 Productivity is Cooking, With the Help of a New Laser-Punch Combo
One machine that combines 2000-W fiber-laser cutting with 52-station multi-press punching performs the work of three CNC turret presses, a recipe for a more than 50-percent productivity boost served along with a heaping side order of increased material utilization.
Features
33 MetalCraft Marine Charts a Course
...for improved productivity and energy efficiency thanks to new arc-welding equipment—for assembling aluminum boats —with built-in intelligence.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Form, Fit and Function, and the Modern-Day Appliance Manufacturer
Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Solutions Without Data? Simply Guesses
2014 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming
The Precision Metalforming Association (PMA) used the FABTECH stage in Atlanta on November 11 to present its 2014 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming. Presented annually, the awards recognize the high standards of achievement set by the metalforming industry in the areas of design, safety, process control, quality, productivity, and training and education.
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design
Monkey Business
Peter Ulintz
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Departments
News Fronts
Tech Update Materials & Coatings Spotlight on PMA . . Classifieds . . . . . . . .
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Ad Index
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