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MetalForming
March 2015 | Volume 49 — Number 3 Cover Story
28 Punch Up Your CNC Punching
Prowess
These tips and tricks ensure that fabricators get the most out of their tooling.
Features
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24 Stamping Controls Evolve to Meet Current, Coming Challenges
Trends in data reporting, cellular manufacturing and good-part verification drive advances.
32 Robotic Welding Gives “Hit-’n-Ship” Stamper a New Look
Tier One/Tier Two automotive metalformer Wellington Industries leverages its “manufacturing IQ” to become a prominent supplier of robotic-welded (resistance and MIG-braze) front-end modules for some of the most popular platforms.
36 Polymer Wheels Support
Aggressive Metal Spinning
The move to LED lighting in residential and commercial settings, in place of incandescent, not only impacts aesthetics and efficiency but also sheds new light on metal-fabrication practices. For starters, reflectors typically made by hydroforming now are spun; here’s a new spinning tool lighting the way to improved profitability.
Commentaries
Editorial ................................4
Metalforming 4.0—Pervasive Sensing, Diligent Control
Brad F. Kuvin
HumanCapital .........................12
How to Prepare Your Office for Bad Weather
Debbie McGrath
TheScienceofForming .................38
Forming-Limit Curves Becoming More Important
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tool and Die Quality
Peter Ulintz
BlackmanonTaxes .....................46
Solve Stressful Tax and Emotional Problems When Transferring the Business to Your Kids Irving L. Blackman
Departments
NewsFronts ............................6 TechUpdate ...........................10
Materials & Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 SpotlightonPMA ......................44 Classifieds ............................50 AdIndex ..............................52
Motion Controllers in Combined
Workcells Streamline Leaf-Spring
Forming
A 1920s-era production process goes state-of-the-art, eliminating a costly heating process and cutting cycle time dramatically.
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