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MetalForming
July 2015 | Volume 49 — Number 7 Cover Story
Features
32 Rollforming: Making the Case
With the right application,
this process can ease production challenges while cutting part weight and costs.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Advice for Family Businesses: Anticipate Change
Brad F. Kuvin
Human Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Add Power to Employee Recognition to Guarantee a Repeat Performance Debbie McGrath
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Stress-Strain Curves Give Visual Clues About Formability
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Flawed Designs and Heattreatment Procedures Cause Die-Steel Failures Peter Ulintz
Departments
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Fundamentals of Resistance Welding of Advanced Steels
...adapted from WorldAutoSteel’s Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines V5; www.worldautosteel.org.
Features
Open-Architecture Press Controls
...allow Ariens to modify the look and feel of its user-interface screens and optimize communication between press-line equipment, including a new servo feeder. And, calibration settings for parameters such as shut height now reside in a supervised limited-access area.
20 Die Protection— Don’t Do This
Lack of testing, poor wiring practices, using the wrong sensor, nuisance stops...the ways to fail when employing sensors to protect your tools are many. Avoid these pitfalls to reduce costly headaches.
Path to Excellence ‘Hinges’
on Skilled Workforce,
Error-Proofing
Larsen & Shaw stresses both in production of hinges and related components.
News Fronts
Tech Update
Software for Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Ad Index
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