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MetalForming
September 2015 | Volume 49 — Number 9 Cover Story
Features
44 Imperial has the Fab Recipe for
Higher Productivity
This California supplier of cooking equipment finds productivity and quality gains in its new, servo- electric combination punching and shearing cells.
Commentaries
Guest Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Value Proposition for Hiring Veterans
Steve Nowlan
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
How Not To Use the Forming Limit Curve
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Nomenclature—Are We Talking About the Same Thing?
Peter Ulintz
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Servo Transfers
Add Speed at
Ford Flat Rock
Replacing aging, maintenance- intensive mechanical transfers with new electronic servo systems keeps Ford’s production humming.
Special Section
The Manufacturing ERP Experience
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Apply Change Management to Leap Over ERP-Implementation Hurdles
Five Guidelines for Business-Process Improvement with ERP
Using an ERP System to Improve Sales
Manufacturing ERP Experience
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Drive Automotive
Drives Scrap Underground
...via a fleet of 43 conveyors tasked with moving some 2500 tons of steel scrap per week down and out of its more than 1 million-sq.-ft. stamping plant. Here we detail the technology that keeps the conveyors, and the scrap, moving.
30 Clamps Gain a Grip on
Die-Change Efficiency
With improved die-change ergonomics top of mind, pressroom managers at the new showcase Whirlpool plant embrace hydromechanical clamping nuts to speed changeovers and avoid die damage.
Plasma Cutting Leads Loveman
Fabrication job shop and service center Loveman Steel relies on its array of cutting equipment, fronted by two plasma-cutting tables, to satisfy a diverse, time-sensitive customer base.
40 Sko-Die Gets Comfy with Bigger Bed
A new mechanical press delivers a larger bed size, allowing this Illinois stamper to keep existing jobs and obtain new work that requires larger progressive dies. At 440 tons, the press also boosts the company’s tonnage capacity.
Features
You and The Law
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Post-Workshift Antitheft Security Screening is Not Compensable Time
Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Departments
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News Fronts . . . . . . .
Tech Update . . . . . . . . .... . Materials & Coatings .... . Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ad Index
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