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MetalForming
October 2015 | Volume 49 — Number 10 Cover Story
Features
102 Five Simple Strategies to Do More for
Your Customers
Vertical integration holds the key to winning over new customers in the highly competitive landscape occupied by metalformers and fabricators.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
While Technology Might Make Sale No. 1, the End-to-End Journey Matters Most Brad F. Kuvin
Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Significant Capital Expenditures Require Disciplined Project Management
Bob Dobrowsky
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
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Features
Big Data Promises to Pay Big Dividends
34 FABTECH 2015
North America’s largest metalforming, fabricating, welding and finishing event is back at McCormick Place in Chicago.
38 PMA’s Education Program
44 Exhibitors in the METALFORM
Technology Area 50 Previews
...for SWD, Inc., a continuous-improvement- minded provider of metal-finishing and fastener-sorting services. New data-discovery and analysis software allows SWD management to unlock new pathways to improved performance, and serves as the foundation for its customer-communication strategy of the future.
94 NH Stamper Waves Goodbye
to Chlorinated Paraffins
Long regarded a savior in boundary lubrication for extreme metalworking applications, the sun is about to set on chlorinated paraffins. Now’s the time to consider alternatives, as has New Hampshire Stamping.
Robotic Welding Cells—
Out with the Old
...and in with the new at Ariens Co., where several new automated welding cells have spurred a 25-percent leap in productivity, while slashing the time lost to maintenance, repairs and tech calls.
A Shortcut for Assessing Forming Severity
Stuart Keeler Tooling by Design
Lot Traceability
Peter Ulintz
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Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . Additive Manufacturing . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software for Manufacturing Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ad Index
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