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MetalForming
May 2016 | Volume 50 — Number 5 Cover Story
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Features
24 Advanced Steels Driving
Vehicle Lightweighting
and Technology Adoption
Clean and Precise
Waterjet Meets Sanitary
Stainless Standards
Transitioning its customer base from automotive to food manufacturing put this Nashville job-shop fabricator in the market for additional sheet- and plate- cutting capacity. With edge quality and cleanliness top of mind, a new waterjet machine with taper compensation fit the bill.
Features
40 Die Shop Profits from Reengineering
High-resolution scanning combines with associative surface-technology software to create the centerpiece of die-reengineering efforts at Atlas Tool.
44 Understanding Sensors
& Error-Proofing, Part 2:
Failure Modes for
Photoelectric Sensors
This second in a series of articles examines the need to bench-test sensors to prevent surprises on the shop floor.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Featherweighting Our Way to 54.5
Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
How Heat Can Affect Steel Performance
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Progressive-Die Strip Analysis–Part 1
Peter Ulintz
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Your Estate Plan Is Not Done Until You Have a Lifetime Plan
Irving L. Blackman
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Court of Appeals Agrees: OSHA Over-Reached in Penalties Against Metal Spinner
Douglas B. M. Ehlke
The auto industry offers up ever-increasing examples of lightweighting via the use of newer, stronger steels. In doing so, suppliers continue to gain familiarity of these wonder materials, and employ an array of technology to form them.
28 Feed Line Fundamental to Transfer-Press Freshen-Up
A visit to the Fountain of Youth gives an entirely new look to a 15-yr.-old 2000-ton transfer-press line. Key ingredients in the refresh include an automated coil-feed line with a four-roll servo feeder and an inline shear and blank destacker. Production from the invigorated line is up more than 35 percent.
32 Take a New Look
at Bending Centers
Bending and folding technology has evolved quite nicely, with today’s systems capable of producing components from small to large— accurately, repeatably and profitably.
34 3D Metal Printing of Automotive Stamping Dies
Studying wire-arc additive manufacturing of draw dies for three automotive parts reveals how additive manufacturing may play a role in the metalforming arena.
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