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MetalForming
July 2016 | Volume 50 — Number 7 Cover Story
28 Selecting a New Automated Plasma-Cutting System
Automating the plasma-arc-cutting process makes sense for fabricators that repeatedly make the same cuts, have a high degree of rework with manual operations, struggle with poor fitup and need weld-ready parts.
Features
18 Heating Up:
The Cyber Age of
Automation, Controls
The brains behind our machinery have evolved to Industry 4.0, with today’s most pressing task: Figure out what to do with so much data.
22 Straightening AHSS–The
Science Behind
the Solutions
Stamping advanced high-
strength steels can double the
force and torque required of
feed-line straighteners
designed to feed mild steels.
Often, custom straightener
solutions are required to fit
the application. New
software utilities can provide proof of concept before investing in new equipment.
Features
26 The Case for High-Def
Plasma Cutting of
Sheet and Plate
Gas mixing at the cutting head, to practically eliminate purging between setups; a high-speed swirling assist gas that produces nearly perfectly square cut faces; and the ability to cut stainless steel with oxidation-free edges have led this fab shop into the next generation of plasma-arc cutting.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
IoT and Supply-Chain Visibility
Brad F. Kuvin
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Forming-Limit Diagrams: Then and Now
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Progressive-Die Carriers
Peter Ulintz
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Software for Manufacturing . . . . . . . . . . . Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ad Index
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