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MetalForming
January 2018 | Volume 52 — Number 1 Cover Story
22 Trends in Coil Feeding
...include power uncoiling for tougher, thicker material; flexibility to handle higher- and lower-gauge product; and more.
Features
18 Servo Advantages: How They’re
Applied
We know about precise control of slide motion throughout the stroke...but here’s what it means for part quality and tool life.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Suppliers + Manufacturers = Industry Success
Roy Hardy
16 Tooling by Design
Four Things Die-Setters Need to Know for Safe and Accurate Setups Peter Ulintz
44 The Science of Forming
See the Future
by Exploring the Past Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Fabrication
24 News & Technology
30 Laser Cutting
System Capabilities and Ease of Use Continue to Advance
Follow these tips to improve productivity and minimize, or eliminate, costly and wasteful engineering change orders.
34 Welding Well
A Duty-Cycle Reality Check
Doug Smith
36 Rapid Fab-Shop Growth
...occurs on the broad shoulders of new sheetmetal-fabrication CAD- CAM software, driving productivity gains when it comes to sheetmetal nesting and programming of laser- cutting machines, press brakes and turret-press punching operations.
38 Design for Manufacturing
Guidelines for Sheetmetal Fabrication
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Internet of Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Software for Manufacturing . . . . . . . 42 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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