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MetalForming
April 2018 | Volume 52 — Number 4 Cover Story
30 Servo-Mechanical Presses Rise to the Challenges of Hot Stamping
As hot stamping ramps up worldwide to take on advanced high-strength steels, metalformers look to servo- mechanical presses to boost efficiency, cycle time and line reliability.
Features
20 Die-Design and Simulation: Proven Successes
See how these software solutions fare in the field.
26 Link-Motion Proves To Be
a Business Booster
For century-old Stanco, an 1100-ton link-motion press forms new opportunities in lawn and garden and beyond.
Fabrication
32 News & Technology
34 Automated Fiber-Laser Cutting Adds to the Arsenal
...of Decimal Engineering, Inc., a Florida stamper and fabricator boasting inhouse capabilities that take customer projects from start to finish.
38 Internet of Things for Metalformers
and Fabricators
MetalForming picks the collective brains of experts to learn how IoT technology promises to change the metalforming landscape, leading to mistake-proof production and sky- high efficiency.
44 Welding Well
Resistance Welding Fasteners to High-Strength Steels
Tom Snow
50 Mexico in May
for All Things Metal
Make plans to attend METALFORM and Machining Mexico, co-located with FABTECH Mexico, AWS Weldmex and COATech.
Special Report
52 U.S. Auto Recap,
Forecast and Trends
Sales have leveled off while high-ticket demand remains high. Watch for coming innovations.
56 New Steels: Collaboration
Leads to Lightweighting
A new model yields results that should continue the trend of AHSS as the fastest growing material in automotive applications.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Don’t Let the Tariffs Blur Your Vision Brad Kuvin
18 The Science of Forming
Know Your Sheetmetal— Aluminum-Alloy Terminology Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
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Online Exclusives
Tooling by Design
Understanding Press and Die Height
Peter Ulintz
Metalforming Electronics
Inductive vs. Photoelectric Sensors
George Keremedjiev
Automotive Quality Standards
Three Keys to a Worry-Free IATF 16949:2016 Transition
Cathy Fisher and Ed Potoczak