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MetalForming
May 2018 | Volume 52 — Number 5 Cover Story/Fabrication
25 Laser-Focused on Throughput
To meet rising demand for fabricated-metal products, Fab Metals purchased a 6-kW fiber laser in 2017, and three months later brought in another, an 8-kW model.
Features
18 Top Five Ways to Automate Your Press Line
The possible payoff: a safer, more productive pressroom and surprising ROI.
35 Advantages of Servo- Hydraulic Presses
...include significantly less energy and maintenance needs than traditional hydraulic machines, quicker acceleration and deceleration, and more. Find out what these new presses can do, and why.
37 Mechanical or Servo—
Selecting the Right
Option for In-Die Tapping
The technology has evolved, and here’s what stampers need to consider when deciding which type of in-die tapping unit best fits the job at hand.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Five Reasons to Submit an Entry for the 2018 PMA Awards of Excellence Brad Kuvin
16 Tooling by Design
Forming Speeds: Why Ask Why?
Peter Ulintz
40 The Science of Forming
The Aluminum-Steel Battle in Automotive Applications Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
Fabrication
22 News & Technology
28 Shop Breaks from Pack with
Waterjet Cutting
RKM Design’s plan to forego conventional processes pays off.
31 Welding Well
When It Comes to GMAW, Why Ask Why?
Doug Smith
33 Nesting Advancements
Are Key to Equipment Optimization
As fabricators look for more from their nesting software, providers are delivering, says this industry expert.
News Fronts
Tech Update
Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Online Exclusive
Metalforming Electronics
Inductive vs. Photoelectric Sensors
George Keremedjiev