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MetalForming
March 2019 | Volume 53 — Number 3
Cover Story
16 PMA:Industry Leaders in Workforce Development
That’s the theme put forth by
2019 PMA Chairman Troy
Roberts, who pledges to lead
PMA’s efforts to define its role
in the evolving workforce-
development landscape, and
then help shape the association’s array of services and advocacy efforts to support its workforce-development agenda.
Fabrication
26 News & Technology
28 AutomatedTool Monitoring, Storage Combat Punching- Machine Downtime
Equipment that ‘has your 6’ goes a long way toward reliable, economical operation, without the headaches of unplanned machine stoppage.
30 MovingMatters: What to Consider When Selecting
Metal Scrap Conveyors
Two experts discuss types, characteristics and how the right conveyor can improve overall operations.
35 Welding Well
Addressing Limiting Factors for Continuous Seam Welding— Part Two
Robert K. Cohen
38 LasersCutItfor
Home Décor Leader
To keep up with soaring customer demand, this maker of fabricated wall art finds lasers to be the answer.
Features
22 PressControls— What’s New?
Plenty. The latest offerings promise oversight of presses, feeds and other line equipment; make servo-driven presses even more capable; provide networking; and more.
40 TheLatestinDieDesign
and Simulation Software
Check out the newest offerings to help ease die design and build, and ensure that tooling performs as planned in the press, producing the right part features hit after hit. In April’s MetalForming, read how these software products help users meet an assortment of design, build and use challenges.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Your Employees May Not Think Like You Do... Brad Kuvin
14 Tooling by Design
Stamping Nonferrous Alloys
Peter Ulintz
44 The Science of Forming
Introduction to Strain Analysis: Measuring Strains
Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
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