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MetalForming
June 2019 | Volume 53 — Number 6
Cover Story
Features
18 Control Retrofit Powers
Servo-Feed Improvement
A coil-handling drive/control upgrade on a vital press line at this Michigan top-tier auto supplier lifted part quality and line capacity.
14 PTM Corp.’s ‘New Baby’
...is a 1000-ton giant-bed mechanical press that has the prototype and production metal forming company convinced that bigger is better. New and existing customers have begun knocking on the door for larger and higher- value production parts, as well as value-added work.
Fabrication
20 News & Technology
24 Do This in a CNC
Punching Machine?
You bet! Tool technology enables a variety of actions once thought viable only in stamping presses or press brakes, or as secondary operations.
28 3D Metal Printing Experience and
Tech Tour
Plan now to be in Detroit August 6-7 for this important event dedicated to AM’s fastest-growing segment: metals. How fast? Read on.
30 Robotic Welding Workcell Sets
New Pace at
Freedman Seating
Robotic automation, combined with a diverse and experienced workforce, contribute to optimized production efficiency and product quality.
32 Stampers: Consider Adding CNC Punching Machines
No need to turn down profitable lower-volume runs, as flexibility and tool capabilities make this technology a press-shop complement.
34 Maintaining Servo-Driven Presses
When maintaining a servo-driven press, do your homework and you’ll be rewarded.
37 Metal Former Stays Strong With Aid From Government Program
Even if your company doesn’t need it now, funding gained through the Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms program is well worth taking the time to investigate, as this maker of custom-engineered products learned.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Hurt by Foreign Competition? Help’s Available
Joe Jancsurak
12 Tooling by Design
Modern Four-Slide Technology
Peter Ulintz
40 The Science of Forming
Intro to Strain Analysis: Evaluating the Impact of Allowed Tensile-Property Variation
Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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