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MetalForming
November 2019 | Volume 53 — Number 11
Cover Story
34 MarketReport: Appliances
In a steady market, sleek and smart best describe the latest offerings, which challenge designers and manufacturers to deliver.
Features
16 StampingSimplified via Controls
Omni Manufacturing designs, builds and operates complicated machinery to ensure productivity in its part-making operations. But stamping need not be so complicated, thanks to new controls on the company’s 300- and 1500-ton mechanical presses.
20 ServosOfferSolution for AHSS
Servomechanical presses provide solid options in combatting tough-metal challenges such as springback, reverse tonnage and more.
38 2019WomenofExcellence
MetalForming’s 4th annual awards presentation honors those who excel in forming and fabricating.
Cover photo courtesy of GE Appliances
Fabrication
22 News & Technology
26 Restoringand Building Bridges via Waterjet Cutting
Two projects posed cutting challenges. Among them: aesthetics, precision, safety and material volume. Waterjet cutting proved to be the right choice.
28 WaterjetMakesthe Cut for Architectural Customers
Commercial-architectural customers set the bar for custom fabricated jobs. Waterjet cutting delivers.
29 PunchingTheir Way to Greater
Productivity
Two metal formers—one a Midwest fabricator and the other a Canadian manufacturer of fire- equipment enclosures—increase punch-press productivity with tooling solutions.
30 RespectthePunch
Expert encourages metal formers to think outside of the box when it comes to punch presses. Tooling options provide a world of possibilities.
32 ResistanceWelding
A fastening option for hot stamping.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Sustainability and the Bottom Line Brad Kuvin
14 Tooling by Design
Metal Stamping Evolution Brings Challenges
Peter Ulintz
54 The Science of Forming
Zinc-Coated Steels—Part I: Electrogalvanizing, Hot-Dip Galvanizing and Galvannealing Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
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Tech Update . . . . . Safety Update. . . . Spotlight on PMA Classifieds . . . . . . Ad Index . . . . . . . .
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