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MetalForming
December 2019 | Volume 53 — Number 12
Cover Story
Features
16 Rugged Portable-Arm CMMs
Perform on the Shop Floor
Inspect parts at the press, assess die wear, fix fixtures and much more. These versatile machines complement fixed CMMs and find use throughout a stamping operation.
20 Waste-Stream Automation Combats Worker-Shortage Challenges
Besides addressing staffing issues, automating scrap handling, fluid recycling and water treatment directly benefits the bottom line.
34 2019 Awards of Excellence in Metalforming
Precision Metalforming Association honors excellence in productivity, quality, training and education.
Fabrication
22 News & Technology
26 New Business Calls
for New Press Brake
An Indiana fabricator knew it could handle the part-variety and -volume challenges posed by potential new business, but how? A new hybrid press brake, that’s how.
28 One-Stop Shop Adds Automated
Panel Bender
Equipment enables Milwaukee- based contract manufacturer to slash lead time while increasing on-time delivery rates and sales.
30 Three Sawing Tips: Mind the Material, Production Needs and Blade
Close attention here means less angst later on as material transforms into tooling or workpieces.
32 Getting the Most from Your
Weld-Shielding Gas
To optimize arc-weld quality, metal formers must understand the characteristics of the various shielding gases available, as well as their advantages and limitations.
14 Part-Handling Choices for
Advancing
Automation
When it’s time to step up your automation efforts, don’t overlook material selection for tooling.
38 The Premier Metal Forming Conference
...is slated for January in Nashville. That’s right, Music City once again plays host to PMA’s Metal Stamping and Tool & Die Conference, with an information-packed agenda featuring top-notch keynote and technical presentations.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Metal Formers Perform Great Feats
Brad Kuvin
12 Tooling by Design
Redrawing Square and Rectangular Box Shells Peter Ulintz
40 The Science of Forming
Specifying and Using Hot-Dip Galvanized, Galvannealed and Electrogalvanized Steel Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
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