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MetalForming
October 2012 | Volume 46 — Number 10 Cover Story
Tooling Technology
24 Hit the Jackpot at FABTECH 2012
The Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, welcomes FABTECH, including METALFORM, November 12-14. You can’t win if you don’t play, and you can’t keep up with new metalforming technology if you don’t attend.
26 Educational Program
42 Exhibitors in the METALFORM
Technology Area 44 Product Previews
84
Precision Tooling, Superb Sensor Applications
Commentaries
Special Section
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Vegas—You Can’t Win if You Don’t Play
Brad F. Kuvin
Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Employee Turnover: A Key Ratio to Monitor
Bob Dobrowsky
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Advanced High Strength Steels Assist Stamping Weight Reduction Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Progressive-Die Strip Evaluation—Part II
Peter Ulintz
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Job-Application Inquiries on Criminal Convictions
Douglas B. M. Ellke
Metalforming Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
57 Wanted: Women in Manufacturing
Conversations with women that have occupied leadership roles within their manufacturing companies share insights into the differences in management styles between men and women—women nurture, collaborate and “‘power with’ rather than ‘power on.’”
Features
68 Automated Panel
Bending Picks Up
Where Lean Leaves Off
Growth for this Chicago-area
sheetmetal fabricator comes via
speedy, flexible and automated panel
bending, freeing up a new trio of CNC press brakes to take on heavier-gauge production as well as meeting rising demand for prototype development.
72 HybridRobotic-WeldingGun Adds to Automation Benefits
A hybrid air- and water-cooled robotic gas-metal-arc- welding gun allows this job-shop metal fabricator to easily switch from welding thick parts to thin parts, without the hassle or downtime of changing out the entire gun.
76 Microstamping Taken Down to the Wire
With the ability to wire-EDM cut parts using wire diameters down to 0.002 in., Scenic Tool and Stamping meets customer requirements for producing precise microstampings.
Stimulate your Sensor-Application Creativity at FABTECH
George Keremedjiev
Departments
News Fronts
Tech Update
Software for Manufacturing Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Ad Index
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