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MetalForming
January 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 1 Cover Story
20 Staying Atop the Laser-Cutting Landscape
This specialist in high-performance automotive-exhaust fabrication expands into contract manufacturing, beginning with investing in laser-cutting technology. A new 6-kW machine equipped for tube cutting helps the firm stay one step ahead of the competition.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Need a Good New Year’s Resolution?
Brad F. Kuvin
Human Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
#IWantThatHat! A Case Study on Hashtags and Creative Twitter Recruitment
Debbie McGrath
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Dear Formability Engineer—Please Help!
32 Manufacturing is Hot—
Spread the Word
Manufacturing not only offers terrific opportunities for rewarding careers, but it’s cool. That’s the message heard loud and clear around the United States on Manufacturing Day 2013.
Software for Manufacturing Tech Buzz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tooling Update . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design
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Features
24 “We Put a Press
Where We Had No
Business Doing So”
So says Paul Gray, manager, stamping at LuK USA, who explains why he located a new high-speed mechanical press in an area that others questioned, and how he addressed their concerns.
Tooling Technology
40 Automotive Industry to
Face Capacity Constraints
Solving Stretching and Drawing Problems
Peter Ulintz
You and The Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
It’s All About the Willfuls (and Repeats) at OSHA
Douglas B. M. Ehlke
Departments
News Fronts Tech Update
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19%
22%
5%
Will Decrease for Most Commodities
Will Remain About the Same
Will Depend on the Commodity
Will Increase for Most Commodities
Ad Index
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A new survey of the vendor tooling industry uncovers a $6 billion discrepancy in supply and demand. All is not lost, however, as we explore reasons for the projected capacity shortfall and reveal possible solutions.
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