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MetalForming
June 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 6 Cover Story
26 Common Controls Simplify Spinning
Bringing metal-spinning machines of different makes under common control systems improves efficiency and performance at Ratliff Metal Spinning.
34 Generate and Nurture
Leads Using Online
Marketing
As reshoring gains momentum among U.S. manufacturers, metalformers must be positioned to take advantage. Follow the guidelines offered here to generate leads so that your company can capture, and nurture, new business opportunities.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Become Meaningfully Unique
Brad F. Kuvin
Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
R&D Tax Credit—New Benefits for Metalformers
Bob Dobrowsky
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Strain-Rate Hardening: Small Number, Big Impact
Stuart Keeler
Features
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16 Lubrication Efficiency Provides Investment Cash Flow
By dramatically reducing stamping-lubricant consumption and related maintenance headaches and costs, this high-speed stamper frees up cash to support press rebuilds and repairs, as it looks to make a big splash in the lithium-battery and medical/dental markets.
18 Energy Savings Convince
Management of the
Benefits of Fiber Lasers
A custom fabricator conducts a power- consumption runoff pitting a CO2 laser vs. a fiber laser, cutting steel and aluminum sheet. The stunning results convinced management that the relatively new fiber-laser technology was well worth the investment.
22 Manufacturer’s
Tooling by Design
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Cost-Effective Versatility
...is fueled by abrasive waterjet cutting, so much so that a second waterjet machine may soon be on the horizon.
Processing Aluminum Stampings
Peter Ulintz
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tax Magic—Turn Every Dollar of Investment Income into Tax-Free Income
Irving L. Blackman
Departments
30 Worldclass OEE Lands at
News Fronts . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . Materials & Coatings Spotlight on PMA . . Classifieds . . . . . . . .
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Supplier of Jet-Fighter Parts
Machine-to-machine monitoring catalyzes efforts to raise overall equipment effectiveness to world-class levels at Magellan Aerospace, saving the company more than $30,000/month in downtime-related costs.
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