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MetalForming
September 2014 | Volume 48 — Number 9 Cover Story
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The Road to Plasma-Cutting Automation
A hot-rod parts shop invests in its first air-plasma cutting system to deliver quality parts at a reasonable price.
Features
Gaining Favor:
Coil-Fed
Transfer Dies
Progressive-to-transfer
stamping is helping
automakers and other
OEM manufacturers
optimize material
utilization. The dies
prove particularly successful when stamping expensive aluminum alloys and high-strength steels.
22 RapidDieChanges
Make Stamper Nimble,
Flexible
Along with a new 165-ton gap-frame press came a new approach to achieving quicker die changes, featuring magnetic clamps on the upper tools and mechanical clamps for the lowers. Results have been impressive.
36 Servos Seeing More Service—Part I
Servo-press technology continues to evolve, and metalformers are figuring out when and where the technology is the best bet.
Commentaries
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
So Much More than Just a Magazine
Brad F. Kuvin
Best Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Mexico: It’s Kind of a Big Deal
Bob Dobrowsky
The Science of Forming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Galvanized Coating Changes Steel Formability
Stuart Keeler
Tooling by Design
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Understanding Formability Results
Peter Ulintz
Human Capital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Online
Mad Men and HR Recruiting Strategy: 10 Unexpected Common Themes Debbie McGrath
Blackman on Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Online
Why Do the Rich Buy So Much Life Insurance?
Irving L. Blackman
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . .
Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Materials & Coatings ....... . Spotlight on PMA . . . . . . . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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