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MetalForming
August 2018 | Volume 52 — Number 8 Cover Story
16 Customers Drawn to Michigan
Metalformer
...courtesy of its expertise in die design and build, and its deep- draw capabilities, with new hydraulic presses providing
a big assist.
Features
19 Developments in Motors,
Drives and Controls Impacting
the Pressroom
Press-shop equipment is at its oldest average age since 1938. Meanwhile, newer powertrain and control technologies have evolved to a point where a retrofit, or even a new press purchase, often makes perfect business sense.
Fabrication
26 News & Technology
30 CB Fabricating Gives Lasers an A Grade
Sales volume for this Indiana fabricator is up nearly 40 percent, largely due to its lasers.
32 IMTS 2018: A September
You’ll Remember
Join 100,000 colleagues in Chicago for America’s largest manufacturing tradeshow.
37 Growing and
Engaging People
Every Day in Lean
Leader learns to get out of the way as Cambridge Engineering advances.
42 Commentary: Welding Well
Resistance-Welding Machines Are Thirsty...And What to
Do About It
Tom Snow
22 Achtung! Custom-Built
Cut-to-Length Line
Meets Stringent Specs
Line achieves narrow tolerances, evenness and surface quality for light-metal parts producer Martinrea Honsel GmbH.
Commentaries
4 Editorial
Cultivate Smart People to Create Smart Manufacturing Companies
Brad Kuvin
14 Tooling by Design
Apprenticeship Programs and Unfilled Positions on the Rise Peter Ulintz
46 The Science of Forming
Golf Shots and Manufacturing Variability
Daniel J. Schaeffler, Ph.D.
Departments
News Fronts . . . . . . . . . . Tech Update . . . . . . . . . . Safety Update. . . . . . . . . Additive Manufacturing Spotlight on PMA . . . . . Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . Ad Index . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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