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January 29, 2004
Managing environmental risk in tube, pipe production   Editor's Note: This article is adapted from a presentation made at the TPJ Symposium, March 16-18, 2003, Scottsdale, Ariz. The U.S. Congress and the states have created a complex scheme of environmental rules and regulations with which tube and pipe producers must comply.... Read more...

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January 13, 2004
Beating 'world' pricing This Finn-Power Express Bending Cell, which automates complex bending and reduces tedious and costly work stages, has last bend negative capability and fully automatic operations cycles—from loading the sheet to unloading the bent parts. "I have a precision sheet metal shop and... Read more...

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November 20, 2003
The history of welding according to Marty OK, so this guy back in ancient times got into a fight with another guy. He got punched in the eye and fell backward, hitting his head on a fallen tree branch. He thought to himself, "That fist hurt, but that dang tree limb hurt worse." (This was the first time the expression "dang" was... Read more...

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November 20, 2003
Reflection—Getting the most from experience As a sharp leader, you look for ways to evaluate progress. You know how essential it is to benchmark activities that make you successful and eliminate those that do not. You understand that it's advantageous to evaluate where you have been and where you want to go. This evaluation... Read more...

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November 6, 2003
Shedding light on negativity—Part 2 Read Part I . Negative thoughts, feelings, opinions, and comments are normal. Each of us thinks and expresses negative thoughts every day. Often the negatives illuminate problems that need to be addressed. When handled properly, they can lead to positive changes. But when negativity... Read more...

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October 9, 2003
Shedding light on negativity—Part 1 Read Part II . Are you a negaholic—someone who almost always sees the glass as half or totally empty? Do you live or work with one? If you answered, "No" to both of these questions, I'd like to know what planet you live on. These days—which are rife with economic... Read more...

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July 24, 2003
The Perfect Economic Storm and The 100-Year Flood in Manufacturing—Part 2 Editor's note: This article discusses the final three of six factors contributing to the current state of manufacturing — technology investment, the elimination of industrial arts programs, and the lack of industry leadership — with a focus on California manufacturing. Part I ,... Read more...

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July 10, 2003
The Perfect Economic Storm and The 100-Year Flood in Manufacturing—Part 1 Editor's note: This article discusses three of six contributing factors to the current state of manufacturing—global competition, high business costs, and supply chain management and consolidation—with a focus on California manufacturing. Part II discusses technology... Read more...

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June 26, 2003
Tooling tricks of the trade Just make it work!" they scream. "I don't care how Just make it work!" As a tooling professional (whether you are a tool- and diemaker, engineer, press operator, or any other member of the team responsible for operating and maintaining that die), you quickly find that "making it work" is... Read more...

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June 12, 2003
Found art Arnold's first job out of college was with the New Arts Foundry fabricating bronze statues. However, he quickly grew tired of following someone else's blueprints. A year later he landed a commission to design and fabricate 150 feet of ornamental iron railing for a private residence. After... Read more...

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June 12, 2003
Dealing with internal pressure in free hydraulic bulging Finite element analysis (FEA) is a numerical process that treats a single item, such as a metal tube, as a large number of small, individual components, or finite elements. It performs calculations on each of the elements and uses the result to predict the deformation behavior of the... Read more...

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May 29, 2003
Art From the Forge It's been happening gradually over the past 25 years, but in the past four or five years, art from the forge is finding outlets in fine art and sculpture galleries, as public art and even jewelry. These motifs, techniques, designs, and objects are heading ironwork in new directions. Much of it... Read more...

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February 19, 2002
High-speed feeding techniques The maximum operating speed of a stamping operation should be limited, in theory, only by the maximum number of strokes per minute (SPM) that the press can achieve. In reality, production speed is limited by other factors as well. For instance: 1. The uncoiler may not unwind... Read more...

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November 15, 2001
Mac's Muse: One potato, two potatoes, three potatoes ... gone! As U.S. steel industry gets its lunch eaten, many parties can share blame A recession, defined by economists, is two consecutive quarters of negative (absent) GDP growth. History shows that there have been 12 recessions in the U.S. since the Great Depression of '29. Half of those recessions lasted approximately six months; the others, 18 months. Thus, the average... Read more...

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October 25, 2001
Sell! Sell! Sell!: Developing a profitable exit strategy for you and your company It is no secret that the tube and pipe industry is highly fragmented and comprises hundreds of small companies. Several well-financed companies currently are mulling roll-ups, or consolidations, in the industry. Unless you are one of the big players who will be left standing after the game is... Read more...

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October 11, 2001
Taking the troubles out of tube mill tooling: Preventing and solving some common problems In today's tube and pipe producing industries, the need to run the tube/pipe mill faster, reduce changeover times, and produce a higher-quality tubular product has put an increased demand on the tube mill tooling. The tooling's job is to take a continuously coiled flat strip, form it so that... Read more...

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September 4, 2001
Robotic arc welding gets smart in real time Though robots probably are best-known for their ability to accomplish repetitive manufacturing tasks, it's no secret that, by themselves, they are unintelligent and must be told what to do. They are silent, unable to talk over problems with their controller, power sources, the robot in... Read more...

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August 16, 2001
Flatness in coil processing operations: New turns in the leveling process Figure 1: The different colors shown here indicate how much force or stretching is involved in bending metal over a roll without strip tension. Precision Roller Leveling With Tension Some coil processing lines now add tension to the leveling process. This process extends the lower... Read more...

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July 12, 2001
Steel industry anything but status quo: Next generation of distributors set to lead wave of change   The other day, I received one of those greeting cards that plays a tune when opened. That card contains more computer power than existed in the world in 1950. When avoiding her studies, my daughter entertains herself with a hand-held Nintendo® Game Boy®, which contains... Read more...

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June 15, 2001
Successful tube hydroforming: Watching parameters, accurately simulating the process yield good results A typical tube hydroforming system is shown in Figure 1 . Within this system, a host of factors must be taken into account, from starting tube geometry and material properties to the quality of the final part (such as thickness distribution and dimensional accuracy). Each of these... Read more...

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February 19, 2001
Robotic press tending: available equipment and its effects on press productivity A robot can load or unload a stamping press or operate in a destacking application quickly, tirelessly, and more safely than can a human operator. Robotic press tending applications in the past have been limited to large tandem production lines. However, with a payback of... Read more...

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