Conference Tracks

Monday, March 26, 2007

MORNING
(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)		 AFTERNOON
(1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
M1 Sensors and Control Systems M7 Tutorial: Sensor Fundamentals
M2 Tooling M8 Die Clinic: The Tooling
M3 Safety M9 Assembly
M4 Press Technology M10 CNC Machining
M5 Welding    
M6 In-Die Value Added    

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

MORNING
(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)		 AFTERNOON
(1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
T1 Advanced Sensors and Control Systems T7 Shop Floor to Top Floor - Traceability and Control
T2 Working with High-Strength Steel T8 Material/Parts Handling
T3 Servo Press Technology T9 High-Strength Steel II
T4 Lean Manufacturing  
T5 Alternative Manufacturing Processes    
T6 Fabricating CANCELLED    

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

MORNING
(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)		  
W1 Transfer Stamping    
W2 High-Speed Stamping    
W3 Roll Forming    

Monday, March 26, 2007

MORNING
(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)		 AFTERNOON
(1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
M1 Sensors and Control Systems M7 Tutorial: Sensor Fundamentals
M2 Tooling M8 Die Clinic: The Tooling
M3 Safety M9 Assembly
M4 Press Technology M10 CNC Machining
M5 Welding    
M6 In-Die Value Added    

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Select 1 of 6 concurrent tracks

Track 1: Sensors and Control Systems

Sensors and controls are explored in-depth, from implementing a basic die-protection program to using integrated electronic systems to recall press parameters, provide production information, troubleshoot and prompt press operators.

Implementing a Basic Die-Protection Program
Scott Heitman, Application Engineer, ODM Tool & Manufacturing Co. Inc.

  • Practical solutions for starting an in-die sensing program
  • Proper planning to maintain tight strip-position tolerances
  • Presentation of first-hand experiences with advanced sensing functions

Designing Sensors in the Tooling
Steve Helton, Sensor Applications Specialist, Bachman Machine Co.

  • Examples of real-life uses of sensors in a manufacturing company
  • Technical presentation explores successful design, development and implementation of electronic sensors and controls
  • How to avoid obstacles during implementation of in-die sensing

Integrated Electronic Systems
Tom Mascari, Vice President of Engineering, Link Systems
White Paper (19k pdf)

  • How integrated electronic systems store and recall process parameters, provide information and prompt press operators
  • How this technology reduces setup time and makes complex systems more understandable and manageable for operators
  • The operation and benefits of a plant press network system

In-Die Force Monitoring-Getting to the Point
Rick Wilhelm, President, Helm Instrument Co. Inc.

  • Principles of in-die force sensors
  • Design of force sensors and their selection
  • Typical locations of force sensors in progressive dies, transfer tooling and secondary operations
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Track 2: Tooling

The latest advances in tool steels are covered, including alloys that work best in high-speed applications. Find out the root causes of piercing and blanking failures and how to overcome them; and learn how simulation software optimizes tool design, build and use.

Alternatives to D2 Steel
Ed Tarney, Chief Product Metallurgist, Crucible Service Centers

  • Reviews tool steels offering higher levels of properties for situations where D2 is inadequate
  • How to recognize limitations of D2
  • How to find tool steels that may perform better in certain situations

Die Forensics-Piercing and Blanking Failures
James Loffler, Manager Product Management and Applications, Dayton Progress Corp.

  • Identifies types of piercing and blanking failures
  • Explores the root causes of various failures and how to reduce failures
  • Presents case studies

Advances in Metalforming Analysis
Peter Ulintz, Advanced Product Engineer, Anchor Manufacturing Group, Inc.

  • Discussion of recent advances in optimization tools used in metalforming-simulation software
  • How these tools allow users to evaluate much more than just the formability of the stamping
  • How these tools perform progressive-die and transfer-die simulation, trim-line development, tonnage predictions, die-structure analysis and material optimization

Advances in High-Speed Tool Steels
Brett Krause, Technical Manager, Bohler-Uddeholm Corp.

  • How high-speed tool steels outperform standard tooling materials
  • Outlines improvements in wear resistance, chipping resistance and heattreatment
  • Explores advances in trim-die steels and forming-die steels
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Track 3: Safety

Attendees of this track learn how modern control technology can improve safety while enhancing productivity, how the new ANSI Mechanical Power Press Safety and OSHAS 18001 standards affect stampers; and how stampers can benefit by teaming with OSHA.

Safety and Productivity Enhancements in a Metal Fabrication Shop
David Sullivan, Product Manager, Rockwell Automation

  • Metal fabrication processes viewed from the perspective of personnel safety requirements
  • How modern industrial control technology can improve safety while enhancing productivity
  • Application examples showing how technology improvements aid safety and productivity

Mechanical Power Press Safety-2007
Dennis Cloutier, President/Consultant, Cloutier Consulting Services, LLC

  • Reviews the ANSI B11.1 Safety Standard for Mechanical Power Presses
  • Describes revisions to be included in 2007 version
  • Revisions include language reflecting changes to NFPA-79 electrical standard, language addressing complexities presented by servo-driven presses, broader use of risk assessment and risk reduction, requirements for slide locks and safety blocks, and additional language addressing transfer presses

OHSAS 18001 Is Coming-Are You Ready?
Rodney C. Dahlin, President, Dahlin Consulting Services, LLC

  • OHSAS 18001 is an international standard for health and safety. What does it include?
  • How does it relate to ISO 9001, TS 16949 or ISO 14001, and how does it relate to OSHA's VPP and SHARP programs?
  • When will my customers require it?

Enhancing Workplace Safety through OSHA's Cooperative Programs
John Newquist, OSHA Assistant Regional Administrator for Cooperative and State Programs; Cynthia Weaver, OSHA Industrial Hygienist; Richard Sbroglia, Safety Director/HR Manager, E & E Manufacturing Co. Inc.

  • John Newquist and Cynthia Weaver provide an overview of the various OSHA programs available to help small businesses improve workplace safety and health
  • Richard Sbroglia discusses how his company was the first automotive stamping company in the nation to receive OSHA's Star Award
  • Sbroglia also discusses how his company has benefited from working together with OSHA
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Track 4: Press Technology

Hydraulic- and mechanical-press technologies are covered, including what type of technology works best for your applications, how best to support machinery on the shop floor and how to maintain it.

How to Decrease Costs and Increase Capacity Through Hydraulic Press and Automation Technologies (2 hours)
Dale Nichols, Managing Director, AP&T North America, Inc.

  • Overview of factors of whether a hydraulic press is the best press for an application and criteria that is critical to press selection
  • Discussion of hydraulic-press benefits, and how various specifications affect purchase price
  • What automation can do to solve metalforming challenges

Employing Proper Machine Support & Vibration Isolation/Damping
Phil Littlewood, Engineering Manager, AirLoc

  • Learn vibration-damping methods
  • Learn vibration-isolation methods
  • Explore case histories and benefits of vibration isolation/damping

Improving Press Preventive-Maintenance Inspection
Peter Campbell, President, Campbell Press Repair

  • Reviews predictive-maintenance technologies
  • Shows how these technologies can track critical parts and components of a press
  • Shows ways to rebuild and modernize presses for increased productivity and reliability
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Track 5: Welding

Learn about the benefits of welding automation and how resistance welding can serve a variety of applications. Also, learn about new capabilities in welding-process simulation and what technologies are available to meet newer more stringent weld-fume regulations.

Welding Automation-A Smart Productivity Move
Geoff Lipnevicius, Engineering Manager, The Lincoln Electric Co.

  • How technology improvements counter challenges of rising labor, material and energy costs
  • Overview of advancements in power electronics, digital communications and waveform control
  • Discussion of new welding processes and equipment technology in specific applications, backed by successful case studies

Resistance Welding Technology and Applications
Paul Haynes, Global Automotive Manager, Miyachi Unitek Corp.

  • Introduction to resistance welding
  • Examples highlight diversity and scope of applications and the broad implementation of resistance-welding technology across manufacturing
  • Latest innovations in weld monitoring to ensure weld quality and system verification

Numerical Welding Process Simulation: A Tool for the Prediction of the Consequences of Welding Processes
Y. Gooroochurn (San), Technical Manager, Heat Treatment, Welding & Welding Assembly Solutions, ESI North America; Olivier Morisot, Marketing Manager, ESI North America

  • Overview of numerical simulation as a tool to simulate welding processes
  • Such simulation allows for designing for manufacturing and evaluating different welding sequences and clamping conditions, and allows tool designers to understand how the assembly will react during the welding process
  • Information and a case study describe the capabilities of numerical welding process simulation

Addressing Today's Welding Fume Recovery Needs
Tim Rosiek, Environmental Resource Manager, The Lincoln Electric Co.

  • In 2006, OSHA made exposure limits for welding fumes more stringent
  • Various methods for controlling weld fumes are examined, with advantages and disadvantages described for each
  • Educational materials will be provided
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Track 6: In-Die Value Added

More and more action takes place within the tooling, and this track runs it all down, from in-die welding, clinch fastener installation and other assembly methods to tapping.

In-Die Welding of Hardware to Strip
George Keremedjiev, President, Tecknow Education Services, Inc.

  • Overview of current best practices in in-die/in-tool welding of hardware components to stamped parts
  • Examples of progressive-die, transfer-die and slide-tooling-based welding will be showcased
  • Presented in detail are challenges involved in design of the tooling, selection of power supplies, timing, magnetism, etc.

Implementation of In-Die Clinch Fastener Installation
Roger Patton, Engineering Manager, Penn Engineering

  • How installing clinch fasteners in-die can give a company a significant edge over the competition
  • How to implement in-die clinch fastening
  • How to determine return on investment and minimize risks associated with advanced in-die technologies

In-Die Tapping
Tom Hutchison, President, Hutchison Tool Sales Co.

  • General information about in-die tapping
  • Discussion of approximate production speeds, press-stroke requirements, hole sizes for form threads and tapping-head selection for specific applications
  • Details on lubrication and broken-tap detection

In-Die Quality and Poke-a-Yoke Concepts for Assembly Machines
Jonathan Schmidt, Chief Engineer, Neff Press, Inc.

  • Integration of part-quality verification, presence of all parts in an assembly and assurance that they fit together correctly
  • Proper tracking and documentation of in-die quality
  • Case study demonstrates how these practices were implemented to gain market share and maintain customers
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1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Select 1 of 3 concurrent tracks

Track 7: Tutorial: Sensor Fundamentals

For new sensor users and those with some experience, this track explores proper sensor selection to prevent die crashes in various applications and methods to increase sensor longevity and reliability.

 
Jim Finnerty, Product Manager, Wintriss Controls Group of Honeywell

  • Shows new sensor users how to prevent die crashes by identifying proper sensors for various applications
  • Shows intermediate sensor users how to increase sensor longevity and reliability
  • How to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls
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Track 8: Die Clinic: The Tooling

Learn about tool breakage, chipping and wear-causes and remedies.

 
Joel Cegielski, Regional Manager, Dayton Progress Corp.

  • Description of tooling and the perforating process
  • How clearance and hole-to-stock-thickness ratios affect punch life
  • Tool breakage, chipping and wear-how they happen and what can be done about it
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Track 9: Assembly

Integrating multi-slide machinery into stamping operations to ease assembly, plus the role of automation are highlighted in this track.

Multi-Slide Integration
Mike Nordmeyer, Chief Designer, Bihler of America, Inc.

  • To stay competitive, stampers must look to new technologies that can be combined with their punching and forming dies
  • How one U.S.-based manufacturer has turned the tables on offshore sourcing by offering services that low-cost labor cannot compete with
  • How multi-slide capabilities can be incorporated into your manufacturing environment

Automation: If It Doesn't Make Dollars, It Doesn't Make Sense
Robert Greene III, Automation Manager, Turner Machine Co., Inc.

  • How to calculate and communicate return on investment in automation
  • Formulas and methods that quickly and easily establish if a project makes sense
  • The role of labor savings, productivity increases and quality improvements in determining ROI
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Track 10: CNC Machining


Robert Quinn, President, RCM, Inc., Revcam, LLC, Heliforming Technologies

  • The key components to an efficient die detail CNC Milling system
  • Improving technology and efficiency in tooling
  • Integrating automation into the die build process

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

MORNING
(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)		 AFTERNOON
(1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
T1 Advanced Sensors and Control Systems T7 Shop Floor to Top Floor - Traceability and Control
T2 Working with High-Strength Steel T8 Material/Parts Handling
T3 Servo Press Technology T9 High-Strength Steel II
T4 Lean Manufacturing  
T5 Alternative Manufacturing Processes    
T6 Fabricating CANCELLED    

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Select 1 of 6 concurrent tracks

Track 1: Advanced Sensors & Control Systems

Stay up to date on developments in sensors and controls and, courtesy of case histories, how these products aid productivity in the pressroom.

Analog Sensors: Automatic In-Die Part Quality Measurements
George Keremedjiev, President, Tecknow Education Services, Inc.

  • In-depth tutorial on application of sensors for automatic measurement of part quality within running dies and tooling
  • Numerous examples of dies employing this technology
  • Open Q&A format covers automatic sorting of parts based on dimensions as well as self-adjusting tooling

Growing Your Stamping Company Through Investment in Technology and Advanced Sensor Applications
Jeff Clark, President, Waukesha Tool & Stamping LLC; Gary Rutkowski, Sensor Applications Specialist, Waukesha Tool & Stamping LLC.

  • Covers investment analysis and the decision to commit to technology and advanced sensor applications and advanced sensor program implementation
  • Focuses on methodology to justify the investment and commitment to increase technology in the pressroom and the journey required to be successful with advanced sensor applications
  • Explains the necessary foundation required, the company's cultural shift, skill enhancement and discipline

New Developments in Advanced Sensors & Vision Systems
Dave Fletcher, Industry Specialty-Metal Stamping Industry, Banner Engineering Corp.; Martin Wiegel, President, Wiegel Tool Works, Inc.

  • How wireless sensors are being applied in automation and pressroom applications
  • How technology trends in noncontact sensors can be applied to bring improvements in metalforming processes
  • How vision sensing has been used successfully in metalforming

Case Studies in Advanced Sensors & Controls Applications
Steve Helton, Sensor Applications Specialist, Bachman Machine Co.

  • A case study on in-die closed-loop control using analog part-measurement sensors
  • How a die adjusts in the press during production to manufacture acceptable parts
  • A case study on the implementation of in-die welding
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Track 2: Working with High-Strength Steel

What are these new breeds of steel, how are they processed prior to forming, and what is required from tooling and metalforming equipment to ease part production? Find out in this track.

Straightening & Leveling High-Strength Steel
Bruce Bean, Sales Engineer, Formtek

  • Explores challenges associated with processing high-yield-strength coiled material
  • Explains straightening and leveling
  • Explores differences between straightening and corrective leveling of coiled material

Solutions for the Production of High-Strength-Steel Components
Klaus Rothenhagen, Key Account Manager, Mueller Weingarten AG

  • Use of high-strength steels in the automotive industry
  • Challenges of employing tooling to form high-strength steels
  • Challenges that high-strength steels pose to the entire press-shop environment

Improving Die Performance When Trimming or Forming AHSS Parts
Tom Bell, Vice President Business Development, Bohler-Uddeholm Corp.

  • How chipping, cracking and weldability problems result from using traditional types of tool steels for trimming and forming advanced high-strength steel
  • How alternative materials can solve chipping, cracking and weldability problems
  • How alternative tool steels can improve die performance

Press Hardening: Forming Systems for the Materials of Tomorrow
Jens Aspacher, Senior Product Manager-Hydraulic Presses, Schuler SMG GmbH

  • Challenges of forming high-strength steel
  • Review of available high-strength materials and evolving applications of new materials
  • Equipment requirements for processing press-hardened steel components
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Track 3: Servo Press Technology

Servo presses offer a host of benefits. Technical discussions and case histories describe this emerging technology.

Benefits of Servo-Controlled Mechanical Presses
James Landowski, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Komatsu America Industries LLC

  • Case studies describe piece-part quality benefits of servo-controlled mechanical presses over traditional eccentric- and link-motion presses, with comparisons provided
  • Case studies are supported by videos of progressive-die and transfer applications
  • Updates on the new servo press standard

Servo Press Success Stories
David Stone, Product Manager-Stamping Presses, Amada America, Inc.

  • When a servo press is or is not suitable for an application
  • Review of an application where a servo press was the best solution, including benefits provided
  • Other uses discovered by the customer after it began using servo technology

Effects of Controlled Slide Velocity
John Remington, Sales, The Minster Machine Co.

  • Effects of slide velocity on part quality, tooling and press life
  • How changes in impact loading, snapthrough and vibration can cause large changes in maintenance costs and total cost of ownership of capital equipment
  • Slide velocity as it relates to various press types
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Track 4: Lean Manufacturing

Are you doing lean right? Here's the skinny on how lean manufacturing works and tools now available to make lean work for you.

Cut Out the Fat and Get Lean!
Chris Hoff, Lean Consultant, Value Added Solutions
White Paper (24k pdf)

  • Defines lean and six sigma principles and how worldclass companies use these principles for growth
  • Identifies common pitfalls hindering a lean program from achieving results and how they can be overcome
  • How to implement these principles immediately in your organization

Proper Planning & Organization to Reduce Changeover Time
Gary Zunker, President, Lightning Time Savers

  • Importance of pre-staging for changeover-time reduction
  • Methods and die-change systems available for quick die change
  • Requirements of hourly and salary workforce to reduce out-of-press setup time

Using Intelligent Business Processes to Drive Profitability
Alan Lund, Consulting Principal, UHY Advisors

  • Streamlined systems and processes used to address waste
  • Factors that are re-shaping the business landscape
  • How to manage your 2010 business model beginning today

Lean Manufacturing-The Use of Digital Visualization and Production Planning
Vallury Prabhakar, CEO, AutoForm Engineering USA
White Paper (113k pdf)

  • New software tools bring the ability to pre-define and verify process robustness, which is at the heart of automotive-part production planning
  • This software provides an accurate visualization of quality issues as they relate to variations in production, allowing early optimization of tool and process design
  • Users gain understanding of process variation on part quality and throughput and can determine the best long-term countermeasures
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Track 5: Alternative Manufacturing Processes

Here are the latest developments in heat forming, fineblanking, tubular hydroforming and metal protruding.

Heatforming: A New Freedom in Forming Tubular Structures
Harry Singh, Vice President, Schuler Hydroforming, Inc.

  • Overview of heatforming as an innovative technology that allows greater freedom in part design
  • Process allows formation of unique alloy shapes that, historically only have been possible in glass blowing and blow-molded plastic parts
  • Prototype examples are shown to provide design insight

Why Fineblanking?
Lars Reich, General Manager, Feintool Equipment Corp.

  • Introduction to the fineblanking process
  • Possibilities and limitations in making complex 3D parts via fineblanking
  • Part examples showcase potential savings attributed to employing fineblanking

Hydroforming-A-B-Cs of Tube Forming Utilizing Hydroforming Technology
Terry Higgins, Senior Sales Engineer, Quasar Industries, Rochester Hills, MI

  • How hydroforming is becoming an active area of development in the automotive industry
  • How hydroforming is used to form tubes
  • Advantages it offers as compared to other manufacturing processes

Metal Protruding & Flow Forming
Hans Mehner, President, HM Inc.

  • Overview of metal protruding
  • The process is a form of metal spinning
  • Users can make one-piece rotational symmetrical parts that previously were two- or three-piece welded assemblies
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Track 6: Fabricating CANCELLED

Hexavalent Chromium-The Inside Story
Bob Schumacher, President, Schumacher Consulting

  • Explanation of the OSHA standard covering hexavalent chromium
  • Where Cr+6 is found and some typical exposuresd
  • How this standard affects fabricators and metalformers

Punching Out a Competitive Edge in Short-Run Stamping
Mike Morissette, Product Manager, Trumpf, Inc.

  • How precision punching technology helps stampers meet market demands for smaller volumes and faster turnaround times, especially involving prototypes
  • How this technology creates shorter lead times and greater flexibility, necessary to take on previously unattainable short-run production
  • How the technology reduces setup times and replaces expensive custom-tool production

Material Handling in the Fabricating Process
Peter Stephan, Program Manager, Fanuc Robotics America, Inc.

  • Various conditions in which robots be used for material-handling tasks, with images of successful implementations
  • Use of vision, which has allowed robots to determine part orientation to a much greater extent
  • Possibilities that exist in the manufacturing environment for application of robots
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1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Select 1 of 3 concurrent tracks

Track 7: Shop Floor to Top Floor-Traceability and Control

Knowledge is power, and real-time knowledge is most powerful. Learn how software and other automation solutions can bring shop-floor information to decision-makers' fingertips instantaneously.

Data Collection at the Machine
Jim Finnerty, Product Manager, Wintriss Controls Group of Honeywell

  • Software that enables manufacturers to automatically collect unbiased real-time data from presses and other machinery
  • How the software acts as a vital bridge between production equipment and ERP and MES software-virtually eliminating manual production-data entry
  • How to manage data collection from multiple plant locations, how to use a web browser to display real-time factory status and how to automatically distribute custom reports using existing network and/or e-mail systems

Mistake-Proof the Shop Floor
Brian Gillespie, Vice President Sales, Plexus Systems

  • How to capture shop-floor information by not only automating and integrating controls and equipment but by using lean manufacturing concepts to poke yoke processes
  • Covers press integration, production analysis and SPC/data collection as well as new technology for labeling, traceability, employee control and accountability
  • What types of reports and results your company can expect
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Track 8: Material/Parts Handling

Here's what you need to know about coil processing and blank destacking to move material efficiently.

Latest Technology in Coil Processing Systems
Dean Linders, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Red Bud Industries, Inc.
White Paper (107k pdf)

  • How to produce the best tolerances
  • How to properly measure results
  • The latest technology used to improve efficiency and quality as well as common questions and misconceptions concerning coil-processing systems

Blank Destacker with Coil Capability
James Peteprin, Accounting Manager, Gudel, Inc.

  • Don't be limited by the material types you can process
  • A destacker capable of processing material from coil and then quickly changing to process blanks is a competitive solution
  • Such a destacker allows the best use of available materials
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Track 9: High-Strength Steel II

An overview of traditional and nontraditional high-strength-steel grades, and how the predictable reduction in formability with strength can be minimized by compensating changes in tool and process parameters.

High-Strength Steel: Are You Ready?
Stuart Keeler, President, Keeler Technologies LLC

  • If you are not already using high-strength steel, your next order may be an unexpected opportunity
  • An overview of traditional and nontraditional high-strength-steel grades
  • How the predictable reduction in formability with strength can be minimized by compensating changes in tool and process parameters

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

MORNING
(8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon)		  
W1 Transfer Stamping    
W2 High-Speed Stamping    
W3 Roll Forming    

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Select 1 of 3 concurrent tracks

Track 1: Transfer Stamping

Transfer stamping, given the right equipment and the right knowhow, brings big advantages in various applications.

Transfer vs. Progressive Stamping of C-Sized Parts
Klaus Rothenhagen, Key Account Manager, Mueller Weingarten AG

  • Roughly 50 percent of all stamped parts in a car are C-sized, and to produce these parts the transfer- or progressive-die process can be used
  • Shows the best ways to produce c-sized parts via progressive and transfer processes
  • Compares processes and systems employed to make these parts

Increasing Production Through Upgrading to Transfer Press Operation
Mark Versteegden, Sales Manager, Gudel, Inc.

  • Why upgrade to transfer-press operation and what to look for
  • Production increases made possible by retrofitting stamping presses for transfer operation
  • Production increases possible as compared to hand-transfer or multiple-die methods of making low-volume parts

Innovations in Full-Servo Transfer Automation
Doug Knapke, Product Manager, Wayne Trail Industries

  • How new servo transfer technology can make existing pressrooms more capable and efficient
  • How to implement strategic automation upgrades to equipment and gain a wider variety of stamping contracts
  • Examples provide guides to the appropriate transfer selection process
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Track 2: High-Speed Stamping

Here's what to consider when undertaking high-speed stamping, what types of inspection and sensing systems you need to handle this demanding process and what is required in high-speed tooling.

Key Factors in High-Speed Stamping
Pat Ontrop, Director of After Market Products, Minster Machine Co.

  • Factors that commonly limit production speed, reduce part quality and in increase downtime of typical high-speed-press applications
  • Issues covered include snapthrough, off-center loading, vibration and loop control
  • How these issues negatively affect production and how they can be minimized

High-Speed Vision Systems
Craig Jeleniowski, Sales Engineer, Bruderer Machinery, Inc.

Details TBA

High Wear for High-Speed Stamping
Nick Tarkany, National Sales Manager, International Mold Steel

  • Wear resistance is the primary tooling goal with high-speed high-volume stamping
  • Compares alloys as well as the types and volumes of carbide they produce, which is key to achieving high wear resistance
  • Examines temper resistance as it relates to heat buildup during long production runs

Sensing in High-Speed-Stamping Operations
Dave Bird, Business Development Manager, Balluff, Inc.

  • Highlights special considerations present in high-speed metalforming operations, including sensor types typically employed, the use of color and luminescence sensing and sensors that can validate part profiles on the fly
  • Special attention paid to speed and switching-frequency requirement; mechanical mounting/bunkering needs and vibration resistance
  • Examines physical size challenges to be overcome in sensor implementation and sensor resistance to lubricants and other hostilities in the operation
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Track 3: Roll Forming

Explore applications where roll forming is ideal, and the equipment needed to do it right. This track also covers developments and advantages in coil-end welding.

Design Concepts and Applications of Roll Formed and Welded Shapes
Bob Wilson, President and CEO, Sharon Custom Metal Forming

  • Explores design concepts
  • Describes applications ideal for roll formed and welded shapes
  • Describes equipment and processes used to produce such shapes

Title and Details TBA
 

Elimination of Downtime Between Coils Using End Welding
Leonard R. Steinmeyer, President, Sales, Kent Corp.
White Paper (30k pdf)

  • The average production line loses 20-30 percent of its productive day due to downtime from coil changes and rethreading
  • The same line can produce 20-30 percent more parts per day by adding a coil end welder
  • This equipment allows users to reduce scrap and tooling wear while producing higher-quality parts

Title and Details TBA