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Questionnaire for Winners of the IMTMA Ace Micromatic Productivity Championship Awards 2015

February 2, 2016
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As participants of the National Productivity Summit, according to you how does the summit help your company? Please answer elaborately. Representation of Company’s Innovations and approach at National level helps in showcasing Company’s talent. Presentation by various companies of diversified…

February 2, 2016
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Four Approaches for Automation of Inspection of Sheet Metal component and Assemblies Background As per conventional practice in sheet metal manufacturing industry, manual inspection fixtures are used as follows: Component / assembly rests at few small mating surface patches with…

December 18, 2015
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The art and science of Sheet Metal Stamping has so far been driven by considerations of speed and simplicity. Presses have been regarded as a sturdy steel monster which could simply apply brutal force in one direction and produce higher…

Remote Laser Welding

An alternative to the proven and reliable technique of resistance spot welding (RSW) is remote laser welding (RLW). It offers a number of advantages such as creating joints in different locations on the product through simple robot repositioning, only needing…

Hydroforming Techniques

Lightweight vehicles are big news in the automotive industry at the moment, following the launch of the ultralight steel. Lighter vehicles offer the benefits of materials and energy savings, and so are more environmentally friendly. But weight cannot be trimmed…

A 3D-PRINTED CAR INSPIRED BY THE LEAF OF A PLANT

Rather than printing the entire body shell of the vehicle out of a rigid composite material, as startup Local Motors is doing with its 3D-printed cars, EDAG instead created a lightweight metal structure optimized to use material only where absolutely necessary. More

New high-strength, room-temperature-formable steels

Many of the critical elements of a vehicle’s crash structure such as the B-pillars and frame rails are often made of a high-strength steel (HSS) called press-hardened boron steel. This specialized steel grade (with 0.002% to 0.005% boron) is especially…

Laser Assisted Forming Techniques

During forming processes high deformations rates can lead to cracks and rupture very easily. Especially brittle materials like titanium or magnesium make difficulties in forming. Due to the dependence of the yield strength on temperature, forming at elevated temperatures eases…

Measuring productivity through Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Productivity can mean different things to different people. It is a ratio of two numbers output divided by input during a time period. Sometimes engineers talk about efficiency and a manufacturing engineer in a metal working industry will talk about…

Approach to Improving Productivity in Metal Working

Manufacturing companies all over the world are continuously attacking waste in their process and improving productivity. The approach taken by these companies can be broadly categorized under these broad headings. Pros and cons wherever appropriate of each approach is discussed…

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