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Self Assessment is Critical During Challenging Times
I began researching articles on self-assessment. I find that I am unable to express the value and need for self-assessment any better than this article: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/200404/assessing-yourself-honestly Whether personal or organizational, an honest self assessment helps you define a path for … Continue reading
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Build Confidence and Skill for better Production and Business Results
The two fundamental needs for growth in any business operation are confidence and ability. You must have the talent and technology to form components from the materials you choose to support. Confidence comes from a strong knowledge base to try … Continue reading
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Automation Adoption Implications on the Workforce
The latest study from the Center for Automotive Research focuses on Automation in the Manufacturing Environment. Consistent with other surveys, finding skilled workers is the most significant challenge facing manufacturing companies. But another key finding is that for all the information … Continue reading
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20,000 to be hired by 2023 at POSCO as part of US$40 billion investment
Automating a 3.52 million ton Gwangyang Steel Mill blast furnace, expanding production capability of their “Giga Steel” and establishing power generation facilities using byproduct gases will use almost 60% of the investment. Other funds will be devoted to secondary battery … Continue reading
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Total Elongation in a Tensile Test May Not Be The Best Formability Indicator for AHSS
Tensile test elongation is not the best way to assess formability of AHSS steel. In a tensile test, you are averaging deformation over a 2 inch (or more) gauge length. SSAB just published a good article on this, and coincidentally, … Continue reading
Aluminum and Steel Usage at Nissan-Smyrna, TN
The Nissan assembly plant in Smyrna, TN makes 640,000 vehicles a year, and it’s stamping plant supports production of 1.2 million vehicles. The stamping plant goes through 375 tons of steel and 14 tons of aluminum every day. automotivemanufacturingsolutions.com/focus/stamp-of-approval -Danny … Continue reading
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Now Writing For MetalForming Magazine!
I’m now writing the monthly Science of Forming article for Metalforming Magazine – it’s a great honor to be taking over from Dr. Stuart Keeler. See my first article, The More You Know, on page 36 at http://metalformingmagazine.com/magazine/digital-issue/?/2017/Dec “Optimizing sheetmetal … Continue reading
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As Materials and Technologies Change, Your Workforce Requires Different Skills and More Adaptability
Introduction / Summary The type and depth of knowledge required to form sheet metal changed along with the industry. Experience is no longer the only measure of an employee’s capabilities. During the past 25 years, thousands of new grades of … Continue reading
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What Caused Job Losses in the Steel Industry?
Tim Worstall, a contributor to Forbes magazine, recently wrote an opinion piece, “It’s Not China Or Trade That Killed The Steel Jobs But Recycling.“ The crux of the piece was that the job losses in the steel industry over the … Continue reading
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New Press Hardening Steels with Hot Dipped Galvanized Coating
One of the challenges with direct hot forming a galvanized PHS is the risk of microcracks in the coating and an associated restricted process window. Steel company voestalpine has with their phs-ultraform® product developed a process that they have termed … Continue reading
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Nissan to Use 1.2GPa Steel to Reduce Vehicle Weight
Nissan just announced the expanded use of an Advanced High Strength Steel (AHSS) that has a tensile strength of 1.2GPa (= 1,200MPa = 175 ksi = 175,000 psi). This follows their initial announcement in October 2011. Things we’ve learned: The … Continue reading
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Industrial Design and Sheet Metal Forming
We all hear frequent discussion about Advanced High Strength Steels, increased use of aluminum, and carbon fibres. Much of the discussion in automotive focuses on materials and processes to increase product strength and reduce mass. A pamphlet published by Volvo … Continue reading
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Acura RLX will have Multi-Metal Doors: Aluminum Skins and Steel Inners
Honda has developed a production manufacturing process that lets them join steel to aluminum skin panels. The first application of this will be on the 2014 Acura RLX, which will have an aluminum door skin joined to a steel door … Continue reading
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Deformation Modes in Sheet Metal Forming
Through my website, someone asked about the deformation modes in sheet metal forming. My response: The three deformation modes in three-dimensional forming are draw, plane strain, and stretch. These can be visualized by imagining a circle of known diameter etched … Continue reading
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Supplies and Suppliers Limited Chrysler Sales in 2012
Sales of the 2013 Dodge Dart were lower than initially projected in 2012 because only manual transmissions were available at launch, with a six-speed automatic sourced from Hyundai serving as a stopgap until a promised nine-speed automatic is available. In … Continue reading
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Automotive Aluminum: Prices, Supply, and Demand
Bloomberg article highlights: * Morgan Stanley predicts a 29 percent gain in aluminum prices by 2018. * At current aluminum prices, which are more than a third below 2008 highs, at least 30 percent of aluminum companies aren’t making money. … Continue reading
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