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The Future is Forming

"The Future is Forming," presented by Engineering Quality Solutions, discusses sheet steel/aluminum and how they are used. EQS helps steel, aluminum and manufacturing companies make the most cost-effective use of the sheet metal specified and supplied for each application. EQS offers forming limit diagram (FLD) and circle grid/ thinning strain analysis, tooling buyoff assistance, steelmaking and formability training, holistic cost reduction, steel cargo damage claim analysis and problem arbitration resolution.

Tool & Die Authority - January 2009

The Tool and Die Authority January 2009 Newsletter contained these articles:

U.S.-Korea Trade Relationship Points to Reasons for Auto, Tooling Troubles: Joe Brown
Failure Analysis: Punch-Head Breakage: Peter Ulintz
Time-Saving Alternatives for the Toolroom—Part 3: Bob Quinn
The Perils of Reverse Tonnage and Improper Counterbalance Settings: Drew Stevens


and from Danny Schaeffler of Engineering Quality Solutions (EQS)...
What is Steel?…Part 1
I’m sure for some of you, the answer to the question—What is Steel?—is, “really expensive!” That discussion is best left for another column. Here we are going to get back to basics. And most simply, steel is just iron plus no more than about 2.1 percent carbon. (If you have more than 2.1 percent carbon, it’s called cast iron.) For this article, we’ll cover low-carbon steel, where carbon content tops out at around 0.1 to 0.2 percent. ...

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