November 2025 Volume 7

CONTENTS

NOVEMBER 2025 | VOLUME 7

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 3 Letter From the Editor WASHINGTON UPDATE 6 Tariff Expansion ENERGY 8 Why Online Auctions Are the Right Technology at the Right Time for Buying and Managing Your Energy EQUIPMENT & TECHNOLOGY 10 New Ring Rolling System Unveiled at Andritz Schuler’s Erfurt Site 12 Modernizing TUS Tuning on Heat Treat Furnaces 16 Old Presses Can’t Protect a Nation MAINTENANCE 20 The Gap or C-Frame Press

AUTOMATION 22 Virtual Validation of Automation Integration for Dual Manipulators on a 25 MN Open-Die Forging Press MATERIALS 25 Aluminum Forgings – Commercial and Technical Landscape OPERATIONS & MANAGEMENT 30 My Employee Says She Needs Time Off - Can't I Just Follow My Leave Policy? 32 Layered Process Auditing 34 Bridging Generations in Forging 36 How Passkeys Could Create a Passwordless Future INDUSTRY NEWS 38 Viking Wheel Blast Systems Launches the SD-MAX 1600: 39 Welding Alloys USA Acquires Weld Mold Company 41 The Forging Industry Association Appoints Mark Ames, AAiP as New President & CEO 42 Michigan Lobby Day: Making a Case for Shop Class 46 Welcome New Members 47 Trinity Forge Celebrates 70 Years of Forging Excellence in Mansfield, Texas 48 ICON Forging Expansion Goes Live 49 FIA Upcoming Events

FOUNDATION NEWS 50 Forging the Future: Education, Engagement & Innovation from the Forging Foundation 52 Better Together — FIA and FIERF Build Partnerships to Advance the Future of Forging 56 NSF HAMMER-ERC Launches New Forging Curriculum through IACMI METAL FORGING RESEARCH 59 Blackhawk Technical College’s Manufacturing Automation Cell (MAC) Project is Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce 62 FIA Educational Resources Available for Members, Educators and Industry Partners MEMBERS SPEAK 64 From Shop Floor to Classroom AD INDEX 67 November Advertiser Index

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