Articles
Robotic Cell Cuts Cycle Time, Improves Part Quality
Sew-Eurodrive Inc. worked with Okuma America’s authorized systems dealer to design an automated cell that includes an automatic magazine bar feeder that loads 6-ft. lengths of barstock into the machine. The shop also switched to an Okuma twin spindle, twin turret turning center so all of the machining operations are completed in one setup.
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‘Someday’ has a Happy Ending
After discussing various aerospace machining issues, the Kennametal representative turned Stellar Precision Components on to a solid ceramic end mill for difficult, nickel-based alloys often found in aerospace.
Read MoreLockout Tagout: What Management Needs to do for Periodic Inspection
Providing lockout/tagout devices, ensuring that equipment is capable of being locked out and tagged out are other management responsibilities and are typically well in hand in the shops I visit.
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Network in Nashville
For more than 40 years, through good times and bad, the Management Update Conference has been providing PMPA members with the education, insights and management tools to help your businesses adapt and thrive. The 2017 conference is no exception.
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EDM Enables DIY Form Tools
This manufacturer uses its EDM unit to make and sharpen form tools for its production equipment. Strategically, learning new skills in-house may lead to future commercialization of a value-added process not previously available. It could be a model for other shops.
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Hitting the Coolant Sweet Spot
Toolholders with integrated cutting fluid delivery channels offer threaded, fixed-position nozzles that direct parallel streams of coolant to pre-defined positions at the top of the cutting tool.
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Safe Tooling for Heavy Machining
Heavy machining puts stress on the tool holder. This system helps eliminate tool pullout.
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PMPA Member Eaton Steel Bar Co. Finds Success in its Longevity and Large Inventory
Today, Eaton Steel Bar Co. operates as an integrated supplier of special bar quality steel and offers more than 500 hot-rolled and cold-drawn grades of product. The company provides custom supply chain solutions and carries inventory for many different industries, including automotive, heavy-truck, defense, hydraulics fittings suppliers, distribution, energy markets and hand tools.
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Training the Next Generation: Precision Plus and Gateway Technical College Forge New Partnership
This new foundation serves as a platform to upskill faculty, develop strategic alignments with area employers and invest in facilities and equipment to allow for world-class student training.
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Innovative Workshop Focuses on Parts Cleaning in a Lean Operation
Learn how lean manufacturing practices have been applied to a major manufacturer’s parts cleaning process, increasing efficiencies and decreasing downtime.
Read MoreY Axis Offers Flexibility for Multitasking Operations
The Y axis has capabilities that make processes efficient and cost effective, and it supports many tools that enable a range of operations.
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Mastering LaserSwiss Machining
With applications in the medical, aerospace and automotive markets, the addition of laser cutting to Swiss-type turning has introduced an entirely new approach to precision machining.
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