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Military Supplier Delivers On Spec, On Time
When your only product is socket set screws and your primary customers are the demanding aerospace and military markets, quality and uptime are paramount. Your multi-spindle machines need to be reliable and easily reconfigured to produce a new part at a moment’s notice.
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Rotary Transfer Machines Help Shop Make Transition
Camcraft Precision Machined Components purchased two rotary transfer machines from Hydromat Inc. after winning a bid on an automotive plunger.
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In-Process Thread Inspection
A supplier that cannot guarantee thread quality can be hit with thousands of dollars in penalties and risks a strained relationship.
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Fixed Abrasives Take Lapping Into Another Dimension
Many companies have discovered the benefits of replacing their traditional flat-lapping operations with a newer technology called flathoning—a process commonly known as clean lapping.
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Bolt On Deburring
Burrs are a nemesis for most metalworking shops. And cross-hole burrs are among the worst cases that shops encounter. For most applications, deburring must be done off-line as a secondary operation.
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EDM Fits Form Toolmaker To A "T"
When recession hits in the form tool industry, 'You’ve got to get busy living, or get busy dying,' as a character in the movie The Shawshank Redemption puts it. The need for flexibility and quick reaction times to meet customer demands is never greater.
Read MoreWashington Doesn’t Get It . . . Yet
More than 200 manufacturers — 25 of them representing Precision Machined Products Association member companies — recently carried a message of an industry in crisis to more than 120 members of Congress or staff.
Read MoreWhat Can I Do Today That Will Make The Most Money For My Company?
Those of you who have heard me speak at district programs know that the above question is the fifth point of my internal compass. Taking a look at this question in light of your shop’s situation will be time well spent, I assure you. Here are some ways to make your company money by improving overall performance.
Read MoreCompact Parts Cleaner Satisfies Company's Environmental And Productivity Concern
This company discovered a hydrocarbon cleaning system that promised to be both productive and environmentally friendly. The system combines immersion cleaning, injection flood washing and vapor degreasing with vacuum drying, reducing emissions to virtually zero.
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CNC Upgrades Breathe New Life Into Brownies
Used in lean manufacturing processes, multis can suffer from long setup times. Upgraded Brownies often compete very favorably with multis on medium-length runs.
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Bar Handling Made Easy
DuPage Machine Products, Inc., Bloomingdale, Illinois, puts the TV strongmen to shame every day by moving thousands of pounds of steel thousands of feet—without breaking a sweat. He has a readily accessible material storage system and a crane system that enables him to deliver bundles of barstock from storage to any production screw machine in the shop.
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CNC Transfer Machine Boasts Short-Run Flexibility
More and more manufacturers are requiring their precision machined parts suppliers to enter into just-in-time (JIT) relationships in which smaller order quantities are supplied at more frequent intervals.
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