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Member Profile: RB Royal Industries

In 1942, John Neumann Sr. founded the company that would become RB Royal Industries, Inc. In the early days, Mr. Neumann produced fuel and brake lines in the basement of his home and sold them—along with brass fittings—from his car.

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place

When the subject of  'material challenges' or 'material difficulties' is brought up in manufacturing, one instantly suspects difficulties in machining or cutting the material. But the real material challenge facing the industry today is the following 1-2-3 punch.

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Education And Networking—Hawaiian Style

Combine PMPA’s 71st Annual Meeting, October 16-20, 2004, at the Westin Maui, Lahaina, Hawaii, with a structured business program, and you have the ultimate senior management retreat!

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A Crisis Management Lesson from a Professional Violinist and the San Francisco Symphony

This contingency plan ensured that the soloist and senior violinist had working instruments, allowing the performance to continue. Another part of the organization made the needed repairs on-time and on-site.

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Bar Feeders

Turning On To Compact Bar Feeders

Compact bar feeders deliver the performance and capacity needed for this turning cell to run in a largely unattended mode.

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The Science Of High-Pressure Coolant

High-pressure coolant is the new 'hot' technology, with approximately a 500 percent increase in use in the last 10 years.

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EDM Drill Solves Oil Passage Problem

This manufacturer was having a problem machining a 0.025-inch diameter oil feed hole at an angle in a hardened steel component called the Bronson Roller. The 30-degree angle of entry and the hardened condition of the roller body made it a difficult task for conventional drilling. The part was one of a family of parts that vary in OD and oil hole angle of entry.

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Complex Angular Dental Implants...on Multi-Axis Automatic

Just like a car or a machine, the human body benefits from the technological progress of small parts turning equipment. Precision and stringent requirements for safety and stability are essential in the medical industry. In fact, the demands made on surgical screws (bone screws, maxillary-facial screws, implants and so on) and bio-implants can be much greater for the human body than for many industrial and commercial product applications.

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71st Annual Meeting Features Maui & More

With a range of speakers discussing issues facing the industry and unlimited networking opportunities, the 2004 PMPA annual meeting should be a priority for your company’s top management team. This year’s meeting is being held October 16-18 at the spectacular Westin Maui on Ka’anapali Beach, the island of Maui, Hawaii.

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PMPA Joins OSHA To Defeat MWF Lawsuit

On March 22, 2004, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia refused to order the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to promulgate a health standard regulating worker exposure to metalworking fluid (MWF) mists. The suit had been brought by the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the United Steelworkers unions. In a strange turn of events, the Precision Machined Products Association found itself on OSHA’s side in this legal action.

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Challenges Facing The Precision Machined Products Industry

It is impossible to ignore the current perfect storm of extreme pricing escalation for raw materials versus the multi-year fixed price contracts we have for our products. (Does anybody know the surcharge du jour?)

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Founding Fathers: A Father’s Day Greeting For Our Industry

While the official title of Sunday, June 20th is “Father’s Day,” I can’t help but be appreciative of the many bosses, supervisors and executives I’ve worked for that made a difference in my career by their mentoring or example.

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