June 2010 Issue
June 2010
Features
Featured articles from the June 2010 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Determining Machining Effectiveness, Not Guessing It
KitchenAid uses Overall Equipment Effectiveness to determine in real numbers the impact individual machine tools have on parts production for its stand mixers. In doing so, it brings actual machining processes closer to ideal ones.
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Balanced Machining Is Faster Machining
NC program optimization software initially helped Bell Helicopter’s Drive Systems Center machine titanium faster by balancing cutting forces. The manufacturer now uses it to improve cycle times for aircraft parts made from other metals, too.
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Telling the Mainstream about Manufacturing
How do we reach the next generation of manufacturing employees? One machine tool company succeeds with local efforts. Meanwhile, “C.H.A.M.P.I.O.N.–Now!” seeks to go national.
Read MoreExperiencing, Crafting, Delivering
All three of these story-development steps are important, but the first one is the most significant (and it’s the one I appreciate the most).
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Balanced Machining is Faster Machining
NC program optimization software initially helped Bell Helicopter’s Drive Systems Center machine titanium faster by balancing cutting forces. The manufacturer now uses it to improve cycle times for aircraft parts made from other metals, too.
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Improving Machine Tool Accuracy with Volumetric Compensation
The Etalon LaserTRACER from Optical Gaging Products, Inc. is designed to make it simpler and faster to measure and compensate for changes in accuracy throughout a machine’s volume.
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How Racing Teams Can Help your Shop
The Risk of an Outdated Estate Plan
Think You Don’t Need a Succession Plan?
Measurement System Analysis
