September 1997 Issue
September 1997
Features
Featured articles from the latest issue of Modern Machine Shop
Reaching New Heights With Wire EDM
Just how high can you go when it comes to wirecutting tall workpieces? This shop has cut workpieces more than four feet high but workpieces 24 inches high are routine.
Read MoreFlexibility Doesn't Have To Be A Stretch
This company complements automatic machines with a versatile CNC turning center. The strategy provides many of the advantages of a fully flexible process.
Read MoreLow Cost Turning Automation Yields A High Rate Of Return
Two CNC lathes, with live tooling, tool monitor, and auto-load short-bar bar feeders are helping this California manufacturer compete. They've seen impressive reductions in throughput time and manufacturing costs. And, they're just getting started.
Read MoreAcu-Rite Reinvents Its Products And Its Processes
It's a brave company that makes the commitment to obsolete its current product line and bring on-line a new one. As of September first, that's exactly what Acu-Rite (Jamestown, New York) will do. A leading manufacturer of digital readouts (DRO) for thirty years, the company decided in 1995 to begin a process that would replace the entire product line in a single stroke.
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