March 1996 Issue
March 1996
Features
Featured articles from the March 1996 issue of Modern Machine Shop
Radicals Revisited
What happens when a progressive job shop melds with Small Town, U.S.A.? The result is an "industrial village" that may represent what contract manufacturing will look like in the next century.
Read MoreTooling Alloy Started In Aerospace
Tooling alloy was invented to meet the demanding specifications for landing gear components of U. S. Navy carrier-based jet aircraft. It was discovered that this material alloy had certain outstanding properties that recommended it as an effective upgrade for conventional tooling materials.
Read MoreFabricator Uses U.S. Made Tool System To Overcome Stripping, Pulling
Custom sheet metal fabricator, Perfo AB, Mariestad, Sweden, manufactures bar code plates punched of sheet metal using a Murata Wiedemann Centrum 2000 turret punch press and a guided tool system from Mate Punch and Die (Anoka, Minnesota) that dramatically increases part accuracy and reliability. The bar code plates contain critical specification information for the manufacture and assembly of specific automobile models.
Read MoreCustomer-Dedicated Machining Cells To Assure Quality And Commitments
Kenlee Precision Corp. began operations in Baltimore as a general practice job shop in 1969. The business was started on the typical shoestring, with some borrowed capital, a few machine tools and plenty of moxie on the part of President/ Owner Ken Lewis.
Read MoreA Highly Evolved Fab Shop
In today's manufacturing environment, it's survival of the fittest. This fab shop found that an automated fabricating cell was a natural selection. Continuing this process of evolution, a new species of job shop may emerge.
Read MoreA Closer Look At Look-Ahead
This CNC capability is helping make machine tools move far faster, and more accurately, than ever before. Here's how it works.
Read MoreIlluminating High Power Lasers
Here's what you should know about cutting with higher power lasers and what they can bring to your business.
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It's The Message, Not The Medium
Fadal, Part Two
