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Machining with the Environment in Mind
It’s safe to assume that most shops recognize the importance of being environmentally responsible. However, benchmarking data suggests that the effort shops put into both recycling and reducing energy consumption varies.
Read MoreTop Shops 2011: C&R Manufacturing Inc.
C&R Manufacturing specializes in creating precision turned parts using CNC lathes with live tooling. Combined with the use of bar feeders, automatic gaging and robotic part handling, this enables the shop to generate intricate workpieces sans human intervention.
Read MoreTop Shops 2011: Hyper-Tech
This shop uses CNC turning, milling, gear cutting, ID and OD grinding, honing and broaching to be a done-in-one supplier of machined parts.
WatchTop Shops 2011: Bob’s Design Engineering Inc.
B.D.E’s CAD/CAM experience helps speed customers’ products to market.
Read MoreTop Shops 2011: McCay Tool & Engineering Co., Inc.
By adopting advanced CNC technologies and a lean, cellular approach to manufacturing and assembly, McCay Tool realizes very efficient flow of products through its operation.
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Each Shop’s One Big Thing
Top Shops tend to be good all around, achieving excellence or better-than-average ability in almost all of the activities or processes they perform, yet several technologies or strategies stand out as the most influential.
Read MoreWhat We’ll Find
Now that our inaugural Top Shops benchmarking survey has closed, it’s time to delve into the data to confirm beliefs and (hopefully) uncover some surprises.
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Does It Have to Cost Green to Be Green?
We wanted to ask about environmental or “green” initiatives in our “Top Shops” Industry Survey, but in discussing the matter among the MMS staff, we realized that it’s hard to pin down what “green” really means.
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