Truck-Chassis Quality Throughput Upgraded With Shopfloor Coordinate Measuring
CMMs, once relegated to protected, off-the-floor QA labs, are now proving out in manufacturing environments such as heavy-metal fabrication shops. The payoff is the same as in precision manufacturing: higher yields, better process control and lower ...
Meeting Rotating Part Specs Focuses Machine Shop On Quality Inspection
Portable arm coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) offer advantages beyond portability.
Digitizer Drives Five-Axis CNC Head Porting To The Performance Redline
Why spend thousands of dollars on a precision machined engine block, crank and pistons, just to bolt on a set of unported cylinder heads with mismatched port volumes and rough wall surfaces? This is where hand porting comes in.
Piston Maker Boosts Quality With Special Geometry Software
A leading manufacturer of pistons for high performance engines has improved its manufacturing accuracy and quality control by using a software package developed especially to measure the unusual geometry of pistons.
Precision Fabricator Boosts 100 Percent Parts Inspection Program W/ Height Gage
Amherst has been able to attain much faster inspection with the addition of a new and highly versatile Fowler/Sylvac Z-Cal height gage from Fred V. Fowler Co., Inc. One of the key advantages of this gage is its ability to be used both in the inspect...
Portable CMM Helps Ice The Production Of Refrigeration Units
Carrier uses the Romer portable CMM to simultaneously increase productivity and quality. This CMM has reduced Carrier's total measurement time of a typical frame from eight to ten staff hours down to one hour.
Portable Measurement Arm Cuts Digitizing Time In Half
A portable measurement arm is helping a West Virginia firm manufacture pump replacement parts that, in many cases, are more accurate and thus, perform better than the original OEM parts they replace.
Auto OEM Grinds 8,000 Parts Per Hour To +/-2 Microns
A new industrial controller this company is integrating with its high-precision centerless grinders is helping a Big 3 automaker turn out precision parts at 8,000 per hour.
Switch From Mechanical To Laser Measuring Cuts Inspection Costs In Half
This Michigan company offers fully integrated balancing, gaging, and crack detection systems that can cut manufacturing costs, help increase product quality and reduce floor space requirements.
Moldmaker Finds Expanded Role Beyond Just The "Making"
The moldmaker as a provider of end-product design support may seem like a violation of the natural order, but this company has established precisely that role for itself.
