Teach-In CNC Lathes Improve Shop Productivity
Because of the critical nature of the parts this shop's customers demand, speed and accuracy are major factors when considering a profitable way to machine them. Read how this CNC lathe meets both demands.
Job Shop Cuts Processing Time 60 Percent
Innovative Manufacturing used to spend ten minutes per part machining cast iron differential housings for golf carts, but now total machining time is down to three minutes, 45 seconds. According to Innovative owner and president Rob Sander, the pro...
Turning Three Days Of Work Into Three Hours Of Work
Read how the Arbor Department of this major manufacturer greatly reduced set-up time to deal with increased capacity.
Minimizing Parts And Designing Components Solves Several Needs
Milltronics Manufacturing Company, a CNC (computerized numerical controls) machine tool builder located in Waconia, Minnesota, is a major manufacturer and marketer of high quality, cost effective machining centers, toolroom and bridge mills and tool...
Teaming Up For Turning Efficiency
When a Federal-Mogul Corporation's work volume increased five years ago with Ford Motor Company to manufacture polytetraflouroethylene (Teflon) PTFE piston rings, they turned to automated CNC turning centers to turn out millions of rings per year.
Five Fold Growth Forged With CNC Turning Centers
This shop saw its production volume mushroom after it began making tooling for the hot forging of automotive and non-automotive engine valves.
Thread Rolling Heads Keeps The Wheels Of Racing Turning
During an auto race, where fractions of a second mean the difference between winning and losing, nobody wants to stop and examine the thread quality of a wheel stud. Yet wheel stud threads are extremely important, especially when you consider that ...
Bringing Short Run Turning To Bar Machines
Fast job changes on a bar-fed CNC lathe is just wishful thinking if it takes forever to change over the bar feeder. Swiss-Tech Inc., a Delavan, Wisconsin screw machine shop that specializes in Swiss-type parts, was mindful of that fact when it purc...
Twin Spindle Vertical Lathe Provides Flexibility In Addition To Increased Production
At IMTS 94, Jerry Mutter, the owner of Advance Machine Works in Richmond, Virginia, was looking for a new lathe with a few specific requirements.
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