Automotive
Racing to Create Custom Pistons
Laser scanning technology enables this automotive aftermarket company to design and machine custom sets of pistons in short order.
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Ten Technologies Supporting Performance Racing
This slide show contains a variety of manufacturing solutions on display at the recent Performance Racing Industry Show.
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More Effective Camshaft Machining
A leading manufacturer of high-performance valve train components installed a twin spindle/twin-turret lathe to bring camshaft machining work in-house. Here, the company explains how it has become more effective using its multifunction lathe to produce small batches of custom racing camshafts.
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The In-House Advantage
A shop that introduced its own product realizes the advantages of designing and machining a part under the same roof.
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Move to Single-Pass Honing Cuts Stator Scrap
This automotive Tier 1 supplier reduced scrap on its variable valve timing (VVT) stator bores by replacing roller burnishing operations with a Sunnen VSS-2 single-stroke honing machine.
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Machining for Air Quality
Honing experts describe the significance of this machining process for meeting the most recent emissions standards affecting cars, trucks and other vehicles.
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My Evening at Andretti Autosport
DMG/Mori Seiki invited me to visited Andretti Autosport in Indianapolis. Here’s a slideshow of some of the neat machining- and racing-related things I saw there.
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Recognizing the Swiss Advantage
A growing number of job shops have realized that multifunction Swiss-type lathes can make them more competitive. This Ohio shop explains how and why it integrated its first Swiss-types and shares some of what it has learned along the way.
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The Many Ways Ford Benefits from MQL
Clean machining using minimum quantity lubrication has allowed Ford’s Van Dyke transmission plant to become fundamentally more efficient and effective at manufacturing six-speed automatic transmissions.
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Automotive Machining in Motion
A number of videos showing innovative ways to manufacture automotive components has recently been added to MMS Online. Read about the technologies here and then click to see them in action.
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