FEATURES

Workholding

Bar Handling Made Easy

DuPage Machine Products, Inc., Bloomingdale, Illinois,  puts the TV strongmen to shame every day by moving thousands of pounds of steel thousands of feet—without breaking a sweat. He has a readily accessible material storage system and a crane system that enables him to deliver bundles of barstock from storage to any production screw machine in the shop.

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Turning Machines

CNC Upgrades Breathe New Life Into Brownies

Used in lean manufacturing processes, multis can suffer from long setup times. Upgraded Brownies often compete very favorably with multis on medium-length runs.

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Compact Parts Cleaner Satisfies Company's Environmental And Productivity Concern

This company discovered a hydrocarbon cleaning system that promised to be both productive and environmentally friendly. The system combines immersion cleaning, injection flood washing and vapor degreasing with vacuum drying, reducing emissions to virtually zero.

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Manufacturing In The USA

Horn USA believes in being involved in the manufacturing community. Membership in the PMPA as a technical member and in the ISMA has afforded us the opportunity to learn about the difficulties others in the manufacturing community have faced during the economic slowdown and what is being done about it.

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Turning Machines

Monitoring Perishable Tools On Automatics

Monitoring tool wear is an essential component to getting greater productivity and lower costs from a machine tool.

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Washington Doesn’t Get It . . . Yet

More than 200 manufacturers — 25 of them representing Precision Machined Products Association member companies — recently carried a message of an industry in crisis to more than 120 members of Congress or staff.

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What Can I Do Today That Will Make The Most Money For My Company?

Those of you who have heard me speak at district programs know that the above question is the fifth point of my internal compass. Taking a look at this question in light of your shop’s situation will be time well spent, I assure you. Here are some ways to make your company money by improving overall performance.

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Machines

CNC Transfer Machine Boasts Short-Run Flexibility

More and more manufacturers are requiring their precision machined parts suppliers to enter into just-in-time (JIT) relationships in which smaller order quantities are supplied at more frequent intervals.

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