March 2009 ISSUE
Safety Courses Designed for this Industry
As a business owner, you want to provide your employees with a safe work environment. You want everyone at your business to go home whole and healthy every evening. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
FEATURES
MachinesCAM For Multitasking Operations
While still running a few different CAM systems in the shop, this manufacturer of aerospace and oil and gas industry components has implemented what it sees as the ideal package for programming its multitasking work.
Turning Machines
Investment Pays Off For Contract Shop
This shop added a CNC multi-spindle to its operation and reduced its cycle time and setup time.
My Favorite Photograph
Here’s my favorite photo. I took it in Chicago’s Millennium Park a couple of years ago during a break from a conference. It’s a little girl playing in a fountain.
Turning Machines
Reinventing The Multi-Spindle's Spindle Drive
Applying CNC to a multi-spindle machine must deal with the problem of independently powering each of the main spindles. A machine, new to the North American market, overcomes this problem with a unique approach.
Safety Courses Designed for this Industry
As a business owner, you want to provide your employees with a safe work environment. You want everyone at your business to go home whole and healthy every evening. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
Shop Finds Success With Swiss Machine And Tooling Technology
Tooling a Swiss-type machine is the second biggest decision a shop makes when intsalling a new machine. With the help of two OEM's, the New Jersey shop got it right out of the gate.
Tooling
Watkins Manufacturing Inc.
Watkins Manufacturing has been doing business in the Cincinnati area since the late 1800s. The company manufactured a variety of products during its long history as a job shop. In the 1960s, Watkins developed a unique cutoff process for internal use.
Mitch Free : Are We Being Commoditized?
Chris Koepfer: Exceed Expectations
Matthew J. Miller: Managing A Business In Preparation Of A Sale