FEATURES

Check Your Company's Attitude

If you are in manufacturing, no one has to tell you how tough the last few years have been. But you are still here, aren’t you? Just the fact that you are reading this magazine proves that you are still engaged. You are still looking for new tools, methods and ideas that will help you and your company win.

 

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Delivering What The Customer Wants

How Prince Industries Mixes Manufacturing With Off-Shore Sourcing

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Machines

Making Transfer Machines More Flexible

Are your lot sizes too big for machining centers but too small for dedicated transfer machines? Here's a solution.

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Preventing Metal Corrosion with Metalworking Fluids

All manufacturers deal with metal corrosion and rust. Learn about the causes of metal corrosion and options for preventing it. 

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Turning Machines

'Shaving Time'

Shaving a part is primarily done to ensure that proper tolerances on a part are maintained due to reasons such as head locking issues and cutting dynamics. Shops now expect tooling to produce error-proof machining, maintain step and lateral relativity, reduce grind stock and eliminate secondary operations.

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Machines

Solving Subspindle Part-Ejection Problems

When parts fail to eject properly from the subspindle of a four-axis lathe or Swiss screw machine, the result can be hours of downtime and a big bill to repair the damage. If you are plagued by this problem, you will be interested in the Subspindle Part Ejection Device (SPED) made by Zenna Industries.

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Supplier Consolidation Can Create Major Problems

Consolidation among steel bar suppliers is creating a variety of issues for precision parts manufacturers.

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The Montagues' Kindred Spirit

Almost since doctors first told them their son Jerod had severe cerebral palsy, Jim and Lois Montague have been preparing for the day when they would no longer be capable of taking care of him. What the Montagues didn’t plan for was being at the forefront of building a $2 million, 11,000-square-foot group home to house 30-year-old Jerod and seven other severely handicapped young adults.

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What's Our Business?

We’ve heard it ad nauseam: Manufacturing is changing. Well, that’s a big Duh! I think it’s a safe bet that most of us understand change is happening. How to deal with that change is really the question.

 

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