September 2005 ISSUE
Electropolishing Returns To The Surface
Manufacturing engineers are taking a closer look at some old-line processes to help solve some critical metal surface problems. Electropolishing is one such process worthy of closer inspection.
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MeasurementConformance, Traceability And Measurement Uncertainty In Coordinate Metrology
Customer-supplier disagreements over product compliance to specifications often are costly to the parties involved. Recognition of measurement uncertainty when determining conformance to geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) specifications has risen in recent years. This article will focus on some important developments in this arena.
Electropolishing Returns To The Surface
Manufacturing engineers are taking a closer look at some old-line processes to help solve some critical metal surface problems. Electropolishing is one such process worthy of closer inspection.
Member Profile: Curtis Screw Company
Curtis Screw Company, LLC is marking 100 years in business this year. By coincidence, the Buffalo, New York-based manufacturer is also moving its headquarters to a larger, more modern building. The company recently began relocating most of its operations to a 150,000 square-foot facility in Buffalo, leaving a building that it had occupied since 1908. The move is expected to be complete this fall.
Non-Contact Digital Measurement
The Digital ShadowGage from Resec Systems Inc. (Bergenfield, New Jersey) is designed to provide better and faster inspection, measurement and data collection. This system digitizes all dimensions of a piece, so the user can read off any dimensions exactly as they would be read from a print.
PM News: FMB Machinery USA Joins Forces With Hydromat Inc.
FMB Machinery USA (West Caldwell, New Jersey), a full-line manufacturer and global leader in bar feeder technology, has announced that Hydromat Inc.’s Bar Feeding Group (St. Louis, Missouri) will be a North American distributor of its magazine bar feeders and robotics line beginning January 1, 2006.
Shop Management Software
Shop Management Software Helps All The Shop's Managers
Here’s a case where free shop management software proved so valuable to a company that it purchased three more seats of it in a short amount of time.
Swiss Shop Gears Up For Larger Parts
If increasing sales is a priority, offer customers a bigger selection of products and services. That is part of the strategy that has made Bryco Machine, Inc. (Tinley Park, Illinois) one of the fastest-growing precision turning shops in the Chicago area.
Things I Learned At Steel Success Strategies XX
I recently attended the Steel Success Strategies conference in New York City. My purpose was to find out what is going on in the world markets for our steel raw materials. The following comments were of such broad interest and applicability, I thought I’d pass them along for your review.
Web Site Leads Shop To Nearby Customers
Nebraska Machine Products (Omaha, Nebraska), established in 1966, has grown to be one of the largest screw machine shops in the state. Yet, it’s still very much a family business. Like any other job shop, the company has faced dwindling orders from a declining customer base and increased competition for the domestic work that remains. Therefore, it is preoccupied with finding new customers and has discovered that the solution is often to use nontraditional approaches to locate more markets.
Chris Felix: Change Is Inevitable, So Make The Most Of It
Allan (A. J.) Sweatt : Job Shop Web Site Examples
Rudy Lederer and Howard Siegel: Profit Improvement Programs
Chris Koepfer: Supplier Chain Musical Chairs
Mitch Free : Give Customers What They Want