December 2009 ISSUE
Quick Change for Screw Machines
New quick-change dovetail form toolholders bring lean operations at a lean price.
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ToolholdersQuick Change for Screw Machines
New quick-change dovetail form toolholders bring lean operations at a lean price.
2009--Precision Machining Industry Shoots the Rapids
The year 2009 will be remembered by many of us as a teacher—a cruel teacher, perhaps—but a teacher, nevertheless. There are several important lessons that we learned as an industry, as small- to medium-sized businesses and as manufacturers.
Workholding
Change This Chuck: Save Setup Time
Quick change workholding is one way shops are reducing setup when dealing with higher-mix/ lower-voulme work.
Swiss-Types
Continuous Improvement Streamlines Throughput on CNC Swiss-types
Applying continuous improvement is how this Swiss shop keeps ahead of the crowd.
Executive Dashboard Helps Drive the Business
Doing more with less is the order of the day. Quickly understanding how a business is doing on a daily (even hourly) basis is key to decision making.
Micron Celebrates Receipt of Nobel Prize of Manufacturing
Micron Manufacturing Company of Walker, Mich. , recently celebrated its receipt of the 2009 Shingo Silver Medallion for Operational Excellence.
Chris Koepfer: Good Riddance, 2009
Mitch Free : Is Exporting the Answer to What Ails U.S. Manufacturing?
Alan J. Hartman and Kate N. Koch: A Legal Check-Up