Article From: 12/6/2005 Production Machining, PMPA: Precision Machined Products Association
PMPA members use e-mail Listserves to share ideas, solve problems, sell excess material and equipment, and learn about new business opportunities. Here is a list of what was discussed during the month of September:
- Shopfloor design program
- 4-day, 10-hour work week
- Milling cutters
- C12L14 replacement
- Third quarter economic analysis
- Member shop looking for open capacity
- RoHS restriction of hazardous substances
- New Britain repair
- Problems with generating 3/4 - 6 Acme ID thread
- Two-step anodize
- Chip control
- DIN 1747
- Saline deburring
- Sources for hex material
- Special thread gages
- Bearing bronze and pick-up distortion
- Miyano X spindle unit
- Gun drilling source
- Cutting off and facing problems
- Solvent distilling
- Thread specs for 15/32-32 internal thread
- Chips in ring gages
- GD&T software
- External documents
- Nickel and silver plates
- Vision sorting
- CPK & PPAP
- Platers’ accountability
- Profilometer
Remember that you must be a PMPA member to subscribe to the PMPA Listserves and to receive the benefits.
