July 2015 ISSUE

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July 2015 |
COVER STORY

High Reliability Solvent Cleaning in Today’s Environment

Cleaning systems must be safe, efficient, effective and environmentally compliant.

FEATURES

Transfer Machines

An American Success Story

For 155 years, Wilson Bohannan has manufactured padlocks. It survives by innovation and continuous technological investments.

As Time Goes By

What is undeniable is that we boomers are on the downhill slide. Many of us are not done yet, but we can see it from here.

Business Travel not Glamourous, but Rewarding

I recently visited four different suppliers within a 3-week span where I learned about new equipment and technology.

Craftsman's Cribsheet: Ra & Rz: Communication is Key

Everyone will agree that open lines of communication with your customers is key to running a successful business, and nowhere is that more evident than in setting expectations before a job even begins.
Parts Cleaning

High Reliability Solvent Cleaning in Today’s Environment

Cleaning systems must be safe, efficient, effective and environmentally compliant.

Precision Machining from the Reshoring Perspective

Precision-machined parts production once sent offshore to take advantage of low cost foreign labor is starting to return to the United States.

Problem Solving or Waiting for Rescue

Are your operators competent problem solvers?
Measurement

Project Puts Metrology Company on the 3D Map

High precision 3D mapping supports installation of a new beam transport line for scientific research.
Parts Cleaning

The Drive to Meet Strict Cleaning Standards

A high production stamping facility ups its game in process cleaning.

Champion Screw Machine Engineering Focuses on Leadership in Job Training and Service Needs

Champion Screw Machine Engineering was founded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1945 by brothers John and B.J.

NIMS and Gene Haas Foundation Announce Scholarships for Young Manufacturing Talent

The 2015 GHF-NIMS-SkillsUSA Scholarship Program awarded more than $200,000 in scholarship funds to students who competed in three manufacturing events at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference (NLSC) in Louisville, Kentucky, June 22-26.

Technically Speaking - Positive Outlook

...optimum value for the time and money investment. Implementing just one idea from the conference pays back the time/fee investment many times over.

The Right Climate for Cold Forming

Today, the cold forming process is capable of delivering precision engineered parts with as much as 80 percent less scrap than machining processes.

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