A Gold Standard Industrial Engineer
By: Matthew Kirchner
Here’s how to define what we call a “Gold Standard Industrial Engineer.”
#basics
A 'Microscopic' Look at ISO 16232 Standard Analysis
By: Peter Feamster, Product Manager, Jomesa North America
This article gives three key points that should be confirmed with a microscope support team or within microscope software to ensure that proper settings are in place to detect, measure and categorize most particles for automotive manufacturing.
Supply Chain or Inflation? The Real Question
By: Miles Free
The precision machined products industry is working overtime and outperforming the rest of the industry to ensure that people have the parts they need.
#pmpa
Machine Shop Owners, Keep Your Eye on Your Equity
By: Craig Ladkin, managing director, Focus Investment Banking
The basis of competition is evolving, and owners are strongly encouraged to develop a strategy that is equity-focused, not sales-focused.
Precision Machining Technology Review December 2021: Parts Cleaning
Edited by Angela Osborne
Production Machining’s Parts Cleaning Showcase includes CTG, Kyzen, Ecoclean, Renegade, Cortec and Solvent Kleene.
Lean Transfer Machine PICCOLA
PICCOLA CNC Lean transfer machine, extremely flexible and productive, able to perform boring, milling, threading, turning operations with static or rotating part. This Machine configuration can be up to 56 units with 3 CNC axes on three ways (vertical from the top, the bottom and radial). (Sponsored)
What Would You Notice in Someone Else’s Shop?
By: Derek Korn
If you’re an owner or manager of a CNC machine shop, do you get to visit other shops often? And, if so, what do you keep an eye out for?
Supply Chain Management Can Work for You
By: Steven Tamasi
A VMI program can reduce cost and also increase speed to market by eliminating the additional time needed to move material from vendor to vendor.
Production Machining’s December 2021 News Highlights
Edited by Angela Osborne
Precision machining is looking forward with new acquisitions and new names, while also looking back to honor industry trailblazers as we head into the New Year. The forecast for this essential industry is looking bright in 2022.
Precision Machining Index Up on the Return of Employees
By: Michael Guckes
Hiring activity lifts overall index.
Smart Workholding Device Measures and Monitors
By: Lori Beckman
Sensor and IIoT technology combine to enable these chucks and mandrels to automatically monitor workholding parameters and measure part features to ensure process stability.
Rising Inflation, Disrupted Supply Chains and a Labor Shortage Affect Manufacturing
By: Steven Kline, Jr.
In 2021, supply chain disruption and rising inflation hit the domestic economy, limiting manufacturing production. These two issues will remain significant factors in 2022.
#workforcedevelopment
4 Leadership Coaching Skills That’ll Make You a Great Leader
By: Todd Palmer
Here are some essential coaching skills to help elevate your leadership to the next level.
#workforcedevelopment
Filling the Tall Order of Inventory Management
By: Derek Korn
Rable Machine continues to refine the inventory management services the shop offers its top customers. It has found that providing these services — something other shops can’t or won’t do — makes it more of a partner with those customers, rather just a vendor.
Video Tech Brief: The Ins and Outs of an Aqueous Parts Cleaner
Ecoclean’s Director of Sales Sandro Siminovich describes how the company’s EcoCwave single-chamber parts cleaning system operates. Further information in the article details the unit’s automated process monitoring system.
Versatile Soft Jaw Introduces One-Size-Fits-All Technology
By: Lori Beckman
This soft jaw technology conforms to any part geometry and does not require removal from the machine tool when switching to a new job. It also saves shops setup and machining time, energy, and cost involved in the design and development of creating a custom soft jaw.
Automated Coolant Management for Multiple CNC Machines
By: Lori Beckman
Manual coolant management can be a roadblock that prevents machine shops from running uninterrupted processes or lights-out machining. This automated coolant management system replenishes coolant to multiple CNC machine tools without human intervention.
#metalworkingfluids
Video Tech Brief: Dual Thread Whirling on a Swiss-Type CNC Lathe
By: Derek Korn
The dual thread whirling units on Tsugami Swiss-type lathes can produce medical bone screws with two different thread leads in one setup, eliminating the need for single-point threading.
Craftsman Cribsheet No. 101: Audit Certifications
By: Miles Free
Quality documentation can aid in problem-solving, but only if it is complete.
#basics #pmpa
Precision Machining Technology Review November 2021: Workholding
Edited by Angela Osborne
Production Machining’s workholding showcase includes SMW Autoblok, Forkhardt, Mate Precision Technologies, Norgren, Jergens and Platinum Tooling.
