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As CFO and COO of global IT solutions provider Future Tech Enterprise Inc., Robert Johnson oversees the full range of operations, logistics and supply chain, including more than a combined 18,000 square feet of warehouse space across multiple locations.
At the core of just about every type of business is a supply chain, and as the economy continues becoming more global in nature, it’s more challenging for companies to ensure that their supply chains are operating at peak efficiency.
Maintaining a high level of efficiency is particularly important in tech, given the industry’s complexity and the large number of partners and vendors in tech supply chains.
Read MoreBy: Chris Felix 4/2/2019
The Fruits of Labor
Standing out in a crowd can be very rewarding.
The secret of joy in work is contained in one word—excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.
— Pearl S. Buck
It’s nice when a hard day’s work brings with it some reward. For most of us at least, money can be a strong motivator. In many instances we may be able to find our way into work situations where hard work literally pays off—the more we do and the better we do it, the more money we earn. For many people, this situation is sufficient, and it’s hard to argue its fairness. But there’s more to life than only money.
Read MoreBy: Julia Hider 4/1/2019
Discovering the Benefits of Collet Chucks
The Quick-Grip collet chuck system from Royal Products is designed for fast change-over. It includes an installation tool that uses steel pins to pick up and compress the collet so the user can easily position it in the machine.
The Quick-Grip collets also have a wider gripping range than traditional collets due to its use of vulcanized rubber between the metal segments. A wider gripping range enables customers to run materials with higher variances or perform multiple machining operations using the same collet.
Conventional spring-action collets (shown on the left) only clamp the workpiece at the end of the collet, but the vulcanized rubber in the QG collets (shown on the right) provides parallel clamping along the entire portion of the workpiece inside the collet. The added rigidity helps enable the production of highly accurate parts, reduces tooling costs and increases throughput.
Collet chucks also require significantly less maintenance than three-jaw chucks, which need to be greased and turned regularly. The vulcanized rubber in the Quick-Grip collets also helps prevent chip contamination.
Workholding can affect many aspects of the machining process, but it often is not given enough attention. Many shops are content to use whichever workholding system comes with the machine. If it gets the job done, they don’t give it another thought—unless they have to. But once a shop does take a closer look at its workholding, it can lead to improvements in several different areas of the part production process.
One such workholding option is a collet chuck. To get more information, we spoke with Matt Block, a regional business manager with Royal Products. Royal provides a range of workholding options, including several lines of collet chucks.
Read More3/29/2019
Change for the Better, Better Together
“Your PMPA executive team has a vision that advances the interests and deliverables available for our members through collaboration and progress with our longtime partner, Gardner Business Media.”
“Your PMPA executive team has a vision that advances the interests and deliverables available for our members through collaboration and progress with our longtime partner, Gardner Business Media.”
“Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” – Khalil Gibran
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On Wednesday, April 3, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., the 2019 Parts Cleaning Conference, held in conjunction with PMTS 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio, will present the Basics and Best Practices Track, where industry professionals will present on such topics as cleaning agent testing, safe alternatives to cleaning methods, aqueous precision cleaning 101, and the benefits of aqueous parts cleaning. See the full agenda of speakers here, which includes Barbara and Ed Kanegsberg with BFK Solutions, and Darren Williams, Sam Houston State University; Alicia McCarthy with Toxics Use Reduction Institute; Yangsheng Zhang from BHC; and Chuck Sexton from Kyzen.
The Critical Track, held Thursday, April 4, from 8 to 11 a.m., will cover critical cleaning in automotive applications and how to achieve these cleanliness requirements; cleaning of medical devices and implants, and the importance of cleaning sensitive electronics and more. The speaker lineup includes Remi Mercier from Proceco; Raymond Wu with Chemours; Henry Ederle from Technotrade International Inc./ Borer Chemie AG; Mike Valenti with Hubbard-Hall; and Malcolm McLaughlin at Alconox. See the full agenda here.
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