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A New Business Model for Contract Manufacturing
In this new book, Brad Hart, CEO of Roberts Tool Company, describes how a manufacturer of aerospace components can meet the customer’s price and achieve healthy profits by building effective processes for the right kind of work. Read my review of this book here.
Read MoreToo Short for Swiss? Try This
The Quicktech TT-42 from Absolute Machine Tools is designed to provide the benefits of Swiss-type machining for parts that don’t require a guide bushing.
Read MoreA Different Type of Shrink-Fit Machine for Micro Work
Horizontal orientation is a distinguishing design element of this compact new shrink-fit machine.
Read MoreVideo: Time-Saving Workholding
Two Erowa workholding devices can help mold shops save time and work more efficiently.
WatchTop Shops 2012: Toth Technologies
Because this multi-niche shop does more than precision machining, management refers to it as a “Manufacturing Technology Center,” not a “shop.”
Read MoreMBI Grows for 35 Months
With a reading of 51.2, the June Metalworking Business Index showed that the metalworking industry has grown for almost three years.
Read MoreTop Shops 2012: McCoy
The two prime reasons for this smallish company’s success are establishing an effective process and having a lean manufacturing mindset.
Read MoreTop Shops 2012: Hoyt USA
Lean manufacturing has enabled this company to become more efficient at producing its advanced bows.
Read MoreRise of the Machines
A Spanish research organization is making progress in efforts to enable robots to safely work side-by-side with humans.
Read MoreMazak Expands Midwest Technology Center
Learn about the machine tool builder’s expanded facility in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Read MoreKellenberger Opens New Facility for Large Part Machining
New building facilitates complete machining of large workpieces such as the bases for the company’s grinders, which are some of the most precise in the world. The design and layout of the facility are a model for large part machining.
Read MoreTour of Kellenberger's Large Part Machining Center
Tour of Kellenberger's Large Part Machining Center
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