Articles

Just-in-Time: Just a Little Too Far?

For many machining facilities, business has picked up suddenly and dramatically—and that’s OK!

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Likelihood of Buying Capital Equipment Grows

The latest “30-second survey” conducted by Modern Machine Shop shows that 20 percent of respondents say they are very likely to buy capital equipment in the next 12 months.

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Upbeat in Pittsburgh

Vendors and potential customers discuss the latest products in the precision-machined parts industry during the Technical Member Exhibits.

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Automotive

Has Lean Become Too Extreme?

Surges in demand reveal a weakness of just-in-time supply chains.

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Improving Machine Tool Accuracy with Volumetric Compensation

The Etalon LaserTRACER from Optical Gaging Products, Inc. is designed to make it simpler and faster to measure and compensate for changes in accuracy throughout a machine’s volume.

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How Proactive is KitchenAid about Machine Maintenance?

Learn about KitchenAid’s approach to OEE in June’s cover story.

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Outsource Regionally Instead of Nationally

The logic of “offshoring” often makes more sense when there is no shore involved. Considerable savings can result from sending work to different regions of the USA.

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Basics

When Pigs Fly

Makino will host a Global Titanium Day on Thursday, May 20th at its Mason, Ohio Global Titanium R&D Center.

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April Industrial Production up 13%

Consumer durable goods industrial production in April was up 13.2% compared to April 2009.

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CAD/CAM

Balanced Machining Is Faster Machining

NC program optimization software initially helped Bell Helicopter’s Drive Systems Center machine titanium faster by balancing cutting forces. The manufacturer now uses it to improve cycle times for aircraft parts made from other metals, too.

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Determining Machining Effectiveness, Not Guessing It

KitchenAid uses Overall Equipment Effectiveness to determine in real numbers the impact individual machine tools have on parts production for its stand mixers. In doing so, it brings actual machining processes closer to ideal ones.

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Oil & Gas

Removing Unwanted Oil—in Coolant or in the Gulf

This floating oil skimmer uses Abanaki’s Fuzzy2 to more effectively collect oil from the surface of open waters.

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