MMS Blog
In a Machine Shop, the Labor of Lean is Data-Driven
Approximating single-piece flow in a job shop environment requires an ongoing commitment to analyzing and acting on evidence.
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Additive Manufacturing in the Age of COVID-19
Reporting from the front lines of the fight against Coronavirus — how my journey began.
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OEMs and Job Shops See Metal Additive Manufacturing Differently
When should a machine shop consider production metal 3D printing? Part of the answer might be when that machine shop also does design. Cobra Aero is a small shop thriving with AM, because it’s also an OEM.
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At Purdue University, Emergency Production of PPE and Ventilator Fittings
After campus had largely shut down, several labs and departments at the venerated engineering school organized with local hospitals to manufacture critical parts needed to fight the coronavirus.
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What Makes Smart Robots Smart?
How manufacturing technology “thinks,” and the extent to which it should, are critical considerations in applying artificial intelligence intelligently.
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Pandemic Proves Value of Manufacturing Software Automation
Fast turnaround of a face shield and a ventilator illustrate the value of digital, data-driven manufacturing processes in responding to the novel coronavirus.
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Manufacturing Association Aids Shop’s Pivot to Ventilator Parts
After reaching out to the Austin Regional Manufacturers Association, a shop that typically serves oil and gas and heavy industry was able to quickly fill an order for ventilator parts.
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Team Thinking Helps Donson Machine with Nickel Alloy Ventilator Part Production
This shop has taken unusual steps to draw on its strengths as a well-equipped machining facility with a skilled workforce to match.
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Metalworking Activity Collapses as Coronavirus Forces Broad Economic Contraction
The reading hits a record low as new orders contract, exports shrink and unemployment soars.
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Aerospace Machine Shop Uses Past Prototype for Quick Ventilator Part Turnaround
Win-Tech Inc. is one of the many manufacturing facilities shifting focus to fulfill urgent medical needs during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Shop Starts Work on Custom Drill for Ventilators Before Purchase Order Came
When this Indiana toolmaker saw an order for cutting tools to make ventilators for coronavirus patients, his workers started grinding before the customer officially hired them.
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Die Maker Describes Five-Day Build for Tool Urgently Needed for Coronavirus Ventilator Production
Running 11 five-axis machines simultaneously, a die maker reduced a five week lead time to just five days. Here’s how.
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