Derek Korn Editor-in-Chief

1 May 2016

Lean Manufacturing Is No Less Important

There are a variety of new production technologies coming onto the scene, but lean manufacturing should remain a shop’s underpinning.

25 Apr 2016

Mass Finishing in a Less Frenetic Fashion

Finishing systems with robotic loading capability can enable complex parts to be deburred, polished or smoothed without bumping into each other and causing them to be damaged.

4 Apr 2016

Lean No Less Important

Lean manufacturing shouldn’t become lost in the shuffle of today’s emerging part-production technologies, strategies and approaches.

1 Apr 2016

Sizing Up Rotary Table Advantages

Smaller may be better when it comes to rotary tables that enable a three-axis VMC to do five-axis machining.

1 Apr 2016

New “Cobot” ISO/TS a Good Next Step

The recently published ISO/TS 15066 offers guidance to ensure the safety of people working alongside collaborative robots, but future refinement is expected.

22 Mar 2016

Like Playing Air Hockey on Your CMM

But not really. A new air-assist fixturing capability helps CMM operators glide heavy workpieces into place for part inspection.

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8 Mar 2016

The Value of Open-Book Management

For this shop, it helped motivate employees to work more efficiently because they can readily see how their performance affects the company’s bottom line.

1 Mar 2016

More Effective Deep-Hole Drilling with MQL

A dual-margin design enables a series of drills from Nachi to create holes with large length-to-diameter ratios with minimum quantity lubrication.

1 Mar 2016

Is Your Shop an Open Book?

An open-book management style might help motivate employees to work more efficiently because they can readily see how their performance affects the company’s bottom line.

1 Mar 2016

Shop's Own Training Program Paves a Pathway to Employee Success

This shop developed a Web- and video-based training program tailored to its own specific practices that enables new hires to progress in stages from trainee to senior process engineer after demonstrating a clear understanding of each new skill they’ve acquired.