Eli Plaskett

Eli Plaskett Senior Associate Editor

5 Tips for Running a Profitable Aerospace Shop

Aerospace machining is a demanding and competitive sector of manufacturing, but this shop demonstrates five ways to find aerospace success.

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Digital Solutions Dominate TIMTOS

At TIMTOS, many OEMs highlighted solutions designed to overcome challenges that may sound familiar to U.S. manufacturers.

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Shop Replaces Two Verticals With One Horizontal

By trading two VMCs in to help finance the purchase of a new HMC, this shop was able to significantly increase production and move to lights-out machining.

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Oil & Gas

Dielectric Oil Dramatically Reduces EDM Maintenance

Plagued by repeated small fires that interrupted its wire EDM throughput, this cutting tool manufacturer changed its dielectric oil and both eliminated fires and reduced its oil consumption.

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Shop Moves to Aerospace Machining With Help From ERP

Coastal Machine is an oil and gas shop that pivoted to aerospace manufacturing with the help of an ERP system that made the certification process simple.

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Automation

Reducing Prep Work With Precision Blanks

Precision blanks can reduce or eliminate prep work on machine centers, making spindle time more productive and improving throughput.

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Automation

Simple Workholding for Robotic Automation

Robotic automation relies on reliable workholding, and these modular pneumatic jaws make it simple.

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Automation

Building Capacity Through Automation

Stecker Machine, a production shop that specialized in runs of a couple hundred parts, needed to develop highly automated cells to produce tens of thousands of complex parts from castings every year.

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IMTS

IMTS is the Place for Aerospace

The aerospace industry will receive a lot of attention at IMTS, as conferences explore both the material and process needs of the complex, advanced industry. (Check out the slideshow for aerospace industry highlights!)

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IMTS

Medical Manufacturing Must-sees

The realm of medical manufacturing includes precision cleaning, exacting tolerances, additive manufacturing, ins and outs of FDA clearance and more. Anyone in the industry can learn more and keep up to date with latest in medical manufacturing at IMTS.

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IMTS

EDMs Spark Interest

MC Machinery is showing off its suite of EDMs and milling machines designed for die/mold applications.

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IMTS

DN Solutions: New Name, Same Company

While the company’s name has changed, its goal at this IMTS is to reassure customers that its commitment to manufacturing has not.

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