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What gives a mold shop an advantage in today's competitive global marketplace? The latest machining technology clearly provides an advantage. That's certainly one of the themes that this issue of Modern Machine Shop is meant to convey.
So far, Made in the USA has looked into system-wide effects of broken supply chains, automation, skilled workforce issues and our perception of manufacturing jobs — examining each topic through a prism of individual experiences. For this final episode for Season 1, let’s look at one more system-wide question and bring it back to personal perspectives: Is there today a new dawn, a new moment for American manufacturing?
The molds needed for this racing project required 36 hours of machining time, so the team also enlisted the help of Vericut software from CGTech. Incorporating this software, the Cincinnati machine tool used didn't miss a minute of regular production time.
Bent River Machine, located in Clarkdale, Arizona, provides contract manufacturing services and designs and builds custom factory automation. After building a brand new facility in a beautiful rural setting in 1997, Bent River Machine redirected its business to more effectively respond to the needs of its customers.
This shop’s experience of successfully machining a micro aneurysm clip in silicon nitride ceramic points out the need to have CAD, CAM and CNC capability at high resolution—plus the commitment to pull it all together.
Readiness needs to be assessed on multiple fronts as companies seek to industrialize additive manufacturing.
The two divisions within this business machine complex parts for the medical and aerospace industries. So in that sense they’re shops. However, in order to grow with their customers, they realized they had to be more than just providers of good parts. They needed to serve as their customers’ manufacturing partners.
Today, the lack of skilled manufacturing employees is the major problem holding this company back. To clear the way for growth tomorrow, the company is determined to solve this problem. The answer is an internal university for developing the skills of every current employee and new hire, including many who have never set foot in a machine shop before.
The changes are touted as providing better support to the company’s customers in the region.
For aircraft components machined out of plate stock, this shop roughs with abrasive waterjet before finishing with conventional milling. Removing roughing from the machining center cuts cost and lead time.
