Automotive

CAD/CAM 3 Jun 2011

The In-House Advantage

A shop that introduced its own product realizes the advantages of designing and machining a part under the same roof.

Automotive 14 Apr 2011

Move to Single-Pass Honing Cuts Stator Scrap

This automotive Tier 1 supplier reduced scrap on its variable valve timing (VVT) stator bores by replacing roller burnishing operations with a Sunnen VSS-2 single-stroke honing machine.

Automotive 14 Dec 2010

Machining for Air Quality

Honing experts describe the significance of this machining process for meeting the most recent emissions standards affecting cars, trucks and other vehicles.

Automotive 15 Nov 2010

My Evening at Andretti Autosport

DMG/Mori Seiki invited me to visited Andretti Autosport in Indianapolis. Here’s a slideshow of some of the neat machining- and racing-related things I saw there.

Turn/Mill 12 Nov 2010

Recognizing the Swiss Advantage

A growing number of job shops have realized that multifunction Swiss-type lathes can make them more competitive. This Ohio shop explains how and why it integrated its first Swiss-types and shares some of what it has learned along the way.

Metalworking Fluids 24 Sep 2010

The Many Ways Ford Benefits from MQL

Clean machining using minimum quantity lubrication has allowed Ford’s Van Dyke transmission plant to become fundamentally more efficient and effective at manufacturing six-speed automatic transmissions.

Automotive 24 Sep 2010

Automotive Machining in Motion

A number of videos showing innovative ways to manufacture automotive components has recently been added to MMS Online. Read about the technologies here and then click to see them in action.

Automotive 24 Sep 2010

Taking Spindle Health Seriously

Minimizing machine downtime became all the more important as this shop began targeting higher-production automotive work. To that end, it is in the early stages of implementing predictive spindle monitoring technology to head off problems that could take out key machines for extended periods of time.

Automotive 24 Sep 2010

Automotive Emotion

This isn’t your father’s auto industry. Shops that will succeed serving auto customers must continue to identify ways to improve flexibility and efficiency.