CNC & Machine Controls
Globally Integrated Machining
To serve global customers, this company manufactures plastic injection molds on a global basis. It does this not by outsourcing to overseas shops but rather by partnering with the right ones. The key is consistency from mold to mold, continent to continent.
Read MoreThinking Outside The Cut
A Silicon Valley manufacturer's survival strategy involves closer relationships with customers, and high speed machining is crucial to this. The shop pays particular attention to the process factors that affect high speed machining before the cut takes place.
Read MoreCutting The Learning Curve
A grinding shop in western Pennsylvania uses self-teaching CNCs to boost productivity.
Read MoreUsing The Machine Tool As A Gage
On-machine inspection probing keeps jet engine production flying.
Read MoreWinning The Door Prize
The accuracy of this shop's five-axis gantry-type profiler helped it land the job of machining the engine-bay doors for the F/A-22.
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