Workforce Development
Mori Seiki Expands U.S. Headquarters, Training Opportunities
Machine tool builder Mori Seiki has announced that it will move its U.S. headquarters to a larger facility this year. The expansion will accommodate the growth of the company's Chicago office since becoming the national headquarters in 2005. The new facility is currently in the planning stages and will be located
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Molding Personnel
This mold shop has a full-time employee devoted to nothing but training.
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Using Twin-Table Machines To Maximize Spindle Uptime
By integrating twin-table, bridge-style machining centers, this shop virtually eliminates spindle downtime during job chang-eovers. An operator can safely set up a new job on a table located outside the machine's workzone while the machine mills a workpiece fixtured on the other table.
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Direct Edge Finding Via Laser
A laser edge finder offers a direct method for locating workpiece edges that can save setup time.
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Employee-Driven Software Purchase Saves Time, Money
Ideas about new ways of doing things don't always come from the upper tiers of management. At this facility, a CAD package that a shop floor employee had been using for home projects transformed the company's design process.
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Not every buyer of a new machine tool takes advantage of the training that goes with it. “We’re too busy.
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It Begins With Belief
This shop’s approach to unattended machining focuses on the big picture.
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Lean Manufacturing For The Job Shop
Lean practices are not just for predictable production. Here are the common-sense ways this low-volume job shop has implemented a leaner process.
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Macro Economics
Instead of NC programs that are dedicated to particular parts and machines, this plant now uses macro programs that react to geometric variations across broad part families. The plant wrote these macros itself, and the return on this investment has been dramatically greater productivity.
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