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HOW TO MANAGE THE OPERATING COSTS OF MIG WELDING
Kevin Beardsley of Lincoln Electric explores some areas to concentrate on that will quickly and easily help you manage the costs of your MIG welding operations.
A TEMPLATE FOR WORLD-CLASS SAFETY
Achieving a robust safety management system that supports ? not impedes ? productivity isn?t expensive or all that complicated, and yet relatively few organizations are able to achieve a satisfactory worker safety program. Phil La Duke of OE Learning asks why.
STARTING POINT
Where do I start? That’s the question many manufacturers want to know when implementing lean manufacturing methods. Rick Bohan is the principal of Chagrin River Consulting provides the answer.
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
A Zimmermann portal milling center gives Volvo Aero Connecticut the power and torque needed to cut engine fan cases, plus the accuracy to turn the machine tool into a coordinate measuring machine that inspects finished parts.
A PLACE IN THE SUN
A portable CMM from Faro Technologies reduced the inspection time from two hours to only 30 minutes on complex and larger parts at aerospace manufacturer Sun Country Industries.
BUILDING THE BOTTLE AROUND THE SHIP
Aerospace manufacturer Kennebec Technologies needed to measure larger parts but didn’t have the space, so it bought a new Wenzel CMM and then expanded its inspection facility and standardized its equipment and software around the new system.
AEROSPACE PROFILER SETS BENCHMARKS
Developed for high-output machining of large monolithic aluminum or titanium aerospace parts, the 5-axis HyperMach H-series from MAG Americas turns the typical profiler concept on its side.
LAUNCHED IN SPACE
To stay at the forefront of composites manufacturing in aerospace, EADS Casa Espacio purchased an automated fiber placement system from MAG Industrial Automation that is the most advanced manufacturing equipment for complex-geometry 3D structures.
GREEN METALWORKING FLUID SOARS IN AEROSPACE MARKET
This premium emulsion metal removal fluid from Master Chemical Corporation delivers unparalleled physical lubricity for exceptional surface finish on difficult-to-machine aluminum alloys, exotics, stainless, and high-tensile strength steels.
GET IT IN GEAR
When Bradley-Thompson Tool Company received an order to machine a large number of aerospace gear box castings, new measuring capability was required . . . and Xspect Solutions met the challenge with the right CMM, the necessary accessories and immediate software assistance.
TAILOR MADE
Running TDM Systems software in a parallel structure to its own has improved the ability of aerospace manufacturer GE Aviation to manage more than 85 CNC machines with more than 3,000 tool assemblies and some 20,000 individual tool items.
FEEL THE HEAT
An innovative tube bending cell from Unison links to the tube mill and outputs to the annealer to slash end-to-end cycle time and revolutionize the production of heat exchanger elements at RathGibson by using software-controlled roll-forming to bend precision U-shaped parts.
