March 2011
Ed Zitney, Jr. of SKF Machine Tool Services explores some of the proactive tricks of the trade that can go a long way toward contributing to the health of a spindle.
Keeping your welding costs low goes far beyond buying the lowest priced wire available. You must analyze how welding processes that increase deposition rate and increase productivity will reduce the largest component of welding costs – your labor and overhead. Here’s how to do it.
Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene explains why and how Safety must distinguish discretionary spending from non-discretionary spending and be prepared to explain why a safety initiative must be implemented immediately instead of waiting for a better business climate.
Machine shop Keats Manufacturing and industrial distributor KD Fasteners show how new online strategies are changing the marketing process in ways that can expand manufacturers into new business opportunities, accelerate their growth, and become more profitable.
The Intelligent Industrial Marketer: This white paper from ThomasNet explains how branding influences customers’ buying decisions, and it reveals strategies that industrial manufacturers can employ to encourage more people to buy their brand.
The free market price for natural gas is about two-thirds of the subsidy given to wind, yet wind still cannot compete in the open market. With our nation being challenged to reduce its debt and shrink the federal budget, Mike Riley explains how the reality of business economics is beginning to erase some of the hype about this one-time darling of renewable energy.
Labeling isn’t difficult, but it seems to be a part of 5S that’s often overlooked or ignored. Rick Bohan of Chagrin River Consulting examines why it’s easy to get everything straightened up initially, but the work area will revert back to the original mess if labeling isn’t carried out.
To grow in the global marketplace, is your company’s destiny made in China? Chinese consumer markets now possess fast-growing disposable income. Their business sectors are booming. Consultants George F. Brown, Jr. and David Hartman explain what plans and know-how you must have to grab part of this pie.
It’s possible to teach people how to sell, but it’s also possible to learn how to make sales from those who do it successfully. They are true experts and their real world experiences as practitioners of the art makes them valuable. John Graham of Graham Communications examines four salespeople whose stories clarify what selling is all about, and make it easy to see why they are successful.
Sonic Industries, part of the Sargent Aerospace & Defense Company, uses an SV-1000 honing system from Sunnen to achieve performance-critical ID tolerances and finishes on life-saving fuse pins, reducing cycle times by 75 percent.
SineWave® oscillating band saw technology from Simonds International effectively doubled the square inches cut per blade by Houston Precision Process, saving the Texas-based metal cutting center nearly a million dollars for every 40,000 pieces cut.
Sophisticated CNC can do much more than just find the edge for you. Randy Pearson of Siemens Industry shows how it also improves part production and repeatability on prismatic and complex 5-axis jobs alike . . . and it keeps score!
Hitco Carbon Composites manufactures CFRP aerospace structural parts and final machines them for direct delivery to “point of use” in the Boeing 787 program by using an advanced 5-axis profile beam milling machine from Bertsche Engineering.
The automation and performance of Feeler precision lathes, vertical and horizontal machining centers are driving the value engine of diversity at ETM Industries, a machine shop that includes work on the NASA international space station and Boeing aerospace business.
This new aerospace manufacturing equipment could help reduce your operating costs by making your machining and heat treating processes more competitive.
To improve your overall cost position, David Long of Saint-Gobain Abrasives examines how premium grinding wheels, cut-off wheels, flap and fiber discs are competitive opportunities for lowering your tooling cost, improving your quality and eliminating the time and cost involved in a key labor area of the operation.
Keeping your welding costs low goes far beyond buying the lowest priced wire available. You must analyze how welding processes that increase deposition rate and increase productivity will reduce the largest component of welding costs – your labor and overhead. Here’s how to do it.
Ed Zitney, Jr. of SKF Machine Tool Services explores some of the proactive tricks of the trade that can go a long way toward contributing to the health of a spindle.
Excel-lentTM gear/gearbox design and analysis software from Excel Gear quickly determines optimum product parameters for various industries, realizing time savings in hundreds of engineering hours.
Until polyester (plastic) banding arrived, steel banding was the only choice for heavy duty applications. Advances in polyester technology have resulted in banding materials that – compared to steel banding – have some advantages, but also some drawbacks. Mike Theriault of B2B Industrial Packaging explores some considerations to help you choose.
Phil La Duke of Rockford Greene explains why and how Safety must distinguish discretionary spending from non-discretionary spending and be prepared to explain why a safety initiative must be implemented immediately instead of waiting for a better business climate.
Squeaks, Not Screams: Aerospace manufacturers report significant reductions in 5-axis machining time and notable improvements in load equalization by using this new technology from Kennametal.
To deliver more added value to customers and increase their scope of production in-house, dental laboratories are using the new Mlab cusing laser melting system from Concept Laser GmbH to produce dental implants or crowns with batch sizes as small as 20 units.
Ferrotherm uses Jetstream ToolingTM from Seco Tools to target the precise friction zone between the cutting edge and the workpiece and attain superior lubrication, cooling and chip removal . . . and a 35 percent reduction in machining time.
Advanced ceramics and high performance superalloys from Morgan Technical Ceramics are playing an important role in improving aerospace engines as manufacturers look for high-temperature materials that increase performance, improve fuel efficiency and satisfy safety standards, while lowering manufacturing costs.
This one-of-a-kind live tooling test stand from the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at RIT enables Parlec to grow sales revenue by performing unique condition tests on its own tooling and others.
Mycrona of North America needed a way to hold some highly precise parts for inspection for one of their medical customers. Here is the solution devised by Advanced Machine & Engineering.
