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Case In Point:
One-Part Solution With Huge Payoff — September 2009
Machine shops prioritize different challenges daily, but some challenges are more critical than others. Precise Products Corporation (Minneapolis) was faced with a challenge when one of its original customers asked the company to reduce the cost of a family of parts or risk losing the job.
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Fire Fighters — July 2009
Because they produce chips at high operating temperatures, often with oil-based coolants present, machine tools can easily catch fire. However, if shops plan ahead for this possibility by installing fire suppression systems, they can avoid catastrophic damage to the machine and the shop itself.
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Probing Beyond Prismatic — April 2009
This manufacturer has used on-machine probing to help automate setups and maintain process control for prismatic parts produced on VMCs for years. The metrology products maker recently implemented probing strategies that let it achieve similar results on its turn-mills and Swiss-types. The smaller, more economical batch sizes these machines now produce are better aligned with true production requirements.
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Shop Finds Success With Swiss Machine And Tooling Technology — March 2009
Tooling a Swiss-type machine is the second biggest decision a shop makes when installing a new machine. With the help of two OEM's, the New Jersey shop got it right out of the gate.
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How it Works:
Why Swiss? — February 2009
Have parts 1.25" diameter or less? You can make them complete on one of these sliding-headstock CNC machines.
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