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FOUR PILLARS FOR EFFECTIVE LEAN TRAINING
How does a small metal stamping company carry out the necessary training as part of its lean implementation without raising costs? Rick Bohan of Chagrin River Consulting provides one Ohio metal stamper with some of the answers.
GOING THE DISTANCE
Finding a handheld angle grinder that can take a daily beating and still deliver over the long haul can be a challenge for today?s metal fabrication shops. Contracting Engineering Consultants, Inc. discovers a potential answer in a new angle grinder from Fein Power Tools, Inc..
TRUE CNC SIMULATION . . . IT’S NOT MAKE-BELIEVE BELIEVE ME
Randy Pearson of Siemens Industrial explains why, as costs become increasingly critical, every shop needs to know all it can about the true machining time.
NEW TIG TECHNOLOGY: THE RIGHT CHOICE
John Luck of Miller Electric Mfg. shares the results of five manufacturers and two schools that have switched to advanced high speed pulsed TIG welding technology.
Gun Drilling in Tool Steel
Swedish steel maker SSAB explains how progress is being made on long hole drilling in wear resistant and harder mold and die steels as a way to avoid heat treating.
BOUND ONLY BY IMAGINATION
Welding artist Kris Kesler of Bobé Water & Fire Features is breaking new ground in the customization process of landscape design water features. In the opener of this special three-part series, Go with him behind the scenes as he uses advanced 3D modeling to create a custom freestanding fireplace that is completely covered in flowing water.
TURNING MADE EASY
Prototype shop Continental Machine achieves 20 percent faster set-up and running times with a new Fryer CNC combination lathe that uses Siemens Sinumerik 840D sl for precise control.
LIGHTWEIGHT, BUT TOUGH AS NAILS
St. Louis Prestress, a manufacturer of precast building components, needed a portable drill with the raw power to get the job done. They found a perfect fit in a rugged but lightweight magnetic core drill from Fein Power Tools.
PORTABLE CMM TAKES CENTER STAGE
Engineers at the Gehl South Dakota production plant in Madison found a faster way to verify large production fixtures and manufactured parts of construction and agricultural equipment: they simply position a portable optical CMM from Metris on the production floor and measure points of choice right away using a wireless tactile probe.
TURNING THE CORNER: TURNING CENTERS
These turning machines from Mazak offer the newest technologies that could make your turning processes more competitive.
MAKE OR BREAK: HOLEMAKING
These new drills and equipment could help reduce your costs and make your drilling operations more competitive.
BATTERY-POWERED MIG WELDER FOR OFF-THE-GRID WELDING
Leave the generator and extension cords behind. The Trek 180 from Hobart Welding Products (Appleton, WI) is a portable MIG welding system that operates off its self-contained battery or 115V power, welds 24 ga up to ¼ in mild steel in a single pass, and recharges off an automotive power inverter or 115V receptacle.
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