Time is a huge factor in running an in-house tooling operation for a major plastic injection operation. Tim Andreas, tooling manager at AMA Plastics in Corona, California, says that time pressures have led the company to undertake a revolutionary streamlining of design and tooling operations. AMA...
Roughing. Heat treating. Grinding. Electrode manufacturing.EDMing. Benchwork. Sound familiar? Each step in this traditionalapproach to forging die production adds time — and money — to theprocess. But it doesn't have to be that way. Roughing. Heat...
Host: John Einberger – HMC Product Line Manager Are you looking for ways to improve your machining process control related to cutting tools? Does the potential for lowering scrap appeal to you? If so, please join us via the Makino Experience Center for an overview of ways to...
When machining titanium became all the rage back in the early 2000s, every shop wanted to claim they were doing it because it was a “big deal” at the time. Fast-forward to today, and many of those same shops are still cutting titanium. However, they are using outdated equipment and...
SITUATION Cincinnati Mine Machinery is a family-owned business serving several leading companies in the mining equipment industry. The company manufactures a variety of OEM and replacement components, with an emphasis on conveyor systems. Assemblies...
Faster. More productive. More accurate. Makino has raised the bar once again for high-speed horizontal machining centers with the new A55E, the latest addition to its A55 family of machining centers and the new industry standard for enhanced speed and productivity. MAKINO'S...
The adage "don’t put all of your eggs in one basket" certainly rings true for Sipco Molding Technologies of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Today, the company provides design and engineering, precision machining, custom injection molding, and mold-making services to the auto-motive,...
Large part features with extensive roughing and high precision finishing are an everyday occurrence in certain market.
The need to provide rapid manufacturing of low- to medium-volume production parts, and of special parts being run for design and assembly customers, was the bottom line for META Mfg. Corp. (Cincinnati). MACHINE TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTS JIT PRODUCTION - META MFG. The...
CHALLENGE Sil-Pro Medical Manufacturing Solutions creates medical silicone parts from start to finish in its Delano, Minn., operation. The company works with engineers to design the part, then create the molding, and then produce and inspect the part. By having all of these steps...