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.
Forging die production has traditionally been a time-consuming, multiprocess operation.TRW, a global supplier of suspension products to the OEM and aftermarket automotive industry, is redefining that tradition with the aid of Makino’s high speed, high definition approach to die machining.