Organize your workload and better manage production cycles with the Track Pallet Magazine Mason, Ohio – July 2008 – The Track Pallet Magazine (TPM) is Makino’s latest addition to automation technology, enabling companies to reduce setup times, increase machine and spindle utilization,...
New EDM technology can improve cycle time reduction and enhance cost savings. OFFLINE PROGRAMMING FOR COMPETITIVE SOLUTIONS Bill Paul and Yoshiharu Yoshioka There are two issues with EDM operations in the U.S. that hamper production and cost efficiency....
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, electronics,...
SITUATION Nu-Tech Industries was formed in Grandview, Missouri, in 1972 on the basis of teamwork. That teamwork was put to the task of finding a better way to mill titanium. The company had developed expertise and earned a global reputation for quality high-speed milling of structural titanium...
SITUATION Cast Technologies is a family-owned-and-operated foundry and machine shop that got its start 120 years ago making brass plumbing products. Today, the Peoria, Ill., company primarily machines aluminum and brass diesel engine, transmission and earth-moving components such...
THE CHALLENGE While the manufacturing industry has long been a part of the American economic lifeblood, it has certainly had its share of highs and lows. Cayce Washington, owner of Valley Tool in Water Valley, Miss., had experienced his own personal adversity, but finally found...
THE CHALLENGE Extreme Precision located in San Jose, Calif., is a production job shop that manufacturers parts for a variety of industries, from aerospace to medical to high tech. Due to customer demand for repeat just-in-time delivery of small batch orders, the company...
THE CHALLENGE Campbell Engineering specializes in producing highly complex, low-volume components, primarily for medical devices. The Lake Forest, Calif., company began to experience growing pains after transitioning its operation from that of a contract machine shop producing prototype...
Unplanned downtime is costly. Schedule disruption, loss of production, missed deliveries, and overtime pay required to catch up on orders can kill productivity and profitability. While machine monitoring solutions have the capacity to report on equipment status and preventative maintenance schedules,...
Larger and more dynamic version of popular EDGE2 MASON, OH—September 2008—The Makino EDGE3S sinker EDM machine is ideal for the plastic injection mold and impact tooling markets, dedicated to helping manufacturers drive costs out of their operations. The EDGE3S is well suited...