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Production Shop Success Stories
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In November of 2008, Marion Manufacturing of West Terra Haute, Indiana, had just completed a 24,000-square-foot addition to its existing 20,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center. That's just about when the bottom fell out of the manufacturing marketplace. As the recession deepened, hours were reduced at the plant and manpower shrank from a previous high of 45 people to 35. Read more > |
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When manufacturing people talk about multitasking, they are generally referring to high-precision, multi-spindle machine tools capable of simultaneous operations. Multitasking has also crept into common parlance as a term to describe the process of having many different tasks and projects going all at once. Read more > |
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In light of the rollicking economy and the shift of many types of parts and even entire industries going to other countries for production, many of the job shops here have had to evolve in an upward spiral of innovation to rise to the top. In those that are thriving today, three concepts emerge as common denominators: automation, sophistication, and flexibility. Read more > |
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In the mature magnetic workholding equipment manufacturing industry, there are several ways to gain greater productivity.
One is getting more from existing machine tools, and the other is increasing productivity from employees. Read more > |
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When the trimming of complex thermoformed parts became a bottleneck at Eck Plastic Arts (Binghamton, NY) the company solved it by installing a 5-axis router and Mastercam Software. Read more > |
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To gain a foothold in a very competitive marketplace, Aspire Machine in Union, MO knew they would have to be very capable and more nimble than others in his business. For that he would rely heavily on his years of experience and a versatile CAD/CAM package that would allow him to do just about anything. Read more > |
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