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January, 2002
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Kicking into high gear
CAD/CAM technology propels scooters from prototype to production at record speed.
Retrofit gets still waters moving
Primarily a jobshop, Texas-based Maudlin & Son Mfg. provides metal stamping, electrical discharge machining, and abrasive waterjet cutting to petrochemical, aerospace, oil, and shipping...
Tech Trends
Bolting past traditional thread cutting
A new machine promises to thread bolts in one pass. Recently unveiled by Rebuilders Unlimited Machine Co. Inc. (RUMC), Waynesboro, Pa., the R-UMatic Thread Cutting Machine takes advantage of GE...
Enhancing infrastructure security
Safeguarding the security of critical business information and manufacturing infrastructures is the goal of a new group established by The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS), Ann...
Find the best workers
Employers Association (EA) Inc., Minneapolis, has introduced a new testing system that reportedly assists manufacturers in hiring more productive work-ers. The comprehensive battery of tests, called...
Laser leads to better body
GM's operation in Valley City, Ohio, produces engineered-welded blanks for SUVs that create a stiffer body than traditional auto door frames. The automaker manufacturers these blanks —...
Pinning down an industry
Workholding manufacturers get a grip on slippery issues challenging industry.
Pounding out power steering
Drake Manufacturing Services Inc., Warren, Ohio, has built a heavy-duty milling system that creates power-steering racks for the automotive market. As with all Drake machine tools, the rack mill is...
Production in Portugal
The Portuguese manufacturing industry wants to convey a message to the rest of the world: Portugal offers everything countries strong in manufacturing do. This includes a well-established job-shop...
RFID keeps production in tune
Hexcel Corp., a manufacturer of composite materials, produces the honeycomb inserts that go inside the hard tonneau covers found on the Chevrolet Avalanche truck series. The size of these covers...
Casebooks
E-marketplace instead of cold calls
Doug Hradek, OEM sales manager at Tring Corp., Orrville, Ohio, isn't criss-crossing the state as much as he once did. Instead of making cold-call visits to develop business for the 35-person...
Robotic assembly keeps shop on top
Schaller Corp., Chesterfield, Mich., is a stamping supplier to the automotive industry, providing brackets, supports, and other structural components. When the 2002-model-year vehicles were...
Targeting titanium-using automakers
With its low mass, high strength, and a virtual immunity to automotive environment corrosion, titanium solves many automotive engineering challenges. With this is mind, Titanium Metals Corp. (Timet),...
