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A machine tool's construction affects capital costs and the quality of the parts made on it.
Grinders go with the flow
Creepfeed grinders provide the thrust for Pratt & Whitney's flowline production strategy.
Tech Trends
French microtechnology show
Micronora, an exhibition devoted to microtechnology, is a biannual show taking place this year in Besançon, France, October 1 to 4. This year's show highlights several technologies for precision...
More control over controls
Continuing with its mission for true open-architecture control, Manufacturing Data Systems Inc. (MDSI), Ann Arbor, Mich., offers control software with single database and uniform access methodology....
System belts out high-speed microfinishing
At the heart of a continuous-belt microfinishing system is an abrasive belt spinning at 3,000 rpm and moving between 5,000 and 7,500 sfm to remove about 200 µ of stock in 10 sec. The system,...
Translate CAD on-line
Many shops spend valuable time translating CAD data into CAM systems by manually converting or recreating geometry. A new on-line CAD/CAM-translation service provides 88 translation products on a...
Waste not, want not
A new technology, developed by Caterpillar, Peoria, Ill., tackles the problem of overspray, which wastes spray-applied paint or protective coatings. The process involves an inert material called...
Casebooks
Cells propel marine motor production
Machining technology and its deployment was a primary constraint on Mercury Marine's ability to create and deliver its OptiMax line of outboard motors. To overcome this obstacle, the Fond du Lac,...
Probing and calibrating keeps machines on course
Hamilton-Sundstrand of Grand Junction, Colo., machines complex housings and forgings for aerospace fuel-handling systems, auxiliary power units (APU), and wing-flap-actuation systems. Most of these...
Shop-floor tool dispensing
Since incorporating a tool dispensing and management system, the St. Joe Division of Atchison Steel Casting and Machining no longer has machines down because tooling is unavailable. And its...
System provides on-site document management
A product data management (PDM) system is saving Esab, a manufacturer and supplier of welding and cutting equipment, and filler metals, about $275,000 annually. The system eliminates the company's...
Vertical storage saves space
Storing and manually locating over 60,000 aircraft parts was space and time intensive for Continental Airline's maintenance facility in Newark, N.J. Moving almost half of this small-parts inventory...
Wireless shop floor
When Stowe Machine, Windsor, Conn., one of the Ladish Companies, was designing and building a new 10,000-ft 2 facility for its advanced precision machining operation, company engineers had to decide...
