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November, 2002
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What lenders want
Need to borrow in a difficult business cycle? Here's what manufacturers should know to score a loan.
Tech Trends
Ice as vice
Clamping tiny, 3D workpieces usually involves time-consuming and costly methods such as foundering molds or resins. But now, shops can freeze small thin-walled, parts securely into place for...
Kennametal fulfills need for speed
Entering Kennametal's "Need for Speed in Milling" sweepstakes at this year's IMTS paid off for Gord Brock. The plant manager at Roctel Linamar of Guelph, Ont., won the contest grand prize — a...
Know-it-all designers
The University of Cincinnati (UC) School of Design is going beyond traditional industrial design practices with its teachings. The professors there are requiring students to integrate their work into...
Welding steel specs
The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has released 13 new Standard Welding Procedure Specifications (SWPS). The new SWPSs outline the essential variables for welding steel in thicknesses of 18...
Casebooks
Modular-storage system organizes automaker
The parts-storage system in the Body Weld Shop of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky (TMMK), Georgetown, Ky., consisted of a network of open shelving that was disorganized, inflexible, and...
Operating system lets company customize machine tools
Precitech Inc. of Keene, N.H., a manufacturer of ultraprecision machines and metrology systems, always relied on commercial motion-control hardware to regulate its lathes. However, to innovate and...
Rapid prototyping firm shines in taillight project
When Tier 1 auto supplier Visteon was given the go-ahead to manufacture rear taillight assemblies for 2002 model year Mercury Mountaineer SUVs, it realized it needed complete prototypes as soon as...
Shop reclaims lost production time
Its only breakroom was located at the front of the building, so an auto-parts manufacturer near Chicago granted its employees an additional 10 min during each break for walk time. With 400 production...
Vertical-lift modules up storage-room capacity
After enlarging its plant near Spartanburg, S.C., BMW Manufacturing Corp. needed to maximize storeroom capacity to accommodate additional automotive production lines. The answer was five...
