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Machine Shop Management

Topics in this category are geared toward the running the machine shop from a managers perspective.

Shop Efficiency Series Part 1 : Cycletime VS Workholding

It’s the age old manufacturing quest … how to reduce the cycletime and machine parts faster. And although cycletime is a major factor in the making profits equation … concentrating too much on cycletime can sometimes make you miss the bigger problems … the bigger deficiencies in the shop … the bigger money wasting issues. …

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CNC Machine Maintenance – For The Not So Ordinary

Personnel who perform routine maintenance on their CNC equipment usually perform the same common checks and perform the same common tasks … those that I refer to as the “no-brainers”. Filling the way lube tank … greasing the hydraulic chuck … checking the spindle oil level … the common checks and tasks. Unfortunately they are …

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CAD/CAM OVERKILL !!

CAD/CAM is ONLY ONE option for CNC programming.

 

WINNING UNPROFITABLE WORK !!

Stop Guesstimating and Start Estimating.

 

STOP CNC INCOMPATIBILITY !!

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