High Speed Leads to Lights-Out
May 15, 2013 2:48 pm Leave your thoughtsThis mold maker has become more competitive by establishing a high speed machining...
Author Archives for Modern Machine Shop
Retrofits Done Right
May 15, 2013 2:38 pm Leave your thoughtsManufacturers considering anything less than a total motion system upgrade could be selling...
Automation at Aztalan Engineering
May 15, 2013 2:32 pm Leave your thoughtsA contract manufacturer expands its capacity using various approaches to feeding the...
Workholding That Works for Jesel
April 13, 2013 2:02 pm Leave your thoughtsThe maker of racing engine components produces parts that have many permutations...
Automation Without Enclosures
April 3, 2013 2:22 pm Leave your thoughtsA new line of robot arms can safely function alongside personnel with no safety guarding...
Big Machining for Big Machinery
April 3, 2013 2:14 pm Leave your thoughtsA significant investment in machining equipment, including an advanced five-axis...
A Third Class of Touch-Trigger Probes
March 13, 2013 9:32 am Leave your thoughtsFully digital probes are especially effective at accurate digitizing routines using a long stylus...
The Big Step Up
March 13, 2013 9:26 am Leave your thoughtsA small shop added two new machines, each of which is more advanced than any of the...
Worth Three Machines
March 13, 2013 8:44 am Leave your thoughtsA shop that closely tracks machining performance says its new horizontal machining center...
The Stem Solution
February 14, 2013 10:52 am Leave your thoughtsA small shop committed to labor-saving automation added a nine-axis turning center to...
Vertical Turning Adds a Horizontal Ram
February 14, 2013 10:47 am Leave your thoughtsFor American Vulkan, having both a vertical and a horizontal ram on a large VTL is a critical...
Savings from Sustainability
February 14, 2013 10:31 am Leave your thoughtsCycle time and tool life are examples of the kinds of machining process variables that manufacturers...
Engineering and Manufacturing Philanthropy
January 8, 2013 9:23 am Leave your thoughtsMay We Help (MWH) is a non-profit I profiled in my One-Off column for our January issue...
LED Lights Offer Flexibility, Energy Savings
January 8, 2013 9:06 am Leave your thoughtsNew LED lighting has provided better-quality illumination and substantial energy-cost...
It’s Top Shops Benchmarking Survey Time
January 8, 2013 8:53 am Leave your thoughts2013 marks the third edition of our Top Shops benchmarking program. It kicks off this month with...
Moving in with a Customer
December 6, 2012 1:33 pm Leave your thoughtsShop owner Chris Nachtmann has established a close relationship with one of his biggest...
The Case for Custom Fixturing
April 10, 2012 1:43 pm Leave your thoughtsJoseph Szpak, Jr. founded his shop, Szpak Manufacturing, to engineer and build...
Small Engine Precision Fuels Fifth-Axis Production Workholding Concept
February 21, 2012 2:29 pm Leave your thoughtsThe challenge holding tight tolerances for its billet RC helicopter engine components...