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Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

It’s easier for them to subcontract it out,” says Mark Rohlfs, president and one half of the brother-and-sister ownership team of East Coast Precision Manufacturing. “Connecticut has a long history of manufacturing and machine shops,” Nancy says. All photos by Modern Machine Shop. We have Sikorsky.

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Shoulder Milling Cuts Racing Part's Cycle Time By Over 50%

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Thompson joined the shop as an apprentice in 2008 and learned his trade on these machines, gaining skill in repairing parts with unconventional angles and fixturing and learning to machine complex parts manually. Its success with these parts earned the shop back-to-back Xometry Excellence in Manufacturing awards in 2021 and 2022.

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Prima Power Helps Your Shop Evolve by Integration

Fabricating & Metal Work

When Finn Power and Prima Industrie joined forces in 2008 to create Prima Power, the companies combined a massive amount of knowledge to serve the global sheet metal fabrication industry. Prima stands for Progress in Manufacturing Automation. The company also offers customers a full software ecosystem. Simple as that.

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Shop Tour Video: Inside a Family-Owned Machine Shop Specializing in High-Precision Plastics

Modern Machine Shop

East Coast Precision Manufacturing has a habit of defying the odds. But this team and their shop have thrived during that time, expanding to its current 34 machine tools and a square footage ten times as large as its starting point in Mark Rohlfs’ garage and basement. But what does that mean in practical terms? ."

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Welding Technology: Robotics, Automation and Cobots

Fabricating & Metal Work

“In a short period of time since adding the ESAB Cobot, we’ve seen a significant increase in throughput,” said Brett Skyvington, president of Skyvington Manufacturing. Image courtesy of Skyvington Manufacturing. He is one of the company’s robot programmers. For MT Solar in Charlo, Mont.,

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Prima Power Helps Your Shop Evolve by Integration

Fabricating & Metal Work

When Finn Power and Prima Industrie joined forces in 2008 to create Prima Power, the companies combined a massive amount of knowledge to serve the global sheet metal fabrication industry. Prima stands for Progress in Manufacturing Automation. The company also offers customers a full software ecosystem. Simple as that.

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Increase Your Productivity with Highly Precise and Accurate Solutions

Fabricating & Metal Work

This machine owes its short cycle time to a new rotary part manipulator, which can move the part even closer to the bending line. In many cases, this reduces the cycle time by eliminating the need to reposition the grippers during processing. The machine is designed to be as open and accessible as possible. “To