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Soft Skills Prove a Sharp Edge in Plastics Manufacturing

Modern Machine Shop

This is a far cry from its previous facilities, the 5,600-square foot shop Matt Danford wrote about in 2016 and the 1,000-square foot garage-and-basement combination Peter Zelinski wrote about in 2008. All photos by Modern Machine Shop.

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The electric steel dilemma and its impact on motor vendors

Control Engineering

As this trend progresses, it will impact vendors’ ability to secure the electric steel necessary for production, resulting in longer lead times and higher prices for customers. Shown below, the price of the commodity rose to more than 400% of its price in January of 2016. The state of the electric steel problem today.

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Airgas’ Sustainable Welding Innovations Improve Quality, Productivity and Efficiency

Fabricating & Metal Work

While we strive to put as many talented workers as possible in jobs within manufacturing, we also enable customers to do more with less, at higher quality and shorter lead times,” Williams noted. For example, the BotX cobot welding system, jointly developed by Red-D-Arc and Airgas, simplifies and streamlines welding operations.

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Building manufacturing excellence: Following a proven framework

Manufacturer's Monthly

First released in 2016, the AME Lean Sensei has enabled our members to take stock of where they are on their excellence journey and inform them on where their greatest opportunities for improvement (and investment) can be found.

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Learning From Additive Manufacturing Qualification In The United States Marine Corps 

Additive Manufacturing

In 2016, Walters stated, “ We have to have the speed of trust in our young people to seize and hold the technological high ground. ”. This reduces inventory challenges, eliminates long-lead times, and increases overall resiliency. Since then, the adoption of 3D printing has ballooned at foreign and domestic bases.

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Report: Canadian manufacturing ends 2022 on a subdued note

Automation Mag

This marked the longest sequence of decline since a seven-month run from August 2015 to February 2016. Although not worsening to the same degree seen earlier in the year, average lead times for the delivery of inputs again deteriorated noticeably. It was down from 49.6

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Becoming a More Efficient Shop With the Right Processes and Software

Modern Machine Shop

In order to get approved for use at destinations like Yosemite, these canisters must undergo testing that includes a trial where live bears are given a certain amount of time to break into a canister. Parts for a line of these canisters are manufactured at Above All CNC , a Goleta, California, machine shop founded in 2016.