Monday, March 15, 2010
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EDITOR'S FORUM
Mike Riley says several shops are breathing easier and optimism is up. Is the worst is behind us? If so, he shares some business insights from consultant John Graham to kick your creative marketing efforts up a notch.
CNC INSIDER
Randy Pearson of Siemens Energy & Automation shows how all the data needed can be easily transferred AND networked on today’s controls.
WELDING
Andy Monk of Bernard Welding Equipment shows how to greatly reduce downtime spent changing contact tips and troubleshooting weld defects by carefully choosing MIG gun consumables and carrying out a regular inspection and maintenance schedule.
Our three-part series continues with landscape design fabricator Kris Kesler of Bobé Water & Fire Features combining high-tech computer modeling with time-tested techniques to engineer a freestanding waterfall fireplace.
To produce a clean, slag-free weld without having to continually stop welding to replace the electrode in your specific application, it helps to understand the role of shielding gas, the different shielding gases available and their unique properties. In this primer, Andy Monk of Bernard Welding Equipment explains each of these.
On display: New tools that could help reduce your costs and make your welding operations more competitive.
METAL CUTTING
While waiting for the credit freeze to thaw, Karim Solanji and Mark Lauber of Paradigm Partners reveal how your company can retrieve tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands in cash back from the IRS using an underutilized tax credit.
Antonio Rotunno of Prima North America explains how the growing demand for hot-formed parts in the automotive industry has positioned the multi-axis laser as a viable process for matching volumes.
Robert Kloczkowski of Rofin-Sinar examines how to replace fast axial flow resonators with new generation, high performance diffusion-cooled units, a proven strategy for older cutting machines.
Stop Losing Money: Want to eliminate the prove-out process without risking a crash? Good NC program simulation software will automatically take care of detecting annoying and potentially catastrophic problems that naturally occur in any complex creative venture. CGTech explains what to look for.
Hundreds of new products are set to debut in the LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, March 23-25. Don’t miss this one. If you can't make it, don’t miss our Show-in-Print.
On display: Here are some new tools that could help reduce your costs and make your laser cutting and welding operations more competitive.
TOOLING & WORKHOLDING
Custom dedicated milling fixtures from Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. solve multiple machining challenges that faced Weir Minerals North America on 5000 lb slurry pump housings, including a 50 percent reduction of setup time.
MEASUREMENT & INSPECTION
The Future Is Now: This unique technology from AICON 3D Systems GmbH allows the user to combine the sensor, probe and computer with the appropriate software to meet the exact requirements of a measurement task.
This enormous DEA gantry CMM was overhauled by Xspect Solutions for SES, a Department of Defense supplier that saved nearly 70 percent when compared against the cost of a new machine.
MAINTENANCE
HaydonKerk Motion Solutions concludes this two-part series with a technical explanation of how to accurately size a linear actuator.
Eberspaecher NA operates a unique laser-welding short-tube production cell from Weil Engineering North America that uses Siemens controls and is a showcase of advanced technologies.
FINISHING PASS
Occupational disease costs employers a bundle in compensation benefits, loss of production, and paperwork nightmare. Yet for all the ways it impacts the system, some employers still don't fully understand what it is, how it differs from a standard claim, or how it affects an employer. Teresa Long of the Institute of WorkComp Professionals looks at the ways to avoid having occupational diseases drive up your costs.