Guest Blog: Building Your Manufacturing Website: Three Digital Marketing Essentials
Manufacturing Guest Blogger (Precision Marketing Group, LLC) While some manufacturing companies are still investing in more traditional forms of advertising, such as ads in trade magazines, only 32 percent are finding these tactics to be effective. This fact...
Design Automation Software: What It Does and Why It’s a Game-Changer for Manufacturers
In the world of manufacturing, we tend to think in terms of faster, better and more cost-efficient. So when we find ways to significantly improve any one of these factors, well … it’s exciting. That’s how I would describe our experience in using DriveWorks design...
Reverse Machining: What Is It and What Can It Do for My Profitability?
Many manufacturing companies today already capitalize on the benefits of using reverse machining in their manufacturing processes. Yet at the same time, there are many others who are complacent in existing systems and therefore may dismiss the idea altogether. But...
CNC Machine Safety 3 Operator Risks Every Manufacturing Company Should Know About
ABefore OSHA was created in 1971, an estimated 38 workers were killed on the job every day. Today, that number is down to about 12 fatal injuries per day. While this is a drastic improvement, workplace safety still has a long way to go. Manufacturing companies in...
IMTS Chicago: 3 Top Inspirations for Manufacturers Everywhere
The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is one of the most extensive industrial trade shows in the world. It spotlights more than 2,000 exhibiting companies and draws in well over 100,000 registrants. IMTS inspires people all across the globe – and this...
The Dilemma of a Back Chamfering Application
As a manufacturing engineer you are tasked with making it happen on the floor. There is always a machining challenge to face that requires you to reduce the cycle time. When it comes to back chamfering a part it can be a real head scratcher to improve the process....
Lean Manufacturing
LEAN Lean manufacturing is an important process improvement tool that formally or informally has made its way onto virtually every manufacturing floor in the 21st Century. If you aren’t familiar with it, it is the simple concept of eliminating steps or actions that do...
Resistance to Change
Remember, the ultimate goal in today’s manufacturing is a safe efficient way to machine parts and still be profitable. This may be as simple as a process change on the shop floor or a new way to machine parts in fewer operations. Profitably manufacturing components...
Getting ahead as a young professional
Getting ahead as a young professional You have been out of college for a few years now and you are starting to find your feet around the work place. You have built a decent professional network, taken on new responsibilities within your company and you think you have...
DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly)
DFMA stand for “Design for Manufacture and Assembly” and is a methodology that Engineers/Designers can use when creating new products. When applying the DFMA practices up front in product design, the Designer will be looking to create parts that are both cost...