Modern Machine Shop

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

To avoid scrap, the company makes test parts out of aluminum to prove out machining processes and programs before embarking on a beryllium version. Beryllium stock is about 10 times as expensive as aluminum, McKay says. Today, the shop primarily works on aerospace and defense parts, especially satellite structures and components.

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Revision control Made-to-spec Process control Automation 105

Manufacturer's Monthly

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

and I came back to my team and said, “Guys, we’ve got to change everything – we’re going to change our thought processes.” We found a new place where we could build the factory from the ground up and build it to spec, designing it exactly how we wanted from the beginning to end. Sleep Corp.

Manufacturing 105

Manufacturing Made-to-spec Robotics Robotics 105

Control Engineering

MARCH 14, 2023

16, 2022, course, archived as a webcast for a year, aims to answer the following questions about optimizing automation applications: Assess the process or processes under consideration for automation. Consider key ways automation can influence and enhance process design. Determine if a redesign is needed prior to automating.

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Automation Made-to-spec Manufacturing Robotics 52