PRECISION MACHINED PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION

Emerging Leader Graham Immerman Leads with Passion

Emerging Leader Graham Immerman Leads with Passion

By: Julia Hider -Additive Manufacturing Media

By displaying passion and empathy, the MachineMetrics marketing director is able to communicate the ideas of Industry 4.0 in an easy-to-understand and inspiring way.
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#PMPAstories: Tell Us Your Story

#PMPAstories: Tell Us Your Story

By: Carli Kistler-Miller -Precision Machined Products Association

There are so many stories to tell, and Carli encourages PMPA members to share their PMPA professional and personal stories.
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Blu Balls coolant nozzle

Lean Thinking Results with 'Blu Balls' Coolant Nozzle


Although Lean thinking often results with an elimination of a step or waste, Bill Hovey, owner of Telemark CNC LLC, used lean thinking to develop a new coolant nozzle.
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Dan Ignasiak

Improvement Starts in the Men’s Room


Dan Ignasiak, owner of Sepco-Erie in Erie, Pennsylvania, wanted to improve the productivity and efficiency of his shop, so he started with the men’s room and implemented processes and a new way of thinking.
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Rapid Methods for Determining the Weight of a Steel Bar (Imperial Units)

By: Miles Free -

Counting bars in a bundle and multiplying by weight per bar allows a quick “reality check” on whether or not the tag weight is correct, or how much weight is left in the rack.
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chart shows reductions in cold drawing

Where Steel Properties Come From

By: Miles Free -

The properties of the steel materials we machine in our shops are the result of a complex interplay between chemical composition, developed by hot and cold work, and further controlled by various thermal treatments to develop microstructures.
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Horn's 312 insert

4 Questions for Customer Delight

By: Miles Free -

Operational excellence, product leadership, customer intimacy—one of these rules them all. Miles Free visited PMPA member, Horn, at its headquarters in Germany and returned home with four questions that can be used to determine customer delight.
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PMPA ListServes are Power: A Peek Behind the Scenes at PMPA

By: Carli Kistler-Miller -Precision Machined Products Association

Carli explores the power behind PMPA ListServes that provide answers, recommendations and solutions through a peer-to-peer email network.
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Tanya DiSalvo and coworker

失败不是一个Option at Criterion


Founded in 1953 by Mike Ondercin as a general machine shop, third-generation owner, Tanya DiSalvo, shares how Criterion Tool and Die in Brookpark, Ohio, continuously improves in “no failure” industries.
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Emerging Leader Kyle Zabrensky Embraces Customer Service

Emerging Leader Kyle Zabrensky Embraces Customer Service

By: Julia Hider -Additive Manufacturing Media

The inventory/fulfillment manager goes above and beyond for customers and takes initiative to improve and streamline processes.
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