Published October 2014
By Miles Free III
As a former steel mill metallurgist, helping customers determine the best grade of steel to use for a part was one of my favorite parts of the job.
Different Supplier
Different Process
Different Than Ordered
Different Deoxidation
For Machining- Significantly Different Sulfur
are the five items to confirm on the cert when unexpected variability arrives in your shop.
Specifying and Measuring Cylindrical Knurls Basically, knurling is broad tolerance cold forming or displacement of material. It is an inexpensive way to increase the diameter of a part without adding much cost (if any). It is not a close tolerance feature. Questions by NSMPA members have prompted us to look at the “normal” and/or…
Savvy employers will revisit their shops’ approach to slips falls and lifting ahead of OSHA’s new efforts to enforce MSD’s in our shops.
4 Released January 4, 2021 Miles Free & Carli Kistler-Miller dive into standard work, its practices and why improvement in this critical area can be beneficial to all facets of your shop.
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