Let’s make safety first a habit that keeps our shops and people both safe and productive. Making safety first is ‘What you can do to make your company the most money.’
3 Things You Can Do Today:
1) Hold your people accountable to work safely. 2) Train your people to understand the hazards. 3) Confirm that your procedures are up-to-date and being followed.
Not every cause of poor finish can be addressed at the machine- The material chemistry is already established. These 5 tips will help you get Built Up Edge (BUE) under control and your surface finish back on track.
9 Online Resources from the FDA for prospective Medical Device Manufacturers are provided here.
Don’t confuse hardness and hardenability. Hardness is a material property. Hardenability is a way to indicate a material’s potential to be hardened by thermal treatment.
The scheduling of PM to take advantage of equipment idle time is key to keeping it economically feasible. PM should be accomplished on lunchbreaks, during changeovers, or on back turns. Every minute that a machine resource is scheduled, it should be producing; PM should be scheduled for when it’s not. Take my Lunchroom Test to see if you need to change your PM program.
All external documents should be considered to be read by outside parties including hostile legal counsel, competitors. And electronically archived and retrievable anywhere anytime worldwide, thanks to Google.
Confidential privacy advice courtesy of Google. Here’s an ironic example :
Intellectual Property rights are the basis for commerce, and recent trade cases place President Obama in a position between his largest supporters, his largest creditors, and in a harsh spotlight. Will he be complicit with Chinese abuse of Intellectual Property Rights? Or will he protect American rights, jobs, and interests?
You can learn a lot about a machinist by the tools that they use. What does this photo tell you about this one’s craft?
Precision machinists find ready employment, rewarding work, great wages and benefits, great life style, and great values making the things that make a difference in the quality of our lives.