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54 www.CNC-West.com CNC WEST April/May 2019 N.C. Engineering in Gardena, CA. is a family owned business that has been providing high preci- sion quality components to varying industries since 1972. Serving the Military/Aerospace, Commercial Aerospace, Satellite, Semi-Conductor and Micro- Electronics, Medical Devices, Robotics & Auto- motive Industries to include after market segments. Recently Mitee-Bite helped them quickly solve a ma- chining challenge. Mark Kokaram from PM Industrial who sells Mitee-Bite contacted California Mitee-Bite rep Dave Hauk from Kenbil Engineering. Dave reached out to the GM of Mitee-Bite Products, David Bishop, on a Saturday and they provided a recommendation based Dealer, Rep and Manufacturer Work Together to Help Gardena, CA Company on a couple of short conversations over the weekend. Mark relayed the info to Gerald and put the wheels in motion. The part was a 400 pound of 6061 measuring 8” x 19.6” x 26.2” being machined on a DMG MORI NHX5000 having spindle travel very close to the over- all size of the workpiece. They determined by using the Mitee-Bite TalonGrip™ they could grip on .060” and use a 2” face mill allowing full access to entire part. The concern was gripping on such a tiny amount of ma- terial and being able to remove material at a fast pace enough to get the job done. After a little old school test- ing, confidence was high, high enough to hit the green button! In the end everyone was very pleased with the quick recommendation, product availability and old-school know-how to make a difficult hot application simple. L-R, Mark Kokaram, Rigo Guzman, Gerald Fazis