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CNC West
August/September 2020 • Volume XXXVIII No 6
Feature Stories
Mayfly Precision Pandemic Profile..................................................20
True Precision Machining
A wine country machine shop invests in a cobot to increase production................................................................................... 22
Delivering Quality Precision Parts in California’s Wine Country
Another shop in a different wine region in CA. Cheers
to a good read. .............................................................................26
Restructured Plants for Maximum Efficiency
A Washington shop improves productivity with a Fastems FMS 32
Forbidn Manufacturing
A Montana shop finds the perfect software and machine combo 40
Vericut Version 1-For Simulation .................................................46 The Best Lil Job Shop in Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas .....................................50 Achieving Smart Machining With On-Machine Metrology ......56 Mastercam Featured in TITANS of CNC Aerospace Academy .58 What’s the Difference Between ER Nuts?.......................................62
With the help of a robot True Pre- cision can run round the clock.............................. Page 22
Proof there is more than just wine made in California’s wine country. ........................................Page 28
Mike Smothers, operations manager, monitors Fastems readouts regularly to keep track of each machine’s pro- ductivity .................................Page 32
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