February • March 2007 • Vol. XXV No. 3 An Arnold Publication

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·       Editorial (Online)

·       Executive Hotline and Industry News (Online)

·      Aerospace Evolution (Online)

A Successful Job Shop Goes Lean and Mazak to Survive
Toughening Aerospace Demands..

·       Taming the Python (Online)

A Successful Welding Equipment Manufacturer Uses Advanced Technology to Slash Production Costs On Its Python and Other “Snake” Product Lines.

·      Tombstone Real Estate (Online)

How a Fresno Entrepreneur Uses Creative Business Practices
to Build a Highly Successful Machining Job Shop.

 ·      Boring Heads Boost Production (Online)

Kaiser Boring Heads Help Speed Production while Maintaining Superior Accuracy.

·     Tight Tools. . .Tight Tolerances
       Hard milling is a Way of Life for an Arizona Company.

·      Earthquake Kickoff

       How a Successful San Fernando Valley Job Shop Got Its Start
       as a Result of an Earthquake..

·       Westec Preview

·      Making Music with CNC
     Taylor Guitar Produces Quality Instrument with Fadal VMC's.

·      Metal Spinning Under Control

       The Only Metal Spinning Equipment Manufacturer in
        North-America Uses a Siemens 840D to Control Its Products.
·      The Winning Substitute

       When Its First-Choice Mills Failed to Deliver, a Busy Job Shop
       Substituted 3 Hardinge Bridgeports and Won the Game.
·      CNC Made Easy
       GibbsCAM Software Made Adding CNC Painless and Easy for a
       Successful 55-Year-old Aerospace Manual Grinding-Machining
       Job Shop.
.·     Magnetic Sensing Takes a Giant Step Forward
       Renishaw Introduces the World's First 13-bit
       Magnetic Rotary Sensors.
·      Carving Out Success

       CAD/CAM Software Helps a Texas Fabricator
       Carve Out a Market Niche.
·      Machine Shop Symbiosis

       How Two Normally Competitive Job Shops Share Space,
       Equipment and Customers in Order to Succeed..

·      Sharing Symposium Builds Strength

       An Aerospace Machine Shop Hosts a Symposium On Machining
       Titanium for Customers and Competitors and Grows Stronger as a
       Result.

·      Expanding Collets
       Hardinge Expanding Collets Offer Solutions to Difficult Machining
       Problems.
·      Turning up the Heat
       Intensified use of JobBoss System Vaults a
       Manufacturer into Profitability.