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SYNTHETIC, NON-WOVEN ABRASIVE PRODUCTS' CUSHIONED STRUCTURE PRODUCES CONSISTENT FINISH
Rex-Cut Products, Inc. offers an expanded line of synthetic fiber abrasive products that provide smooth, controlled operation on stainless steel, aluminum, and exotic alloys. Rex-Cut Megabrite? Non-Woven Abrasives include unitized Type 1, convolute, and Type 27 wheels, mounted points and their new finishing flap discs.
COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR CLEANING LOW-PROFILE ITEMS
Wheelabrator offers its MaxMesh? Belt Systems, surface preparation solutions for low-profile parts and components that are typically difficult to process on a conventional roller type conveyor or tumbling barrel style operation. The mesh conveyor belt allows for continuous blast cleaning without the possibility of damage from part-on-part contact.
TURNING ASSET MANAGEMENT ON ITS HEAD
John Murphy of Infor shows how manufacturers are taking a new direction with enterprise asset management that delivers drastic reductions in energy costs and utility bills as part of their incentive to go green.
HOW GREEN IS YOUR GEARBOX
Because power consumption in manufacturing accounts for one-third of all energy consumed in the U.S., Todd Boback of Sumitomo Drive Technologies examines several factors to address that influence lost gearbox efficiency.
THE PLANNED STATE OF TPM (PART TWO)
J. Venkatesh concludes this two-part series on ?how to? implement the last four pillars of Total Productive Maintenance systems: Quality Maintenance, Training, Office TPM and Safety, Health and Environment.
THE NEED FOR SPEED . . . AND ENERGY SAVINGS
This case study from Bosch Rexroth is on Miele & Cie. KG, a German appliance company that shows how their pumps can be regulated for exceptional energy savings in the hydraulics system of five new sheet metal presses that were integrated with a sixth press to form appliance panels inside a 10-sec cycle time.
THE PLANNED STATE OF TPM
J. Venkatesh opens this two-part series by exploring “how to” implement the first four pillars of Total Productive Maintenance systems: 5S, Autonomous Maintenance, Kaizen and Planned Maintenance.
DRILL AIDS IN INEXPENSIVE, IN-HOUSE SHARPENING OF A WIDE VARIETY OF TOOLS
Darex offers the XT3000 for sharpening a wide variety of sizes and styles of drills and other tools with ease and accuracy. For the price of a couple hundred drills, sharpen in-house for only pennies a drill.
BEARING THE BRUNT
The Final Quest: Machine tool builders bear the brunt of designing more efficiency into their machines. One hallmark of this quest is reducing the energy required to overcome the internal friction of the ball or roller bearings being used in those machines. Is it possible to precisely and efficiently measure bearing torque?
THE END OF WARRANTY CHAOS
Five Tips to Lower Costs: Manufacturers can stay lean and Green by embracing an innovative one-stop solution for electronic, hydraulic and mechanical overhauls.
NO PLAY, NO PAY
Pay for Performance: Based on an incentive model, this advanced integrated maintenance service technology guaranteed it would increase production at a Chinese steel mill.
LESS IS MORE
The Economics of Outsourced Machine Tool Maintenance: Service contracts are becoming increasingly prevalent as manufacturers outsource equipment maintenance and repair to reliable third-party service providers.
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