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Quality assurance or quality control |
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 09:47 |
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance is the responsibility of the Quality department; the goal is to guarantee consistent results throughout the organization and is accomplished by implementing systems that ensure that processes are in place to verify form, fit, functionality and design intent. These processes include document control and inspection techniques, such as first article, in-process and final inspection. Quality assurance is independent of particular components or assemblies; it is the roadmap by which the manufacturing department must navigate the production process |
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Starting your own Business |
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Saturday, 03 January 2009 12:47 |
So you want to start your own Business, you have been thinking about it for years, you know how to put together an organization that "does it right", you are motivated, have saved some money, and are passionate about your offering.
Now may be the right time for you to make your move. |
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Friday, 26 December 2008 17:58 |
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We won't feel it for a while, but a new dawn will begin in spring of '09
The first recession that I noticed was in the early 1980s, I had just finished my apprenticeship in the U.K. The Thatcher Government delivered shock and awe in overthrowing the socialists and defeating the trade union movement. The long term results were 20 years of prosperity, but the initial shock was brutal. |
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Read more... [This Recession will pass]
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Sunday, 30 November 2008 21:15 |
Business to business
Let’s talk about a specific type of customer relationship: Business to business. You are the owner or salesperson in a small business. Your prospective customer is a larger business. You provide a product or service to the larger company because they choose not to perform those specific duties themselves. Examples of this type of relationship may be Machine Shop, Sheet metal Company, Soft Goods Manufacturer or anybody in the supply chain, where a larger company buys components, assembles them into some kind of product, sticks their label on it and re sells it. |
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Multiple Parts on a Tombstone |
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Sunday, 09 November 2008 09:32 |
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Should you mount the same parts all of the way around the tombstone? That depends on your business, if you run high enough volume on a single part to keep the spindle running for weeks, then the Chick work holding option above would be a good solution, however, if you run a high mix of parts in lower volume and ship JIT, you would be better off running different part numbers on different faces of your tombstone. Here's why:
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Realize your Profit Cycle |
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Friday, 31 October 2008 09:05 |
Productivity: horizontal vs. vertical machining
The simplest way to improve productivity on a vertical machine is to increase the number of parts being machined at one time. We can machine multiple parts in a vise, we can add vises to the machine table, we can make all of the vises multiple vises, and we can even maximize the working surface area by holding a flat plate to the table and machining lots of parts out of a plate.
The main advantage of these methods is that it reduces tool changes, which can reduce cycle time considerably; however there are drawbacks to these methods. |
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The Horizontal Machining Center |
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Saturday, 25 October 2008 13:43 |
The horizontal machining center has the potential for much higher productivity, when compared to a standard 3 axis vertical machining center for several reasons. |
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Setup Reduction for CNC Machining Centers |
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Friday, 24 October 2008 10:33 |
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Challenge: Produce a high mix of complex components in low volume, for scheduled JIT delivery
Most companies attempt to meet this challenge by running larger production quantities and then releasing from inventory. This method can be efficient if:
The product is stable (not subject to revision changes.)
The market is stable (not subject to changing demand rates.)
Your company is sufficiently capitalized to hold inventory.
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Monday, 15 September 2008 19:00 |
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Its big news today: Lehman Brothers bankrupt and Merrill Lynch sold for pennies on the dollar. Article This thing has not even begun to shake out yet, should you be worried? Yes, should you panic? No |
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Sunday, 24 August 2008 16:07 |
Mastercam X3 has now been released, and you can be sure that we will run it through it's paces. Here is the first in a series of quick videos that look at the powerful new features that X3 has to offer.
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Welcome to eapprentice.net |
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Thursday, 14 August 2008 19:19 |
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Dear friends,
Our site is now a subscription site. We hope that you will join us, as we move into the next phase of Mastercam video training. Our original videos were a success. We learned from you, what worked and what needed improvement, we learned that you need training videos that are clear, concise and straight to the point,
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Read more... [Welcome to eapprentice.net]
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