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To say that Methods did not add value to Matsuura is an ignorant statement to say the least. The McIver and Matsuura families worked together for more than thirty years bringing some of the finest machining centers in the world to the US and neither would've prospered nearly as much as they have without the other. Methods has been far more than simply an importer for Matsuura over the decades and it pains me to see this relationship being dissolved. That being said, pain is required for growth; I just hope this doesn't mean bad things for Matsuura in the US.
C
I have verified that this is correct; Methods will continue to provide parts and service for Matsuura machines already in the field but will have no further sales relationship with Matsuura.
I am not particularly pleased by this, but we only have [2] Mats so it isn't the end of the world.
C
Of course, as you well know, we can't, and neither can you. I am all about mistake-proofing and trying my damnedest to put our guys in the best possible position to make the parts right, but it is important to expect people to KNOW things and to THINK about things because that is key to success.
C
I like systems, but too often they come at the price of individual competence, which I don't like:
Someone doesn't deburr a feature that they machined and then says "well, the routing didn't say to deburr;" um, that's Machine Operation 100 stuff.
Someone doesn't check a feature that's ± a mile on a new program and then says "I wasn't issued a gage for that;" oh, in that case just ph****** forget about it, it is probably right.
The thing that makes this worse is the vociferous arguments with management when they take the attitude that we need to tell employees EVERYTHING that they're supposed to do, ALL of the time.
Ugh
If it costs you millions in business, are you going to stay away from it? That is not logical.
Is there a "AS9100 requirements for CNC shops" book out there? Please somebody say yes. I really don't want to have some quality geek tell me that I need to rev control my post-it notes.
C
We are currently being asked, by one of our major customers, to attain AS9100 certification. What does this really mean? We are ISO9001:2008 currently, and have a well-developed quality system, but I have heard that AS9100 is a big step.
Anyone who can share some direct experience with this, please chime in; I am particularly interested in literature that you may have found helpful in aiding your own understanding. I'm sure we'll have some third-party steering the ship when we get this moving, but knowledge is power.
C
Use Reference Point on the retract for any ID work, ALL of the time, whether you think you need it or not
Why do you have stock recognition disabled? Other than faster regens, nothing good ever came out of that.
C
We’re buying another 75-horse oil-free to back up our current machine, so it is time for our old 25-horse Sullair, [2] Dominick Hunter desiccant driers, and Dominick Hunter mist collector to hit the road.
The compressor has been around for quite some time, and the air end has about 80,000 hours on it (the Air Energy guys say these air ends run to 120,000 when properly maintained, which ours has been), but still makes rated CFM (100) and 100+ psi and leaks no oil. This was our everyday compressor for many years, and ran 16 hours a day without a hiccup for a long time before we added some air hog processes that required a step up; we’ve run this for maybe five days over the past five years. This is a 208V, three phase machine that would be great for a smaller machine shop, auto body shop, etcetera, that has three phase power available.
The small, 100 CFM desiccant drier is nearing the five year mark, which may mean the desiccant will need to be changed in the next year (or not, “could be five years, could be ten” say the compressor guys) but works perfect right now and is size-matched to the compressor.
The larger, 170 CFM desiccant drier is about 2-2.5 years old, so it should be maintenance free for quite some time.
The mist collector works perfect and is sized for the compressor.
I’m looking to move this as a package only, and we’ll let it go for short money, so if you think you might be interested in this (or know someone who might be) give me a call and get in here next week to get your bid in the mix. The new piece should be here and installed by the end of the year, so we’ll be moving this thing out soon.
C
Chris D. Moffatt
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Harmonic Drive, LLC
247 Lynnfield Street
Peabody, MA 01960
[978] 573-3423 Direct Phone
[978] 532-9406 Fax
[email protected]
www.harmonicdrive.net
Shotpeening is typically a more controlled process than blasting, but I don't know how rough you need to be. Knurling would be much more consistent than blasting, but won't be very quick.
IF [VATOL EQ 19] N191
T19 M06 (MILTEC FREEDOM 3")
N191
This is what we use; I wrote it into our post years ago
Greg, still like yours but haven't made the effort to change
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