Machine Speed Gives Shop An Edge
F
inding better, more effi cient and more profi table ways to produce parts and keep a competitive advantage is a daily pursuit at successful shops. It’s no different at Task Force Tips (TFT; Valparaiso, IN), a company which makes multiple differ- ent size and design nozzles, valve bodies, and other compo- nents for fi re suppression and water delivery equipment for the forestry, municipal, and industrial fi refi ghting markets as well as for aircraft de-icing. As a result, TFT does many short runs of hundreds of different part designs. Within its fully integrated production plant, about 98%
of the work is done in-house by more than 200 employees. It is a very team-oriented workforce which is encouraged by President Stewart McMillan to think of better ways to do what they do. McMillan has recently invested in a range of automatic lathes from Index Corp. (Noblesville, IN) that cre-
Task Force Tips’ President Stewart McMillan said the Index C200 automatic lathe has the speedy cycle times and speed of changeover that fi t its requirements for machining 500 to 1000-piece runs of nozzles for fi re suppression and water delivery equipment.
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