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High-Volume Shop Thrives on Tooling Success


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ickers Engineering (New Troy, MI) is a Tier I supplier of machined castings mainly to big automotive OEMs such as


Toyota and Honda, as well as to the energy and other indus- tries. Producing fi ve-million parts a year, Vickers continuously


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Seco switched insert grades for this automotive bracket component, slashing part cycle times and boosting tool life for Vickers Engineering.


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In-Process Inspection Saves Powertrain Time


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orthern Tool, a division of Star Cutter Co. (Farmington Hills, MI), is well-known for designing and producing special carbide cutting tools—for powertrain production—that accomplish more than one cutting op in a single pass.


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Matt Brothers is tasked with tool inspection using Zoller’s latest advanced in-process inspection devices at Northern Tool.


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ost people have work-related dreams. However, for Ru- ben Ramirez Jr., the grinding supervisor at HydraForce Inc. (Lincolnshire, IL), holding tight tolerances on complex parts was a waking nightmare.


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HydraForce worked with experts from United Grinding and robotic integrator Acieta, LLC for the turnkey automation on its Studer CT450.


PROBLEM SOLVING ON THE SHOP FLOOR


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