At production speeds of 1,000 parts per minute, even a few minutes of downtime per day can quickly lead to thousands of dollars in lost production. This innovative feeding system keeps an ammunition assembly system on target.
As it was developing its high-intensity discharge LiteBox and Survivor series flashlights, the company decided to strengthen the lights' lenses and reflector housings by applying a sealant to bond the parts together.
Workers at the 3M plant in Medina, OH, manufacture and ship a wide range of
products, including heavy rolls of pressure-sensitive consumer labels. A few
years ago, the company initiated a workplace safety program to reduce the number
of on-the-job injuries.
Canon Virginia Inc., located in Newport News,
VA, not only manufactures copiers, printers and cameras for its parent company,
but also does a brisk business as a world-class contract manufacturer for a
wide range of other customers.
Normally, the company would have used CNC
controls to monitor the system's valve-seat embedding station, because of the
amount of data that has to be quickly processed if the operation is to be
performed successfully.
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