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War in Ukraine
As Americans, we are truly free and will defend that right at all costs. For me personally, watching what is taking place in Ukraine emphasizes just how precious this right is. The people of Ukraine have lived both ways, previously under the oppressive rule of a...
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” This quote can be traced back to Abraham Lincoln, a wise man indeed. The premise is sound and supports a bias for action to realize opportunity, or even the notion of build it and they will come. In today’s...
Materials Shortages
These are strange times we are living through for sure, with seemingly new challenges around every corner. So, the current global supply chain issue should not be a big surprise for any of us. How we choose to handle it is another thing; we can all panic and let...
Cycle Time Vs. the Bottom Line – You be the judge
I find it interesting to hear how different shops quantify investments in new technology, equipment, and emerging processes that promise to reduce cycle time, increase spindle time, or otherwise provide improvement to the status quo of production machining. Anything...
Growth in 5-Axis Machining
The 5-Axis machine sales continues to grow yearly, boasting a Compound Annual Growth Rate of almost 7 percent, and for good reason - Efficiency While typical CNC machines move in 3-axes (X, Y, and Z), 5-axis machines add two rotary axes, which opens up many more...
BETTER – FASTER – CHEAPER
Remember back when your customers could only pick two of the three? Well, welcome to 2021 where customers now expect to get their cake and eat it too. There are still remnants of this model in the market, mainly to cost justify expediting a job- ‘if you want it Good...
Pizza Anyone?
With qualifying production quote, request a FREE made-to-order sample Blank, and we will include a voucher for a FREE made-to-order pizza along with your sample. More and more manufacturers are looking for a pizza-like ordering experience when it comes to buying...
From the Customers’ Point-of-View, What Are You? — copy
We all spend a lot of time refining our 30-second elevator pitch and getting to know our customers’; what products and features are important to them, what are their delivery preferences, are there any administrative nuances that need to be considered, etc., but how...
Companies committed to lean manufacturing can not just ‘set it and forget it.’
Okay, I’ll say it, the answer is management. Companies committed to lean manufacturing can not ‘just set it and forget it.’ Process mapping must be continuous, locating and squeezing inefficiency out of every step, while improving yield and overall quality. ...
Flat Machine-Ready Blanks Reduce Part Movement
Many of the close tolerance Machine-Ready Blanks we produce at TCI Precision Metals are flat and designed to stay that way. Demand for flat material that resists movement during machining is high for two reasons, one, part movement can turn parts into scrap, and two,...
