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Articles tagged with "production"
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Making the most of hydroforming: Pursuing product potential and possibilitiesHydroforming has become a competitive metal forming method and has succeeded in many applications because of its weight- and cost-saving attributes, elimination of joining operations, and ability to offer part design for confined spaces.
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Tube Hydroforming Design Flexibility—Part IV |
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Mill coolant system design: Lubrication is more than meets the eyeWhat kind of coolant system you construct for your tube mill or roll forming operation is just as important as what type of coolant you use.
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Applying the theory of constraints in a structural steel plant: How keeping busy can be a BAD ideaMerely staying busy is not a determinant of success.
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The case for open-book management |
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Production economics: Your client wants fast turns and small quantities; so do you!Communicate your production economics in meaningful ways to your clients. Be clear about how you measure performance and regulate processes.
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Welding Report: Sorting through industry trendsMajor trends for the welding industry include developments in robotic automation, just-in-time production, and new ways to better serve customers.
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Using technology to implement lean manufacturingLean manufacturing is more than a buzzword. It is key to improving a company's floor performance, customer responsiveness, and, ultimately, its bottom line. Yet few manufacturers truly understand what it takes to implement the concept.
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Looking to the future: Steel supplier designs facility based on regional current, future needsA growing manufacturing base in the Southeast spurred Thompson Steel in the mid-1990s to research what type of equipment to purchase for its new facility in Fountain Inn, S.C. The steel supplier had been shipping coils of slit steel from its plants in Baltimore; Franklin Park, Ill.; and Rome, Ga., almost daily to several customers in the area.
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Maintaining a coil feed line for optimum production: A checklist for inspection, maintenance, and troubleshootingLooking for maintenance guidelines for coil feed lines? Find them here, in checklist terms, for coil cars, reels,straighteners, threading tables, and feeds.
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Truckin' along through a stamping plant: Redesigned truck cab leads to new plant, processesInternational Truck and Engine Corporation's Springfield, Ohio, plant recently undertook the challenge of building a high-performance truck with the dimensional tolerances that meet today's quality standards within a cost structure that would allow it to remain competitive. This new product launch was the first of its kind for the company in more than 20 years.
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Using binder force control, force modulation, to improve part quality, stamping efficiency |
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Using Monitoring Systems to Improve Stamping 'Batting Average'What do baseball players, weather forecasters, and typical stamping plants have in common? Most are less than 60 percent effective.
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Dangerous curves: Jaguar successfully mass-produces the industry’s first aluminum body structure |
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Part nesting and die design tips for reducing and utilizing scrap in stamping operationsYou might be able to gain a competitive edge by learning how to reduce the amount of engineered scrap, or that material that was inteded to be scrap rather than scrap created because of defective piece parts.
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Cutting die-related costs: Where to look to save moneyDemands for cheaper, better, and faster tooling for stampings and the pace of business continue to escalate. This trend is not going to reverse itself.
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Automating your end forming operation: How to maximize efficiency in the shopEfficiency, productivity, and quality are focal points for end forming operations, and many manufacturers are looking to automation to improve those dimensions of their businesses.
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Thinking about an equipment upgrade?: Laser systems offer flexibility from prototyping to productionProducts change, and so do manufacturing methods used to make products. In the tube and pipe industry, however, manufacturing changes have been few and infrequent over the past few decades.
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Tooling, the key for mill productionThis article discusses three main criteria that govern tube mill tooling—design, materials used in their construction, and alignment of tooling on the mill. Discusses advancements in design due to CAD technology; experimental use of ceramic and plastic materials for making tooling; and the use of subplates and interchangeable components to ease tube mill alignment.
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Increasing tube mill welding speed: Examining technology for tube producersThis article reviews processes that were technological advances in tube welding years ago but still have a bearing on how tube producers do their jobs today.
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Accumulating strip before the mill: An introduction to entry end equipment |
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Maintaining a RF Tube and Pipe Welding Generator: How to find trouble spotsThis article separates the RF generator into seven major subassemblies and then gives tips for finding and preventing problems in each subassembly.
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Using existing tooling for new product applications: Evaluating the tooling's capabilities and limitationsThe article outlines factors for consideration when changing material type, grade, coatings, efficient speed requirements, specialty shapes, etc. Special consideration is given to the difference in speed between the minor relief angle and the root diameter.
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Comparing single-cut and dimple-free tube mill cutoffs: When to employ each systemThis article covers the application of single-cut and dimple-free cutoff shear technologies as they are applied to contemporary high-speed tube mills.
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Taking the troubles out of tube mill tooling: Preventing and solving some common problemsThis article discusses the prevention of problems associated with tube mill tooling, touching on maintaining tooling, as well as troubleshooting common problems that may arise during the tube production process.
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Inline gauge control in welded tube production: Reducing conversion lossesReducing scrap when converting strip to finished tube is a huge step in bettering your bottom line.
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Boosting efficiency in solid state welders: Improving weld mechanicals can make the differenceThis article, reprinted from the January/February 1999 issue of TPJ-The Tube & Pipe Journal, is based on excerpts from Thermatool Corp.'s "High Frequency Pipe & Tube Welding Manual."
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Laser tube processing: Ten out-of-the-box techniques save money, spur innovationThe introduction of lasers to the manufacturing process has changed the fabrication of tubing. Today, many manual processes can be replaced with laser processing techniques. Using the flexibility afforded by lasers, a bundle of raw tubing can be loaded into a laser tube cutter; parts can be cut with high accuracy, quality, and speed; and then finished parts from the machine can be sent directly to the final assembly.
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Certifying the quality of your tube and pipeIn a perfect world, quality assurance and certification of materials would not be issues. In the tube and pipe industry, however, flawless raw materials and finished goods are not givens.
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Tension control in tube and pipe production: Getting it right for smooth, steady mill operation |
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Troubleshooting Guide for CleanersRust, wear, and dirt cost tube fabricators and producers millions of dollars annually, and they can be the bane of tube processes. Analyzing the criteria for selecting the lubricant, cleaner, and rust preventative can help provide maximum protection.
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Robotic arc welding gets smart in real time: Immediacy of information can benefit shop floorsWhether you're dealing with low part counts or wild welding variables or the challenges of just-in-time production, monitoring software can help smooth your operation.
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Welding exhaust system components: Laser technology may aid this traditionally high-volume applicationIn the field of automobile exhaust systems, such components as manifolds, pipes, catalytic converters, and mufflers are joined either by the car manufacturer or by a subcontractor to form a subassembly ready for attachment.
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Selecting equipment for a robotic welding workcellSo you've decided to automate your welding process. Now it's time to select the equipment that performs the robotic welding. It's critical to take care choosing the appropriate equipment and an integration partner.
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Don't forget the fixturing: Consistent fixturing ensures consistent robotic weldingDon't forget a component of the system sometimes can dictatewhether a robotic welding integration succeeds or fails: the fixturing.
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Mobilizing equipment-saving time and talentIt's hard to believe that machines such as press brakes and hardware setting equipment can move around on wheels or be moved by forklift and still function correctly. But I can tell you, from experience, that it is true and can be done.
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