Creating and Maintaining a World-Class Machine Shop: A Guide to General and Titanium Machine Shop Practices
Search in google:
This manual is about proven principles of success in metal fabrication. The material presented is practical and in-use, as the examples will show. While the primary focus of this book is on machining titanium, many of the items discussed could apply to any machining or manufacturing enterprise. The look and feel of a world-class shop is described with many examples. If you own, manage, or work at a general or titanium machine shop, or at virtually any metal fabrication shop, you will find yourself referring to this manual over and over again.Distinctive FeaturesDiscusses selection, education and training of manufacturing peopleCovers the features of shop equipment including machines and fixturingProvides the latest information available on the efficient machining of titaniumExplains machining of difficult features along with recommended courses of action to minimize warpage and part distortionIncludes discussions on benching and sanding of partsCovers cutters and cutter coatingsDescribes efficient and lean practices, along with some frugal metrics for measuring progressFeatures the author s thoughts on inter-company sharing of machining technologyOffers tidbits of useful information from the author s toolbox and memorable experiences from his world of machining
Introduction Group I: Defining a World-Class Machine Shop—Traits of a World-Class Machine Shop A 30-Minute Shop Assessment Selection and Training of Employees Group II: Equipment—Work Holding and Fixturing (Killer Fixturing for Milling Large Parts) Machines Group III: Machining of Titanium—Rough Milling of Titanium Finish Milling of Titanium Maintaining Large Part Accuracy Machining Difficult Features Warpage Group IV: Sanding and Vibratory Finishing—Sanding and Benching Vibratory Finishing Group V: Cutters—Sources of Cutters Cutter Checking Cutter Life Group VI: Efficiency & Lean Practices—Inter-Company Sharing Continuous Improvement Is Not Enough Lean Studies and Communication Measuring Shop Performance Work Cells Group VII: Ed s Tool Kit—Tid-bits and Rules of Thumb My Tales—Memorable Happenings Appendix Index
