anyone has any suggestion on how to automatically record run-time on a centerless grinder, is there a device that I can attach to the motor that would record start / stop times?.
I have worked as a lean manufacturing Engineer for about 5 years. I'm considering going back to school for a graduate Program. which program would better complement my work experience?. which give me a better shot at landing a job without experience?.
Masters in Health Administration
OR...
Here's a demand curve for a particular family of products, what is the most efficient way to calculate kanban quantities for its components? any suggestions (for in-house manufactured parts only)
I'm a mfg engineer that has had 4 years experience in process improvement, mapping and 5S etc in a sheet metal facility. I would really like toapply these tools to improve services.
Anyone here doing anything like that?. Any ideas how I can get into similar fields?.
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Just wondering if there was some typical form that are used while selling unused equipment from the plant.Some equipment are definitely unsafe to use, which was clearly conveyed to the surplus buyer, but I want to make sure that we are covered on our end.
Not quite sure if this is the best way to ask this question but what machine would be comparable to the toyota corrola or honda civic of the laser industry.
This would be our first laser so:
1. training, support and ease of use very important.
2.trying to find a balance between cost of machine...
can anyone with experience in purchasing a laser give me some pointers on,
-machine selection
-justification
or any other documentation involved as far as research and recommending a machine?.
Thanks.
I would like a regular letter stamp with 1" lettering to mark 01 01 01 then go 02 02 02 and the 03 03 03 and so on. I'm having a hard time locating any such stamp, any ideas/suggestions are appreciated
I think about work way too much-- so much that I wake up thinking about it, I think about it when I eat.
I'm not very productive when I am at work. I've been stuck in this cycle for quite some time.
I'm starting to change I would like some pointers to pull me out of this mess.
Few things...
we roll cylindrical flanged tubes out of flat sheet metal.
we have 2" manual slip rollers that will do then job,
I'm trying to figure out what type of motor to put on it.
when we used a scale on the lever arm- we were using
30 ft/lbs of torque.
any suggestions on the right way to go about...
we are putting up a Lean cell and where hand off is physically not possible, does anybody have any suggestions on how to transfer parts from turrets in flat, or from Press brake partially formed?
-18-22 gauge
-Range: 4"-6"
-tube height: less that 12"
-Roller should be adjustable on both ends
(one end has a flange, so we need a tight turn on free end)
-easy release.
-powered.
These are specs for a small roller we would like for the lean cell, I'm having hard time finding vendors, if...
The same operator would need to use clecos ,4 pins about 100 times/shift for a total of 400 clicks. Is that ergonomic?, I'm trying to avoid use of the clamps that come with it.
I need some guidance in finding a booth to strip the paint off our hooks as opposed to using the conventional burn-off oven.
To save the labor and time of manually taking hooks off and baking them in an oven I was wondering if there is some kind of booth that can be incorporated into the powder...
we make stainless steel decorative doors for gas fireplaces, there are a lot of scratches from handling, we currently buff them by hand and they are leaving lot of streaks, so we are looking to get an equipment.
we talked to the steel supplier who laser cut them- they said that using a lazer...
we have a production cell that makes gas fireplaces. And I would like to install a system that can imprint model number and barcode in the pre-cell to make it easier for product identification downstream. The capacity of our cell is 80-100 units a day. The fireplaces go through paint line before...
