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Article: Waterjet helps place a manufacturer's quality a cut above: when an auto interior maker found its equipment wasn't making the cut, it turned to a waterjet that could handle it.(WATERJET)
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- Modern Applications News
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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It's a story familiar to almost anyone creating parts: A new product line means expansion and increased profits, but brings higher production volume, increased productivity levels, and closer tolerances. These were the demands facing the Madisonville, KY, plant of Lear Corp., Southfield, MI. Lear Madisonville supplies automobile interior systems such as seats, instrument and cockpit panels, doors and trims, overhead and flooring, and acoustic materials.
A new product launch meant ratcheting-up production. The company planned to use an existing waterjet system for new business, but in the middle of a launch, discovered the system could not handle the requirements. ...
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