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Article: Driving innovation: increased capacity for building complex dies allows growth for forging operation with adding skilled labor.(high-speed machining)
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- Tooling & Production
- Article date:
- November 1, 2008
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At Walker Forge of Clintonville, WI, the skilled labor force is relied upon to bring new and innovative ideas to the table, helping the company's technology stay current--and provide customers with high-quality forgings by producing its own dies quickly and accurately.
"We have to do it ourselves quickly, efficiently, and always to spec," says Mike Olenski, impression die shop engineer/supervisor.
So when the advantages of high-speed machining began to outshine electric discharge machining (EDM), it was time for a transformation. The company is participatory in its style of management, with self-directed work units across its 24/7 operations, and there ...