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Article: VMC increases prodcutivity for machining and forging shop.(Better Production)(Bourdon Forge, a job shop offering forgings and machines forged parts, boosts productivity and machining quality with the help of a Torq-Cut vertical machining center from Bridgeport Machines Inc.)
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- Modern Machine Shop
- Article date:
- October 1, 1999
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Bourdon Forge (Middletown, Connecticut) is a job shop that provides forgings and machines forged parts, including Drings, snaps and other safety hardware that attach to safety belts and parachutes.
Bourdon Forge had been using machining systems that had a number of breakdowns, limiting productivity and machining quality. Both Kerry Nowak, CNC supervisor, and Clark Bourdon, president, would not settle for just any replacement system to machine their forged alloy steel products. The machine they wanted had to be durable, tough, U.S. made, and have an attractive price.
Critical analysis led the management of Bourdon Forge to purchase a Torq-Cut vertical ...