This video provides a brief overview of W.A. Pfeiffer’s digital manufacturing system. W.A. Pfeiffer is in many ways a typical job shop. It makes precision components for a wide variety of applications ...

Share Let’s talk about all the tool inventory a small job shop might require. Because the shop has to be prepared to machine unexpected jobs both quickly and cost-effectively, it needs to keep a wide ...

The idea of adding a press brake for such work is attractive for many shops, but the expense of adding another brake, even a ...

From textile roots to precision machining, Ketchie is a third-generation manufacturer that has leveraged Mastercam CAD/CAM software and Mazak technology to streamline operations, reduce cycle times ...

Transportation Science, Vol. 45, No. 2 (May 2011), pp. 175-198 (24 pages) The paper investigates train scheduling problems when prioritised trains and nonprioritised trains are simultaneously ...