PROCESS MONITORING HELPS PARTS MANUFACTURERS SAVE MONEY

"With its acquisition of Artis Systems Inc., Marposs aims to provide shops with a full complement of pre-, post- and in-process monitoring and inspection tools" said Gary Sicheneder, manager of new business development and marketing in Marposs Corp., Auburn Hills, Mich.

Artis developed a system to monitor cutter wear when drilling about 750 holes on each side of an airplane’s vertical stabilizer. The customer produces two stabilizers a week and was prompted to automate process monitoring because of the operation’s complexity and the high cost of the part

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Read the Small runs, big benefits article, that first appeared in the April 2009 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine.