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112 MMS June 2014 mmsonline.com better production Shops Using Technology E d ito r E M i LY Pro b s t, e p r o b s t @ m m s o n l i n e.c o m CNC Grinder Shortens Lead Time for Specialty Tooling b y nature, specialty tooling requires a certain amount of lead time to design and manu- facture. "People aren't ordering tooling a year or even months in advance for a project," says Justin Lehman, engineering/quality manager at ET W Inc. "They are basically getting ready to Scott Kading, lead machinist for the grinding department, sets up the Studer favoritCNC machine for grinding one of the shop's special tool projects. r u n s o m e p a r ts i n th e n ex t c o u p l e m o nth s. Ever ybody wants their tools yesterday. Lead times make a difference." Fo r E T W, a p rov i d e r of s p e c i a l t y to o l i n g a n d c o n t r a c t m a c h i n i n g i n W a u k e s h a , Wisconsin, that lead time was prolonged by i t s u s e o f a m a n u a l g r i n d i n g m a c h i n e . B y installing a Studer favoritCNC grinder from United G r i n d i n g N o r t h A m e r i c a I n c. ( M i a m i s b u r g, Ohio), ETW was able to speed up the production 0614_MMS_better.indd 112 5/14/2014 8:46:32 AM