T&P • Tooling & Production, Strategies for Large Metalworking Plants

October 2011 - Volume 5 Issue 19

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	Features
	Quick Change Philosophy Leads to Quick Growth for Transmissions Manufacturer Twenty Minute Maximum Set-Up Times and "Hitting Five Sides in One Set-Up" Has Power Couplings Maker Striving to Double Sales Volume in 3 to 5 Years Full Article

	Top Manufacturing Executive Provides Optimistic Outlook for Fabricating Industry Edward Youdell, President and CEO of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, Offers His Analysis on Recent Trends, Which He Believes Point to an Exciting Time in the Metalworking Industry Full Article


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	Industry News
	Geometric Receives Frost & Sullivan’s 2011 Global Enabling Technology Award for DFMPro CAD Integrated Software Validates Manufacturability of a Design Immediately and Reduces Time-to-Market by 50% Full News Item
	Hexagon Metrology Partners With Hendrick Motorsports; Provides Measuring Arms That Give Race Team a Leg Up on Competition Full News Item
	Free iPhone Weld Setting Calculator Offers Convenience and Accessibility to Information Full News Item
	Latest Version of 2D D-Cubed Software Uses Geometric Constraints to Define and Position Conics Full News Item
	Back Boring, Spiral Roughing, and Ability to Output a Stock Model Among the Improvements in 2012 Version of Feature Based CAM System Full News Item


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