Feb 28 2008
Growing Tobacco
by
Albert Nale
Cheap cigarettes? Well, no discount cigarettes can get as cheap as the one made by you. Growing tobacco is no difficult a job if you take care of the plants especially in the beginning. Historically cigarette companies have helped farmers grow tobacco.
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Feb 6 2008
Quick Guide to Laser Engraving
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Helen Hecker
The most popular materials in the engraving fields are coated metals, wood, acrylic, glass, leather, marble, plastic, and host of synthetic materials made specifically for lasers.
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Dec 17 2007
Strategic Use of Lean Six Sigma
by
Carl Wright
Six sigma and lean manufacturing are utilized as improvement tools to improve the business. This improvement can take many forms, such as increased business, reduced costs, and improved cycle times or service.
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Nov 27 2007
Lean Manufacturing Definition
by
Carl Wright
There are many definitions of lean manufacturing. Some include words about value added activities and waste reduction. Our definition is the “continuous elimination of all waste resulting in a system of value added activity”. The key word is continuous. The journey to a state of lean never ends.
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Sep 26 2007
Why Implement SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) If Changeovers Aren't Your Biggest Constraint?
by
Bill Hanover
A little time and effort implementing SMED could literally make your company $millions$ even if changeovers aren't your biggest constraint.
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Jun 13 2007
Manufacturing Credit Cards: Materials and Processes
by
Devlin Gilliland
The credit card is made of many plastic layers, laminated together. The center is commonly made from a plastic resin known as polyvinyl chloride acetate (PVCA). This resin is then mixed with other materials, such as dyes and plasticizers to give it the appropriate look and feel.
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Feb 21 2007
Prototyping Your New Electronic Product Idea
by
Jim Usery
This article outlines the minimum tasks needed to send your new electronic product idea out for prototyping. It lists and defines the minimums to either perform your self or to have subcontracted.
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Feb 21 2007
I Have an Idea for a New Product, but Now What?
by
Jim Usery
Do you have an idea for an electronic product, the next must-have gadget or the greatest problem-solving device that was ever invented? This article will provide you with some guidelines to assist you in getting your idea turned into a successful design.
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Feb 20 2007
Basics of Manufacturing Printed Circuit Boards
by
Jim Usery
This article tells about the basics of manufacturing printed circuit boards including the terminology and the steps to processing a pcb.
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Feb 20 2007
What Your Electronics Manufacturing Service Provider Needs from You
by
Jim Usery
This article tells what your electronic manufacturing service providers needs from you to prepare an accurate quotation for a typical printed circuit board assembly project.
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Feb 20 2007
What Are Gerber Files for Printed Circuit Boards, and Who Needs Them?
by
Jim Usery
This article tells what a gerber file is and what it is used for in the electronic manufacturing industry.
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Feb 20 2007
The 8-Basics Of Lean Manufacturing
by
Bill Gaw
Here's the question heard around the world: How do we continuously increase speed, improve quality while lowering our operating costs? This article's answer is to stop chasing computer sophistication and start applying the 8-basics of lean manufacturing.
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Aug 29 2006
Manufacturing
by
Aweng Moral-Basco
Manufacturing is a branch of industry which accounts for about one-quarter of the world's economic activity. It is the application of tools and a processing medium to the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale.
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