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"New factory building was built 2002 when us when, we had decided to want to turn it into a place that suits the job, our stuff is willing to reveal it the place of family and client, " Mr Eckman says: "Of course, we are done so also is in order to work as far as possible efficient be jumping-off place " . Mr Eckman was mentioned to us a few about building the business of this one workshop, such as to can have capacious, the production space of large area, do not place permanent partition inside workshop, this also enhanced the flexibility with prospective workshop fluctuant layout; In the floor of white of the laid inside whole workshop; workshop original lamplight illume measure is waited a moment doubly. "All philosophy of all backside that afore-mentioned place do are contacted together closely with quality, " his explanation says: "Our employee knows they work clearly in complete phoenix city one of workshop with the neatest, the most equitable distribution, they also understand this is company actual strength to reflect. Become our client or be potential client when the workshop that walks into us looks around, those who see is the manufacturing environment that they hope the supplier should be had. This is the strongest to quality proof, also affect employee everyday working habit and manner " . Graph of Charles Eckman (is right) found with procedure engineer Michael Pellegrim is slow and steady growth 1992, the hand that Alumco has a few single people to operate only at first uses a machine tool, a few large manufacturer that basically are phoenix city district process aluminous product. Since then, the company grows 16 control to 20 people. Inchoate the first client also is found around the company. Now, firm client pervades the much home manufacturer of industrial group, limits also arrives from the bicycle consumptive electron. Meanwhile, their factory also spreads all over complete beauty to go to Canada even. "If must the reason that I speak a company to succeed, " Mr Eckman says, "That is us capable accurate ground is each product to define production flow. I am to point to machine about material, spare parts, go burr, eletroplate, assemble, pack the right choice that wait. Before the product throws production, we always concentrate energy on the design of product production flow, we always plan to start with in detail with, and this plan enumerate each detail of production and on hand of the person that be accompanying clique is versed in sheet is extended to use. Carry this kind of kind, we are maintaining from beginning to end consistent high quality, efficient, cost-effective " . The product of high quality, high quality client Mr Eckman outspread to the pursuit of flow and quality arrived on the client's choice. "Actually, we select the client that we want to serve only, " Mr Eckman says, "General, we favor quite small-sized or it is medium-sized client, they have the workshop with lesser dimensions euqally with us. The client often inspects them carefully. They are sent outside the circumstance such as the workshop that bag examination staff and engineer will come to inspect a supplier and flow control. I think they are done so is must, and to us same also. In fact, client group right choice may be my individual's most important to the company contribution. I cost a large number of time and energy to be being searched and visit potential client to go up, far want to be gotten more on other thing than the flower much " . Mr Eckman to high quality client be how define? "According to the experience that I learn for years, high quality client must have a few main essential factor, " Mr Eckman explanation says: "Above all, the documentation data of the product that must want to they want to buy explains. Early days, the client needs certain reasonable expectation. If they blindly wait to also be lost till last possibility, so each pieces of order may be nightmare, the production flow to us also is annihilative blow. Look in me, good client should have the job of 80% to already followed the prescribed order at least in early days. Of course, good client still ought to be fair, possess moral personal integrity and the finance affairs that has stability. " communication flow becomes when everything after systematization, mr Eckman already no longer chance of be patient of happens. He is certain the communication that should keep good with employee and client. The form that he adopts oral communicating or is the sheet that send work will ensure employee knows they need what to do all the time, and make a client true know what to can get from here. "Concern through maintaining the intimate contact with the client and a kind of friendly collaboration, we often can avoid a lot of needless troubles, " Mr Eckman says: "Through maintaining the close communication with employee, we also can avoid a lot of problems " . Mr Eckman also wants to go to concise, clear communication application on his equipment. "Equipment of my the first CNC is vintage Bridgeport Knee milling machine, " Mr Eckman says, "That is to be in 94 years, that equipment does not have soft drive, before that means you to must stand in the machine tool, manual process designing inputs controller. So, I decide to search a kind of method to be linked together this vintage equipment and my computer. The problem is I do not have chart again without manual already, can rely on scratch to solve all problems only. Finally, I succeeded. I use text editor to write G code in the office, go up to Bridgeport machine tool through RS232 download next. Now, it moves very well, I feel proud to this " . Before missing data and confidence are being moved into new factory building, mr Eckman added 8 Haas machining center, they were joined take tube-shaped part of computer science department through RS232. "Original what they work is very good, " Mr Eckman says, "But, slowly appeared data is missing. When adding an equipment, we must search enough space to place it in the workshop, pull cable of a wire to cross the ceiling to arrive on the machine tool next. And switching equipment makes we can choose random a machine tool will have news report. Eventually, data still made mistake, the confidence that this makes we are lost to active system. Alumco company has a lot of fixed production jobs, saved clamping apparatus of all cutting tool that concern with these tasks, tool and program so. "When a product is ordered again, we can be thrown effectively in the production of this product again quickly already, " Mr Eckman says, "But, when a few programs are lost all right, to whole process it is deadly. You must be returned again program of test and verify and cutting tool, that is to be between billow take time really. Sometimes, we can want to get the interference of field of fluorescent lamp electromagnetism or it is switching equipment the contact is undesirable, but we still fail to make clear the problem goes after all be in. We are moved into new factory building below the case that has not settled in the problem " . Be like plan institute to show is Alumco company workshop one horn, here has machining center of 11 Haas CNC, used Predator DNC system. What operating a machine tool is: Steve Graham, machinist () of the place before leaning in the graph, workshop director leans in graph of Joe Willard (among) and) of the place after leaning in graph of procedure engineer Mike Pellegrim (. With all equipment the dialog is decorated besides what have the outward appearance to new factory building and outside improving workshop position, the way that Mr Eckman still decides to seek a kind of simple palpability, reliable stability will join his equipment and computer. "I made many survey for this, " Mr Eckman says: "Very apparent, overmuch wire cable was brought about we often lose data in transmit before, I decide to choose the system of a kind of lead, it need not wire cable also can undertake transmission. Final, I selected system of Predator Wireless DNC. This system is too good really, I am very trustful it " . Mr Eckman bought 8 Predator license, that is to say can with 8 equipment at the same time communication. This system has an emitter, call Wireless Access Point, plus every equipment correspondence an autodyne (call Wireless Client) . Mr Eckman says: "The output that every equipment needs to have 110 AC will be wireless receiver power supply. But I want a complete wireless system, so I receive a power source of 5 bend over to be receiver power supply from equipment. Now, everything is so perfect " . Mr Eckman goes up in this foundation more took one step, he conceals receiver into equipment in, put apart antenna outside (if the article pursues the first piece,be shown) . Predator Wireless DNC is to be based on IEEE 802.

Of 11 wireless agreements, support 256 CNC equipment at the same time communication. "Wireless run mode is absorbing " , mr Eckman says: "The system transmits data to all equipment, like be like broadcast. And the receiver on equipment is in listening condition from beginning to end, once discover the message that sends it, it transmits device control character after capture implement. Same, if the program was carried to be revised in the machine tool, it also can be answered through this kind of means pass to Access Point and computer. Predator software can compare the difference between original order and had modified program to give out option: Reservation is revised or abandon revising. Such, saved many time and energy for us " . Portable Wireless Client since move into new factory building, mr Eckman added 3 Haas machine tool again, such, machine tool gross achieved 11. "Such case brought new issue again " , mr Eckman says: "We had considered to buy 8 license again, but too much to 3 equipment, so we bought Wireless Client and it the setting is portable. We own a production unit that forms by 4 equipment, the program that this unit uses is very few and fluctuant, when needing new program every time so, we take portable Wireless Client among them an equipment that, insert it a type of local school in ancient times of travel of RS232 port reentry to convey. Such doing is to have little trouble, but not be every day such. Should creating unit is used technically at growing periodic production. Before adding more equipment, I think portable Client is optimal solution " . The portable wireless receiver of Alumco company is adjusted between equipment, make Predator DNC system can carry news report with them. Mr Eckman will use active system to be added till him enough much equipment will buy another 8 licenses. Of system of stable moving Predator Wireless DNC how be behaved after all? "We use this to cover a system to had had 2 years, " Eckman respecting: "It is behaved too steadily, the trouble of nonexistent maintenance, need not worry about wire cable and switching equipment, most those who let a person be at ease is, never missing in transmit count is occupied " . CNC Milling CNC Machining