Napoleon Machine
Napoleon Machine Forged in Family At Napoleon Machine, the significance of hard work is at the center of its core values. In fact, the tag line in its jobseeker video on the company’s career web page warns, “Lazy folks need not apply.” As businesses were struggling across the northeastern and midwestern United States, Napoleon Machine […]
COBRA Golf, Inc.
For Fast Prototyping, COBRA Golf Uses Advanced CAD/CAM Techniques COBRA Golf’s R&D shop is dedicated to creating new golf equipment—mostly clubs—as well as tweaking and refining old equipment. To stay competitive, the shop must edit models quickly to make design adjustments and then get the parts off machines fast. To do it, they use Mastercam […]
Stainless Fittings Group
Small Shop Makes Big Gains with CAD/CAM Software Stainless Fittings Group (SFG) is a mom-and-pop machine shop that, among other things, produces precision military antenna parts for an automaker supplying the U.S. Department of Defense. The Challenge Before 2015, CNC programming was done by hand using 2D paper drawings and customer notes. The Solution Introducing […]
FK Instrument Co.
FK Instrument Co. specializes in manufacturing aerospace parts with exceptionally tight tolerances. To maintain profit margins, FKI must be able to produce these precision parts quickly and accurately. The Challenge Manufacturing exceptional, ultra-critical tolerance aerospace parts within a tight timeframe. The Solution Mastercam, the most robust CAD/CAM software for machining applications. Benefits Network of knowledgeable, […]
San Diego City College
San Diego Machine Tech Program Leads the Way to Jobs, Puts San Diego City College on the Map The Machine Technology Program at San Diego City College is known for its strong curriculum that prepares its students for life on the shop floor. Students take a series of 11 classes leading to an Associates of […]
Reed-Custer High School Guitars
Guitars Hit the Right Notes at Reed-Custer The Industrial Technology/Advanced Manufacturing Program at Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois, is fortunate to have Mark Smith teaching the program’s students all the fine points of advanced woodworking. He has been a devotee of woodworking for many years, both in industry and in the classroom. To keep […]
United Machine & Metal Fabrication
Pushing Out the Boundaries is One Key to Success for UMMF United Machine & Metal Fabrication has grown in size and capabilities by getting smarter about its manufacturing processes, including investing heavily in machines and equipment, and the people and software to power them. Quick Facts Product Used: Mill, Multiaxis, Lathe Industry: Aerospace, Military, Mining, […]
Reed-Custer High School
CAD/CAM Elevates Woodworking at Reed-Custer The Industrial Technology students at Reed-Custer High School in Braidwood, Illinois are encouraged to let their imaginations soar and their skills flourish as they learn how to create works of function and beauty. Their medium is wood, and their audience is comprised of appreciative residents in the school’s community. Their […]
Bloomsburg Area High School
CAD/CAM at Bloomsburg Helps Build Better Bots Instructor Kirk Marshal’s Technology Education class at Bloomsburg Area High School in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, has been entering their battling robots at national BattleBots® IQ and National Robotics League events for many years. These survival-of-the-fittest contests are held at various venues around the country. Not only have they been […]
NOVO Engineering
Design House Fabricates Innovative Prototypes with Mastercam NOVO Engineering in Vista, California, provides the engineering behind a variety of medical devices, life science automation, digital imaging equipment, and commercial products from clients such as Medtronic, Synthetic Genomics, Hewlett-Packard, and TaylorMade. Its start-to-finish contract design service offerings include concept development, engineering, prototyping, fabrication, testing, and transition […]