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Posts Tagged ‘Manufacturing’
Lyn-Tron Interview Series: Matt LeBret, Davenport Foreman part 1
Friday, July 29th, 2011
New CNC Supervisor, Steve Clark
Thursday, April 28th, 2011Lyn-Tron would like to welcome our new CNC supervisor Steve Clark. Steve may be new to the position of CNC supervisor but has worked for Lyn-Tron for over a decade. Actually, Steve started working for Lyn-Tron while still attending collage at Eastern Washington University. He started as a part-time employee which was one of his requirements for his scholarship.
Even with the fluctuating schedule of a college student, Lyn-Tron was more than considerate with his availability. Once starting night classes he was able to start working full-time for Lyn-Tron, where Steve moved to the position of raw material handler. After working in the department for over a year, the CNC foreman at the time noticed he was studying advance statistics and thought that Steve could handle the work in the CNC.
Steve has spent 7 years in the CNC department moving his way from trainee to night-shift foreman to lead man on days finally to his new position as supervisor. Steve is very honoured to take on this new challenge, but tributes his success to the great team we have in the CNC department. Lyn-Tron would again like to congratulate Steve on all his hard work and his years of dedication. We know that Steve will keep up with the amazing quality of work we have come to appreciate.
Why Manufacturing Matters
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011I wanted to share my thoughts on a great article by author Roger Thompson. In this article the author interviews professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih about how the United States can regain its competitive nature within the manufacturing industry. Throughout the entire article the professors have a firm beleif that the U.S. manufacturning can stage a comeback in spite of outsourcing. Pisano states that with over use of outsourcing can lead to “the general erosion of the economy”. Even though there is outsourcing the professors still believe that America’s economy is quite resilient, and that it is up to the executives to make their enterprises great over a longer peroid of time. It seems that the future of our economy is in the hands of the companies that will keep in mind the the “long-term implication of their descions for their compaines as well as for the countries in which they operate” (Shih). This makes me hopefull for our future because I beleieve that many companies have felt the recent decline of the economy and are making descions that will ensure that America will regain its strength it once had in all industries. If you like to read this article please click here.
Greg McGowan
Software Engineer
CAD Improving Production
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011My main duty is to ease the production process here at Lyn-Tron. I’m not a machinist or a supervisor; I’m one of Lyn-Tron’s CAD (Computer-Aided Design) Specialists. I believe that our CAD Department is one of the most crucial parts of production. When you take a moment to see how many different departments our CAD drawings are used in, it is amazing. From sending a CAD print to a customer for approval on a custom part to using CAD drawings in each manufacturing department. Our CAD drawings are also a pivotal point throughout our inspection process to ensure a quality product. With all of these different aspects of production that rely on our CAD department it is essential that every CAD drawing go through its own rigours approval process.
When I began here at Lyn-Tron I spent the first six months in a rotation through all of the different manufacturing departments and the quality control department. Through this experience I was able to use the CAD drawings, that I one day would be designing, in a practical way. I learned from firsthand experience what should be included on a blueprint that would speed up production. I also found out what process our quality control department has to go through to approve a part. This has led me to understand exactly what is need from multiple aspects of production and how to make the most beneficial CAD drawing that I can. It truly makes me pleased to be able to help as many of my fellow coworkers in our company’s goal to supply our customers with a product of superior quality at a fair price with a constant attention to delivery, performance and total customer satisfaction.
Kenan Guzman
CAD Specialist
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Lyn-Tron to offer NAS parts
Thursday, February 18th, 2010The National Aerospace Stardard is a requirement that is found aerospace industry. One major area of focus for NAS style parts are that they have a tight tolerance during manufacturing. Here at Lyn-Tron, we pride ourselves on the ability to machine parts to tight tolerances while providing near mirror like finishes. We’ve created a good deal of our catalog parts to work in place of NAS style part, but without the NAS part number designation. Sometime during the first quarter of 2010 look for some changes at Lyn-Tron concerning NAS style parts.
Sincerely,
Jeff Nichols
Director of Information Technology
Fasteners Show in Vegas | Nov. 16-18
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009Lyn-Tron will be attending the National Industrial Fastener Show this year being held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay South Hotel. The NFS show is scheduled to run from November 16th through the 18th.
Come by the booth and talk to the knowledge sales staff Josh Holley (Vice President of Sales & Marketing), Tyler Lynn (Estimator) and Jim Goldsberry (Sales Supervisor). At this show Lyn-Tron will unveil it’s new trade show booth, along with our newest brochure. We’ve also created a new form digital media that will be used.
As a quick side note, I should also mention that Lyn-Tron recently purchased a brand new Starr CNC 10mm machine. This machine has been added to the CNC department which brings the total number of machines in that department to 12. This will helps alleviate, the burden of an already busy department that makes highly precise standard catalog and custom parts.
Sincerely,
Jeff Nichols
Director of Information Technology
Manufacturing Point of View
Monday, August 17th, 2009Over the years it is amazing how machining parts has changed from when I first started in the business. From the type of tooling and coatings that are now available, to the machines and the evolutions they have made. Take a Davenport 5 spindle machine for instance.
First made in 1902, and still widely used today, it is one of the fastest screw machines in the industry still. And now they have installed Servo’s and precision ball bearing in the spindles to achieve not only better surface finishes, but hold tighter tolerances too.
It manufactures parts for virtually for every business. Since the Davenport is made in the U.S.A., it is also easy to find repair parts without the hassle of going oversees and paying much more. Lyn-Tron is fortunate to have 30 Davenport machines with highly skilled technicians to repair, set-up, and operate. www.davenportmachine.com/
The CNC (Computer Numerical Control) was first designed at MIT in the late 40’s and really started to show up in the machine shop in the late 70’s to early 80’s. Able to produce micro small to car size parts with extreme close tolerances, and produce parts for any industry, these machines would be a must in any Machine Shop. Lyn-Tron has 11 Star Swiss Sliding Head Stock Machines ranging in years from 2001 to 08 and sizes from 10MM to 32MM and up to 7 Axis. http://www.starcnc.com/
The Rotary Transfer Machines have come into play looking for faster cycle times and was thought of mostly for automotive type work. Not the case. We use two type of Rotary Transfer Machine here at Lyn-Tron. Both serve a purpose. The first is a Eubama made in Germany that uses coil material and fits nice for long runners where we can achieve excellent efficiency’s. Lyn-Tron has 5 Rotary Transfer Machines. www.eubama.de/
The newest Rotary Transfer on the market today is the Epic R/T 25/12, which is a full CNC with 25MM capacity, an average efficiency rating of 85-90%, and an automatic bar loader. Great for either short or long runs, and able to handle the tough materials, these are high performance machines. Lyn-Tron has purchased 2 in the last year and we are glad we did.
http://www.toolingandproduction.com/features/2008_June/0608_rethinking.aspx
Dominic R. Borland
V.P. of Manufacturing
CHANGE
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009Change…it can be good or bad. But it is always interesting. For example, I had a wedding in my family this past week. It was somewhat stressful. The florist delivered the wrong color of flowers for the bride, there was a problem with the cake, but in the end everything worked out.
I heard a comment once that the “only sure thing is change.” That is definitely true in business. If you don’t change, if you don’t adapt, you can miss out on terrific opportunities to better meet the needs of your customers. Here at Lyn-tron we are in the middle of many changes, all with the goal of making it easier to service you, our customers. The IT department is working night and day on our new web site. This is one change that I am very happy about. I think you will be very impressed as you navigate around the site. We are also changing the way we move product through manufacturing. This allows us to run parts quicker and more efficiently. We are reviewing personnel assignments and adjusting positions in an effort to better serve you, our customers.
So if change is something you are dealing with, look to Lyn-Tron as an example that change can be a good and powerful tool for you.
Jim
Sales
The New Lyn-Tron Website Part I
Monday, June 1st, 2009
Lyn-Tron, Inc., your leader in the electronic and component hardware industry, is proud to announce its release of the new lyntron.com website. There are several new enhancements that you’ll see right off the bat. First, would be a much more functional home page.
Along the top of the home page you’ll find some very relevant links discussing; new and exciting custom projects, manufacturing capabilities and capacities, and a thoroughly comprehensive RoHS and WEEE directives portion. Along the right side of the page you will see three distinct and permanent links, the first being Lyn-Tron’s complete online catalog. Within this catalog you can custom build over 160,000 different parts that Lyn-Tron can manufacture. Custom Projects and Technical are also listed for you to choose.
We have also provided a “quick reference” search for some very important information located directly in the middle of the page. Parts # Cross Reference, Parts # Lookup, Find a Rep or Distributor, and Distributor Login. All provide “get detail” readily available for you at any time. Next to these tabs you’ll find the “feature sets.”
These “feature sets” revolve weekly as we want to share new information with all of our customers. This information will contain vital information about numerous different things. Some of which being: RoHS, WEEE, new product lines, additional plating options, promotional codes and even giveaways. I would highly suggest that you book mark lyntron.com today and refer back to it often.
Finally, lyntron.com is offering blogs. For those of you still under a rock, what I’m writing here is a blog. For Lyn-Tron, it is a short document talking about why Lyn-Tron is the industry leader. Check back here every Monday morning to see the latest news from Lyn-Tron.
I hope that you enjoy the new site. We’ve worked very hard to listen to our customer’s concerns over that last couple of years and hopefully we have molded this site to best fit their needs. Thanks again!
Jeff Nichols
Director of Information Technology