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Gosiger News

Automated Oil Coupling Cell Reduces Footprint, Increases Productivity

March 7, 2013

Automated Oil CellA manufacturer of API and premium couplings used for deep oil drilling wanted to significantly reduce its cost-per-part, utilize less floor space and address operator safety concerns. Gosiger Automation worked closely with other Okuma Partners in THINC to develop an automated cell occupying only a 35’ by 20’ area. The system eliminated most of the manual labor previously required, thus greatly reducing operator time. An integrated robot handles the loading and unloading chores, eliminating heavy lifting and keeping workers out of harms way.

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Blind Machinists Cut Setup Time by 50% with Okuma Machining Centers from Gosiger

February 20, 2013

Okuma CNC MachinesSeattle, Washington-based Lighthouse for the Blind is a not-for-profit that creates employment for blind, deaf, and other individuals challenged by physical disabilities. One of their crowning achievements is a machine shop servicing the aerospace industry. However, when the organization realized that they needed to increase their competitiveness with CNC machining technologies they had difficulty finding a machine tool supplier who would work with them to adapt the new machines for blind operators.

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Gosiger Automation Cuts Cycle Time From 45 Minutes to Less Than 17

December 14, 2012

Kitchen Aid 1 Gosiger Automation recently worked with a manufacturer of rotors used in air compressors that wanted to improve the productivity of its grinding operation. The company was also concerned with employee health and safety issues due to the heavy lifting required of their grinding machine operators.

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4 Success Secrets of the Most Profitable CNC Machine Shops

November 26, 2012

secretGardner Research recently completed an in-depth study of CNC machine shops to better understand what separates high-performance shops – those that excel at income, profit and growth – from average ones. The study found that the characteristics of these higher performing CNC machine shops included gross sales that were 14% higher than other shops, and median net income margin of 12.9% versus 5.9%. Moreover, the average growth rate for high performing CNC machine shops was 51.6% while the other shops averaged only 25.1% growth.

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What is the True Cost of Owning a CNC Machine?

September 20, 2012

Cost of OwnershipLike any other major purchase, most of us tend to focus on the initial pricetag of manufacturing equipment, and it’s sometimes difficult to rationalize the cost difference between two similar machines. In the case of CNC machine tools, Machining Center “A” may not look much different from Machine Center “B,” and the specs may even be quite close. So, when machine “B” has a pricetag that’s one-third less than “A,” it’s tempting to choose the less expensive machine.

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Tool & Die Shop Expands Capabilities with new VMC from Gosiger

August 31, 2012

New Call-to-action Nick Sluterbeck is the fourth generation to work in his family’s Clayton, Ohio-based business, Sluterbeck Tool Co. Started by Nick’s great-grandfather in the 2-car garage of his home in 1953, the versatile tool & die company now occupies a modern, 12,000 square foot facility. Here they turn out one-offs, prototypes and full production runs of a variety of parts for automotive, medical and specialty machine OEMs.

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Gosiger Automation Grinding System Boosts CNC Machine Shop Efficiency to 185%

July 10, 2012

Okuma GrinderA CNC machine shop in the Midwest (they’ve asked to remain anonymous) runs batches of 500 – 6,000 parts for a variety of metalworking customers. One of their specialties is precision grinding of multi-faceted cylindrical parts. When they sought to add capacity to their grinding operation, they evaluated various products and settled on an Okuma GA26 grinder. To maximize productivity, Gosiger Automation designed a solution that includes the Okuma grinder, Fanuc LR-Mate robots, a palletized loading system and centralized control.

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Gosiger Factory Automation Improves Pump Maker’s Productivity by 40%

June 19, 2012

Many energy providers are turning to the process of well fracturing which is good news for CNC shops like Premium Frac Pumps in Fort Worth, Texas. The company makes a line of well fracturing pumps that are critical to this process.

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Gosiger Factory Automation Key to Tool Maker’s Sales Growth

May 14, 2012

RFM, a unit of Mitsubishi Materials USA, manufactures indexable, multi-pocketed milling cutters, end mills and drills. The Brighton, Michigan facility quadrupled its annual sales and increased production output 25% by applying Gosiger Factory Automation technologies to its machining processes.

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Service as Well as CNC Machine Performance Key to Manufacturer’s Productivity Improvements

April 24, 2012
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Morbark, Inc. is the industry leader in heavy-duty wood harvesting equipment known for performance and reliability. So Central Machine Shop Director, Joe Faber wasn’t about to settle for anything less in his CNC machines.

“When we were ready to add some new CNC machines we looked at all of the options and were most impressed with the Gosiger organization’s thorough knowledge of manufacturing and the capabilities of the Okuma products. We checked with other manufacturers who had switched to Okuma CNC machines from Gosiger. Everyone we spoke with beat the drum for the quality of the Okuma products and the technical support and service from Gosiger.” As a result, Morbark now has two Okuma horizontal machining centers and an Okuma vertical mill.

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