CASE STUDY: Manufacturing Customer Survey Finds The Following Results
In 2011, we conducted a client survey of over 1500 manufacturers, across varied industries doing manual and hand deburring.
How Much Production Time Are You Losing?
Set up? Processing Time? The MAX speeds all of this!
FASTEST CHANGE OUTS:
This doesn’t even include the faster processing time of each part... If you deburr 250 parts a month, you could save approximately 120 hours in setup time alone.
How much production time are you losing?
Set up? Processing Time? The MAX speeds all of this!
Once a setup is made, it is saved as a recipe.
Recipes are called up by filename instantly.
No Changeover or setups!
*As an option, we also offer auto-part ID.
Lower your Cost Per Part!
The MAX Systems are ideal for applications where parts are run on a repeat basis. The frequency and
volume is not important. In other words, you can run a different part every single cycle as long as
the parts are re-run at some point; even if it is five years down the road. Your saving yourself time and money!
Fastest Cycle Times in the Biz!
Run a different part every cycle!
Automatic Wheel Wear Compensation
Chamfer, Radius or any other type of edge finish
It has been about five years since we bought your deburring machine. I can boast that we have greatly improved the quality of gears as opposed to hand deburring. The productivity is unmatched! Many of the parts used to take 30 minutes by hand and now the same part is done in about 30 sec.
— Ramdas Amin, Mfg Engineer, GE Aviation Systems
I have been using a James Engineering 462 for about 4 years now. It works wonderful I can’t imagine working without that machine. It has done our company justice!
— Tim Fuller, Manufacturing Engineer, Baldor
We have benefited from faster set-up times to faster cycle times. The machine has functioned effectively without failure ever since we powered it up in 2005.
It is extremely easy to set up on spiral bevel ring gears and many other parts we manufacture.
We highly recommend it for any company interested in improving their deburring processes
— Paul Campion, GM, Reliance Gear
See more of our customers here.
Happy Manufacturing Day!
Today is National Manufacturing Day, and the beginning of Manufacturing Month! Let’s dive in to the holiday’s history and importance.
Manufacturers! Hold your tools high, wear your grease stains with pride, and celebrate all your hard work, because today is National Manufacturing Day, and October is Manufacturing Month!
Didn’t realize that Manufacturing Day is a national holiday? It’s okay—it’s a relatively new holiday, as it was first declared on October 12, 2012. Only eleven years of celebrating an industry that has shaped America for hundreds!
The idea of Manufacturing Day was created back in 2011 in Rockford, Illinois, (but was officially recognized in 2012) as a way to break the industry’s stigma of hostile environments and labor-intensive work. The ultimate goal of the holiday is to shed light on how innovative and exciting manufacturing actually is, especially with the advanced technological skills and tools that have spurred the evolution of the industry, such as robots, computers, CNC machines, and more.
The manufacturing industry is one of the leading 10 industries in the United States, supplying 8.41% of the national workforce with jobs all over the country; that means roughly 12.5 million people work as or for manufacturers every year.
In 2021, 149,000 people worked for manufacturing companies in Colorado alone, making up 5.36% of the state’s workforce. Yet even though the industry is one of the tops in America, the growing shortage of trained workers has begun to affect the industry, leaving big gaps of unfilled positions.
These gaps then increase production time, lower company efficiency, and stunt industry advancement, which is why the breaking of stigmas and installment of internships and in-house training programs have become so crucial for recruiting the new generation of workers.
Here at James Engineering, we highly value learning opportunities and internship programs. Teaching the younger generation of manufacturing engineers about the industry advancements has been crucial for setting the stage for our future as a company, as well as their futures as individuals in the workforce. We provide our employees and interns with as much hands-on experience as possible, and we work together as a team to navigate the ever-changing world of manufacturing engineering. In Colorado, the top growing sect of the manufacturing industry is aerospace product and parts, which is what James Engineering, a Colorado-based company, has specialized in since being founded in 1980. We have become experts when it comes to aerospace part finishing, so much so that every plane in the sky has been touched by one of our machines. We know what it takes to succeed in the manufacturing industry, and we pass on our knowledge to those who are dedicated to further advancing our innovations.
Today it’s important to reflect on the impact the manufacturing industry has had on not only America, but the entirety of our world. The ever-developing industry has supplied millions of jobs to millions of people, and without these people, our planet would be a completely different place. Cars, airplanes, cellphones, medical equipment, even the clothes in your closet would cease to exist without manufacturing and all its astounding accomplishments. Here at James Engineering, we highly encourage those interested in the manufacturing industry to take any opportunity to learn more about its how’s and why’s, and to not be afraid to contribute their own original propositions. Manufacturing is no longer a dark-roomed, physically grueling industry that’s vicious on the body and mind—manufacturing is a technological, innovative industry nurtured by bright minds, inspiration, and passion.
For the rest of October, take a moment each day to observe the objects, equipment, and machinery around you that have been made possible by our world’s manufacturers. Take any chance you get to learn more about our mechanical surroundings, and push yourself to share your ideas with the world. You never know—you may be the next person to evolve the industry.
If you’d like to know more about the James Engineering impact, check out the rest of our website at https://www.james-engineering.com/. If you’re interested in joining our team, please send your resume or inquiries to Employment@James-Engineering.com, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible!