THE CHALLENGE Apex Precision Technologies of Camby, Ind., produces large parts for many familiar o-highway vehicle and automotive suppliers, and specializes in dierential housings, transfer cases and axles. Like many companies today, Apex customers want parts cheaper and faster and do not care if material costs have gone up. It is required to produce large quantities of parts in small batches. To keep prot margins from shrinking, Apex uses combination cutting tools and custom xtures. The company needed a exible machining solution to help the shop meet lean manufacturing goals that call for reliability, versatility and exibility in programming and machining. As part of that goal, it also needed to make the most of the large, heavy custom tools it uses to help it meet its client’s

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