Case Studies Instrumentation/Sensor/Transducer Manufacturer APPLICATION: Machining Stainless Steel with Precise Tolerances BACKGROUND: A Jergens customer manufactures differential and straight pressure transducers, precision measurement instrumentation and sensors for industrial, civilian and military aviation and defense applications, as well as for space exploration. ISSUE: The manufacturing division specializes in the machining of stainless steel to precise tolerances, with very short lead times from initial order receipt to product shipment. Much of the parent company’s prototype development is also provided internally by this division. Common machining methods requiring indicating were used for decades on an aging Matsuura MC500v vertical machining center, and long set-up times were

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