I am talking about STEEL and CAST IRON VALVES, where until today the traditional manufacturing process has been split into two phases: 1. TURNING 2. MILLING/DRILLING I have visited companies where the first phase was usually carried out on a horizontal lathe for small valves or on a vertical lathe for larger ones.  The valves then moved to a machining center of varying size,

  [space] To those who tell me: "THERE'S ROOM FOR EVERYBODY", I say THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE! [space] This statement is a sign of weakness, a sign of an UNWILLINGNESS to admit that CHANGES need to be made at your company! [space] "I WANT TO BECOME A LEADER IN MY SECTOR!" [space] This is the phrase I hear from SUCCESSFUL companies.  Perhaps not leaders yet b

  Hi! Why am I offering this gift of a free of charge trip for two people to Italy? To celebrate the opening of the first Blog about FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION where I will share useful concepts and ideas with people who are associated with the world of machining parts to specifications through the removal of chips with the target to PRODUCE WHAT YOU SELL, with NO ST