GROWTH OF CUSTOMIZED WORKHOLDING

By Mitchell Kirby,

Riten Industries Inc.

Metalworking is becoming increasingly specialized, with manufacturers of lathes and grinders offering a variety of capacities, bed lengths and other options. This promises the user the ability to create custom machining solutions to “meet any production need.” While this is true to a point, standard options have their limits, and truly customized machines cost more and have extended delivery times.  However, the demand for unique production operations can frequently be satisfied by a simple custom engineered workholding solution rather than an expensive dedicated machine. >Read Entire Article