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Streamline Your Operations: Take Flight with Lean Manufacturing Is inefficient production holding your aerospace manufacturing back? Lean principles are more than just a buzzword - they're your key to achieving: Enhanced Efficiency: Reduce wasted time and get your projects completed faster. Imagine: more rockets, less waiting! Unwavering Quality: Precision is paramount in aerospace. Lean practices ensure consistent, high-quality results throughout every stage of production. Cost Optimization: Achieve significant cost savings without compromising quality. Think of it as more resources for cutting-edge advancements, not wasted overhead. At PTX DEFENSE, we're experts in implementing lean manufacturing strategies. Let's discuss how PTX Defense can help you implement lean principles and achieve a competitive advantage. #LeanManufacturing #AerospaceInnovation #PTXDefense

You can recondition and refurbish your Lindström Precision Cutters at half of the list price. Save the cost of a brand-new cutter by refurbishing your Lindström product to an almost brand-new condition. The best way to compare the real costs between different precision cutters is to consider the number of cuts. The parameters below indicate how Lindström tools - representing a higher initial investment - become even more economical than lower quality cutters on a medium or long-term basis. Learn more 👇 https://ow.ly/FQZj50R8hw9 #Lindström #lindstromtools #electronics #medical #aviation #defense #madeineurope #pliers #cutters #reconditioning #manufacturing

The Joint Production Accelerator Cell (JPAC), created by OSD A&S in early 2023, is tasked with providing actionable recommendations to increase the production capacity of specific weapon systems based on the evolving threat environment. Here's some good news: $5M in funding for JPAC's important work has been included in the recently proposed FY25 budget request. Here's what they'll be focusing on: 1) Initiate research efforts to assess opportunities to inject advanced, flexible, and scalable design and manufacturing techniques into DoD supply chains. 2) Evaluate previous and ongoing industry and Government efforts to identify, develop, inject, and scale advanced design and manufacturing approaches. 3) Assess opportunities to develop and scale alternate manufacturing techniques for critical munitions subcomponents including, but not limited to, ball bearings, artillery shell casings, and solid rocket motors. 4) Analyze opportunities and approaches to modernize production facilities to enable flexible and agile manufacturing, including digital engineering, advanced reductive manufacturing, additive manufacturing, and flexible/agile tooling. Assessments will seek to define tangible benefits to production and surge capacity, as well as associated costs and implementation timelines.

Did you all know we have a submarine maintenance crisis? I learned about it at an #additivemanufacturing conference last year, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.  According to a new report from the Congressional Research Service, nearly 40% of US fast-attack submarines are in repair or awaiting maintenance, as shipyards face a shortage of workers and supply chain issues. One session I am excited to sit in on at RAPID + TCT is Scott Kasen’s presentation on “Creating Distributed Production in the Submarine Industrial Base,” taking place on Tuesday, June 25, at 11:30 am PST in room 408 B. “Additive manufacturing, which is not a mainstream manufacturing capability in the Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) today, offers an opportunity for adding significant production capacity to conventional manufacturing supply chains for these hard‐to‐source parts. As an enabling technology for digital manufacturing (i.e., distributed production), AM acts as a “force multiplier” to give the Navy a dedicated, agile, and responsive capability to cut manufacturing lead times, surge production to meet aggressive timelines, reduce reliance on sole‐source supply points, and keep production of critical parts on schedule, on performance and on cost.” If you’re attending the conference, let me know, and I’ll save you a seat. Check the comments below for registration information and a code for a complimentary pass. Z-Ink Solutions Mavens of Manufacturing SME Austal USA #rapidtct2024 #rapid #3dprinting #digitalmanufacturing

Today we'd like to introduce our Re-VAMMP program! In partnership with the United States Department of Defense, Virginia Tech, and ASTRO America, the Re-VAMMP program aims to increase the adoption of metal additive manufacturing of Virginia’s defense industrial base, particularly in small and medium size independent machine shops. Department of Defense depots, shipyards, and arsenals as well as its prime contractors rely heavily on independent machine shops with little modern infrastructure to manufacture parts for weapon systems. GENEDGE hopes to help these machine shops function as the backbone of the Defense manufacturing supply-chain. Re-VAMMP has 3 main goals: 👉Discover and define the requirements that the defense industrial base imposes on suppliers of metal AM parts. 👉Educate future manufacturers on Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM). 👉Drive adoption of metal AM by independent machine shops in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Re-VAMMP has an upcoming series of workshops throughout Virginia designed to build a common understanding of the benefits and requirements of Metal Additive Manufacturing (MAM) for machine shops in VA! To find a workshop near you, and learn more about the future of Virginia Defense manufacturing, click here: https://lnkd.in/e9uijRKW To learn more about the program, contact Anthony Cerilli: Phone: (804) 517-1235 Email : acerilli@genedge.org #DefenseManufacturing #AdditiveManufacturing #DepartmentofDefense #MachineShops

Great insights for critical times. Operational efficiency is key, discover how a leading US aerospace manufacturer achieved greater efficiencies by applying machining theories presented in our academy learning modules.

Great insights for critical times. Operational efficiency is key, discover how a leading US aerospace manufacturer achieved greater efficiencies by applying machining theories presented in our academy learning modules.

Great insights for critical times. Operational efficiency is key, discover how a leading US aerospace manufacturer achieved greater efficiencies by applying machining theories presented in our academy learning modules.

Every defense project is a testament to precision. Grovtec Machining ensures your components meet the stringent demands of mission-ready applications. 🛡️🛠️ #TestamentToPrecision #DefenseMission

Does component obsolesce impact your ability to fulfill current product demand? Often in Aerospace programs can run 20 years+ and over time components get end of life/non-procurable leaving product teams scrambling. We can help you in your current challenges. Check out our latest blog post on program tips to help with current and future designs mitigation strategies. ⬇ https://lnkd.in/guWzxqA7