Miniature Manufacturing is a specialist manufacturer of machined components based in Sturminster Marshall, Dorset. Established in 2015 to design and produce aftermarket parts for Tamiya model cars, the company now also serves a growing number of customers that call upon its precision engineering capabilities.
In the next of a series of Q&A sessions with PSL Datatrack’s Managing Director, Geoff Gartland, here we consider the benefits of investment in and implementation of a production control software system.
Scheduling is a crucial but challenging task for any subcontract precision engineering business. Many still rely on manual methods such as Excel spreadsheets, ticketing systems or even whiteboards which are repetitive, time-consuming and prone to human error.
Understandably, subcontract precision engineering businesses need to be cautious with their spending over the next year or so.
Numerous businesses are started without proper administration procedures and systems in place because other things can seem more important at the outset.
Constant velocity control is essential for many advanced industrial processes, but traditional motor designs give rise to cogging forces which generate ripples in the motor velocity. KOVERY Inc has designed a series of advanced linear motors, with integrated Renishaw encoders, that solve this problem.
Sierra 57’s onsite Mould Training arm have been working closely with East Riding’s Advanced Plastics in collaboration with their continuous people training & development programs, with S57 deploying training of key principles in Injection Moulding machine safe start-up and shut-down procedures, and Team Leader injection moulding appreciation. Helping Team Leaders to understand and grasp the […]
The PSL Datatrack Works Orders module is used to control both your sales orders and your stock replenishment orders. Works orders are raised from quotations in seconds with no need to manually retype any information. Order acknowledgements can be generated at the push of a button. The relevant process layout/route card is generated from the module and can be accompanied […]
Often described as the software equivalent of setting a machine tool, the PSL Datatrack Quotations module is used to estimate the selling price of a component, assembly or product assembled from a Bill Of Materials (BOM).
The start of the design process can vary greatly, some product designs will be received taking into consideration all aspects of the moulding and mould design process, but this is not always the case
