A Vital Piece of the Part Production Puzzle

It’s this kind of mentality that starts manufacturers down the path of failed parts and wasted capital. Workholding should ultimately reduce the costs inherent to part production and the requirements for skilled labor, while increasing conformity across a production run. “I can have the best machine in the world, but if my workholding is not capable, I’m never going to have the part that I want at the end of the day,” said Wade Anderson, product specialist sales manager at Okuma. “We see a lot of customers who spend a lot of investment money into new capital equipment, but then they want to use their 1983 technology for workholding.” Manufacturers can avoid making this mistake by taking a more thoughtful and deliberate approach to workholding.