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Category: Creative Thinking

Creative Thinking Lean Automation Process Improvement

Tie Rod Frame vs. C-Frame

Winner: Tie Rod Frame In the past, the C-frame press design made it easier to feed in product or change dies. The downside of the C-frame is deflection – where the frame will bend outward under the pressure of…

by Nick
April 9, 2014
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Setpoint used Picatinny Mounting System for 10 Minute Tooling Changeovers

In the military, soldiers need to be able to change optics, lights, and accessories on their firearms quickly and efficiently. In manufacturing, we should be able to change tooling on our production machines quickly as…

by Setpoint
December 18, 2013
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Updating Automation Equipment

One of our customers brought us a challenge, business is booming, the current manufacturing process can’t keep up with demand and floor space is at a premium. They need a solution that’s small and fast,…

by Karaa
September 27, 2013
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Taking a Problem and Finding a Solution

Setpoint Systems builds custom automation solutions and in the process there are problems that come up where a creative solution can come in quite handy. Recently we used a creative solution to fix a problem…

by Scott P
September 16, 2010
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Discovering and Resolving Problems

Most of the projects we build have never been built before; most are completely clean sheet designs, meaning that no one is quite sure what this machine will end up looking like. This means that…

by Brad
April 1, 2010
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