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Workholding - miscellaneous clamping systems, components
News Release from: Rimeco Products | Subject: Kwik-Clamp quick-change fixture system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 07 May 2003
Quick-change fixture system saves costs
A pneumatically controlled fixture quick-change system designed to increase productivity on any vertical machining center reduces costs and increase profits. Distributors sought.
Kwik-Clamp is a pneumatically controlled fixture quick-change system designed to increase productivity on any vertical machining center Lean manufacturing is a new approach for manufacturers to reduce costs and increase profits
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 Jan 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Kwik-Clamp system accomplishes this by focusing on SMED (Single Minute Exchange of Die) and the benefits of quick changeovers.
The benefits of quick changeovers include; shorter lead-time, less material waste, fewer defects, less inventory, lower space requirements, higher productivity and greater flexibility.
Rimeco will have several Kwik-Clamp units on-site for hands-on demonstrations on the effectiveness, diversity and the ease of use.
Rimeco is offering a 10% EASTEC discount to all customers as part of its product introduction.
The discount is only available for the three days of the show, May 20-22, but is available to anyone attending or not attending the show.
To see how the Kwik-Clamp can be used inside of any small, medium or large manufacturing facility, visit booth --- in the lean manufacturing pavilion at EASTEC.
EASTEC is the East Coast's largest annual manufacturing event.
It will be held May 20-22, 2003 at the Eastern States Exposition Grounds located in West Springfield, Massachusetts.
To find out more information on EASTEC visit www.SME.org/eastec.
Rimeco is currently looking for distributors and sales representatives in many markets.
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