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Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 31 October 2006
Improving quality and lowering costs in
grinding
The Center for the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Advanced Abrasive Processes' first consortium is aimed at improved quality and lower costs in grinding operations.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, has formed a grinding research center called the Center for Advanced Abrasive Processes The 'kick-off' meeting for the Center's first consortium called the Practical Applications Research Consortium is on Tuesday, November 7, 2006
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 10 Jul 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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World-renowned grinding luminaries including Stephen Malkin, Robert Hahn and John Webster are part of this consortium.
The mission of the consortium is to obtain measurable, significant improvements in the grinding process for member firms that grind parts: improvements that translate to improved quality and lower costs in grinding operations.
While it is common to see competing manufacturers join with academic institutions in Europe, it is not typical in the U.S., even though under the proper direction it is proved to be a good model.
Despite that, response to the opportunity to share the cost of world-class RandD focused on grinding has been very positive.
Jim Camp of Service Network, which is an OEM builder of grinding machines, said: "It is very rewarding to see WPI's grinding center and this consortium a reality especially since domestic manufacturers operate under such competitive conditions." Camp went on to say, "This country (USA) must preserve high-value-added manufacturing, and this consortium helps do that." The 'kick off' meeting follows two days of seminars at Worcester Polytechnic Institute: one on surface metrology and the second on grinding.
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