Understanding Job Shop Manufacturing

Understanding Job Shop Manufacturing   Marples Gears runs a job shop manufacturing system style production, meaning that we manufacture small to medium run custom orders for our clients in order to meet their gear and machined component needs. Due to the customization of the components being manufactured job shops typically are business-to-business type sales. The…

Application Analysis

Application Analysis   The application of a gear may be the most important consideration during the design process, because of the way that it informs so many decisions from the type of gear to the material of the gear. For example if you are designing gears for a differential in a car those will be…

Honing

Honing   Honing is a machining process in which an abrasive stone is run along a surface generally the inside of a bore in a very controlled path to improve the geometry and surface finish of the bore. Honing is used in manufacturing for greater precision in bores. In the honing process, honing stones are…