While manufacturing a key component for the Army’s CROWS II remotely operated weapons system, Smiths Machine found itself in need of a grooving tool that would meet several important criteria. It found what it was looking for, and more, with PH Horn. Smiths Machine’s Robert Taber explains: “We were running a slower tool that didn’t [...]
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Why Smiths Machine Chose Zeiss Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM)
Keith Schaffert, Group Leader for Smiths Machine, has worked with a lot of CMM equipment during his career, and found most of them to be “pretty good.” But when it came time recently to add a fourth CMM to Smiths in-house stable, there was no question in Schaffert’s mind which one it should be. “When [...]
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