Five Star Tools Five Star Tools is a small family-owned firm that manufactures diamond-coated cutting tools(chisels and saws) used by jewelers. Production involves three major processes. First‚ steel “blanks” (tools without the diamond coating) are cut to size. Second‚ the blanks are sent to a chemical bath that prepares the tools for the coating process. In the third major process‚ the blanks are coated with diamond chips in a proprietary process that simultaneously coats and sharpens the
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Five Stars Tools Case Five Star Tools is a small family owned firm that manufactures diamond coated cutting tools (chisels and saws) used by jewelers. In the past two years‚ the company has experienced growth and is at capacity in the coating and sharpening process. This has created a constraint‚ or bottleneck‚ that has caused the company to miss deadlines from several important customers. This case analysis seeks to provide solutions to the constraint problem. The following is a table showing
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Executive Summary Five Star Tools is a family owned manufacturing company that manufactures chisels and saws used by jewelers. They produce the tools utilizing a 3 step process. In the past two years the company has experienced significant growth and at times has not been able to meet order deadlines. Management has identified that they have a bottle neck in the coating and sharpening process. Overview The president of Five Star Tools‚ Maxfield Turner decided to meet with the vice president
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HISTORY OF CUTTING TOOL MATERIALS • Cutting tool used during the industrial revolution in 1800 A.D • First cutting tool was cast using crucible method (1740) and slight hardened by H.T. • 1868: R. Mushet found by adding Tungsten we can increase hardness and tool life ( Air Quenching) • F.W.Taylor in Pennsylvania did the most basic research in metal cutting between 1880-1905 • Invented high speed steel (better H.T. process) • Better alloy
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Engineering Production 1 (EngM 324) Cutting Tool Angles and their Significance Dr. Amr Shehata Fayed‚ Ph.D. Associate Professor Importance of clearance angle in cutting process P Leading Edge Cutting F Tool Workpiece (a) Heel fouls work and prevents leading edge from cutting Dr. Amr Shehata Fayed Mech. Eng. Dept.‚ College of Engineering‚ Jazan University Cutting Tool Angles – Page 2 Clearance Angle (a) Flat Surface (6o to 8o) P F Clearance angle (b) Heel
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Types of cutting tools: Single-point cutting tools can be classified by their motion as linear or rotator‚ depending on whether they rotate while cutting. Linear cutting tools include tool bits (single-point cutting tools and broaches. Rotary cutting tools include drill bits‚ countersink and counter bores‚ taps and dies milling cutters and reamers. Other cutting tools‚ such as band saw blades and fly cutters‚ combine aspect of linear and rotary motion. Following are different types of cutting tools:
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Case 7-2 Five Star Tools This report provides an analysis and evaluation of constraints in the production process for the Model C210 and the Model D400 of the Five Star Tools product line. The significant growth the company has experienced in recent years has led to a strain on the firm’s production capacity. This report seeks to determine how to loosen constraints on production and identify the most profitable product line given current production limitations. Incremental analysis is used to
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assignment for the presentation on (small) family owned businesses was to research and share an organized piece on the international studies of the subject. After several days of searching the internet for appropriate studies‚ I had gathered enough data to put together a three part report. The three parts consisted first off of an intro‚ which I believed was enough to be considered its own part‚ just because of the extremely interesting point that family owned businesses are such a widespread commonality
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TYPES OF CUTTING MOTION IN MACHINE TOOLS A machine tool is a machine for making components of a given shape‚ size and accuracy as per the requirements by removing material from the workpiece by using a cutting tool to operate upon the workpiece. Machine tools are capable of producing themselves therefore the machine tools are quite often referred to as mother machine. In the manufacturing processes‚ machine tools are the most versatile and almost any product can be produced with them. The machine
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Most agencies that provide services to families have screening tools that help in assisting the agency to assess the specific needs of that family. It is important to have a screening tool as this helps the agency know more about the family they are working with. The tool should outline what the individual needs of the family are and gives the agency a specific plan of execution when providing the family with the unique services that they may need. At Summit County Children Services‚ there are many
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