BIG DAISHOWA Blog

Ask any manufacturer what the primary challenge to growth is in the current industrial environment, and almost invariably, you’ll hear about the lack of skilled, qualified labor.

Even in the cleanest, you-can-eat-off-the-floor machine shops, the reality is that at all times, chips are flying, smoke is forming and coolant is spraying.

Tool assembly is a critical moment in the overall machining process, as tools are vulnerable to inevitable operator errors and general mishandling.

Watch this video of a map of Japan being embossed to .0002" in height.

The ATC Alignment Tool functions as a preventative maintenance tool for operators, but also is useful during repairs, and even during the original machine and tool magazine setup.

Not all pull studs are created equally.

After years of close observation and collaboration with manufacturing companies of all sizes, BIG Daishowa Seiki engineers have learned how the choice of tool holders affects production costs on the shop floor.

Note the clearance between flanges on this competitor's unlicensed tool holder.

Tool presetters are used to measure offsets offline to keep machine tools running.

In an effort to capitalize on the success of Steven Covey’s bestseller, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, we thought we could do Mr. Covey one better with the 8 Habits of Highly Effective Boring.