Advancing DNC Communications: From Outdated to Updated

Customer Spotlight: Strite Industries Started by Joseph Strite, Strite Industries was established in 1964. With only five employees, Joe and his team produced small, close-tolerance components for aerospace navigation systems. Now, led by Joe’s son, Richard, Strite industries has over 250 employees, and 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. Today, the company has gained a global reputation…
Jackson Diebel, a 4th year Mechanical Engineering and Management student at McMaster University, is the current team lead of MAC Formula Electric. MAC Formula Electric is a student-run, extracurricular organization that represents McMaster University at Formula Student. The team is designing and building a single-seat, open-wheeled race car to compete in the Formula Student and Formula…
In 2013, Cap-Thin Molds (Mississauga, Ontario), a manufacturer of precision, multi-cavity production molds for caps and closures consolidated its manufacturing operations within a new, larger facility. By 2015, the company had driven time for a 32-cavity mold down from 18-20 weeks to 8-10 weeks. Carmen Goudey, Manager of CNC Operations, said that much of lead time…
In 2005 the machinists at VanDerZwaag Machining & Development began using Mastercam V9 for their CAD/CAM programming. Today they are caught up with the most current release, Mastercam X9, and are using it for Milling, Turning, and Wire EDM. Their family-run shop, previously known as VanDerZwaag Moulds and Dies, cuts a wide variety of highly specialized…