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Preventive Maintenance for Air-Hydraulic Riveters: A Schedule That Actually Gets Followed
Posted by Tineke Ramayanam on
Air-hydraulic riveters fail in predictable ways. A short daily routine and a quarterly check prevent most of it.
- Tags: maintenance, preventive maintenance, riveting, service
Air Supply 101: The Reason Your Tools Feel Weaker Than the Spec Sheet
Posted by Tineke Ramayanam on
Most complaints about air tool power are really complaints about air delivery. Here is how to find and fix the restriction.
- Tags: air supply, CFM, compressors, hoses, maintenance
Auto Body Material Removal: Sanding, Blending, and Filler Work Without Chasing Your Tail
Posted by Tineke Ramayanam on
Body work is a sequence of controlled material removal steps. Using the wrong tool at any step costs you the ones after it.
- Tags: auto body, material removal, needle scalers, sanding, scrapers
Tooling an Assembly Line: Cycle Time, Ergonomics, and Joints That Come Out the Same Every Time
Posted by Tineke Ramayanam on
On a line, tool selection is a throughput and quality decision, not a purchasing decision. Here is how we help customers think about it.
- Tags: assembly line, ergonomics, manufacturing, productivity
Compression Riveting: Squeezers, Yokes, and Sheet Metal Work That Has to Last
Posted by Tineke Ramayanam on
Where you can reach both sides of a joint, a compression rivet outperforms a blind rivet by a wide margin. Here is how squeezers work.
- Tags: aircraft, compression riveting, sheet metal, squeezers