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Lean Manufacturing Pallet Pool

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Carolina Resource Corp. (“CRC”) continues their strategy of investing in new equipment and technology to support increasing requirements of its customers.  CRC is installing a new Okuma MB4000H Horizontal Machining Center with an Automated Pallet Pool System.

The MB4000H with a 22” x 22” x 25” work cube, 15,000 rpms, Full 4th axis, Robot Loaded Matrix Tool Magazine (146 tools), part probing, tool probing, and through the spindle coolant will put many of our customers repeat parts in an automated pallet system.

The Automated Pallet System allows multiple parts to always be setup, with the required tools loaded in the machine, ready to run. Just in time manufacturing becomes reality for batch sizes as low as one.

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Based out of Youngsville North Carolina and located closely to the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill areas, Carolina Resource Corp. provides Contract Manufacturing and Design to Manufacture services to the Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, Consumer, Recreational Sports, Work Holding, Food Service, Environmental, and Naval Industries.

Kanban Lean Manufacturing

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Carolina Resource, is continuing to move toward increased efficiency and has deployed a digital Kanban system.  Custom integrated with our E2 ERP system where work orders are automatically added and tracked from Job Traveler creation throughout the lifecycle of our products.  All work center areas,  outside services, quality assurance,  and  shipping are all part of our digital Kanban system.   With thin client stations deployed across our manufacturing floor,  users, can access and track individual jobs by ‘drag and drop’ to a new work center.   “No longer are we searching through paperwork on the manufacturing floor to check status.  A quick glance lets us know precisely at what stage a job is.”

 

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Based out of Youngsville North Carolina and located closely to the Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill areas, Carolina Resource Corp. provides Contract Manufacturing and Design to Manufacture services to the Aerospace, Automotive, Medical, Consumer, Recreational Sports, Work Holding, Food Service, Environmental, and Naval Industries.