b'Here are three tips for when you dont have enough time to tool up a new machine or job.By Marco Morgado off the effects of the pandemic,outsourcing that function to a com-the manufacturing sector has beenpany specializing in that field. You I n our professional and personalleading the way toward economicthen can use your in-house talent lives, time is the most preciousrecovery. Weve been feeling theto troubleshoot bottlenecks, which commodity.Withtheeconomywave of higher demand for ouris more challenging and comes with continuing to show resiliency for aproducts, and I hope that you canthe benefit of moving more parts host of reasons that youre prob- say the same. out the door so every order is on ably aware of, the amount of timeTo best meet increased needspec, on time and on budget.that you have for choosing toolingfor products, its necessary to hireFor example, one of our custom-is possibly inadequate as demandqualified technical talent. The chal- ers recently struggled to produce for your products or services re- lenge, though, is finding individualsslots in a component used in de-mains high. This article will focus onwith the requisite skills, and its evenfense electronics. Historically at broaching applications, which is ourharder to keep them as members ofthe company, broaching was a sec-primary area of expertise. However,your team because theyre likely toondary operation requiring a lot of the concepts apply to other appli- find more challenging and bettermanual steps and costs. We recom-cations, and we hope that theseopportunities elsewhere. mended and demonstrated the use tips will help you make efficient useTo challenge your team with bet- of CNC broaching, eliminating the of your time, as well as human andter work and opportunities to grow,need for secondary operations.financial resources. along with overcoming the obsta- Tip No. 2: Outsource some of Tip No. 1: Outsource some ofcle of attracting and retaining peo- your engineering or programming your tooling selection work to qual- ple with non-core tool selectionwork to valued partners.Coun-ified partners.As we try to shakeand application expertise, considerterintuitive to an old saying, if its When choosing partners, taking a virtual tour of a potential partners facility is an economical way to decide who deserves further consideration.Pilot Precision Products34JANUARY 2023Broaching.indd 34 12/15/22 1:39 PM'