Kinetic Die Casting Company has helped many customers develop new products.
There are many factors singular to the die casting process that are needed to be considered such as product strengths, draft angles, gate areas, material types, material flow, slide features, undercuts, wall thicknesses and material weights.
Kinetic Die Casting Company makes die casting parts in [...]
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July 21st, 2010
When the Green Bay Packers football team hired Vince Lombardi as its new coach, he was intrigued with the challenge of turning the franchise around. Naturally, Lombardi being Lombardi, was all pumped up about it.
He began leading practices, inspiring, training and motivating. But at one point in a practice, he just got so frustrated with [...]
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July 14th, 2010
One of the best educational experiences during my tenure in corporate America was the two-and-a-half years I spent crunching numbers for one of the largest consumer products companies in the country.
I learned nine important lessons that I still abide by today.
At that time in this particular company, the accounting department was a separate entity, responsible [...]
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July 7th, 2010
Imagine that your life as a business owner is going just fine. Clients are buying and paying, your employees are happy and you’ve got money in the bank for rainy days and opportunities.
One morning a letter arrives from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) accusing your firm of possessing and using software that was not purchased. [...]
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June 30th, 2010
Vacations and long weekends are behind us; the economy remains a challenge; now is an excellent time to get refocused and reenergized, regardless of company size, industry or success to date.
“Having lost sight of the objective, we redoubled our efforts” is a quote from Pogo, the cartoon character and this is, unfortunately, what too [...]
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June 23rd, 2010
I did some re-reading of the best selling book “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. This was triggered by a recent interview I read of former president Jimmy Carter in the press.
Carter said that whether he (John McCain) was asked about religion, domestic or foreign affairs, every answer came back to McCain’s 5½ years [...]
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June 16th, 2010
Years ago I happened to be in the warehouse of the company where I worked. I was checking the count of some item because I didn’t trust the daily inventory report.
As the president of the company walked from his office to the offices on the other side of the building, I observed a long [...]
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June 14th, 2010
How are Linear Actuators used? Linear actuators are used or applied in various fields. Some of the high-tech applications of linear actuators are in robotics, in telescopes, in precision assembly of electronics. Linear actuators are also used in everyday life such as in adjustable hospital beds, adjustable desks and chairs. The healthcare industry has [...]
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