News and Events
December 2021 – Featured in The Fabricator
Boosting velocity in laser cutting Cutting tech, smart storage streamline flow at Tigmaster Precision Fabrication. Tigmaster Precision Fabrication exemplifies how metal fabrication job shops defy specialization. The 45-employee company in Baroda, Mich., cuts everything from the very thin to the extraordinarily thick. One day you might find the company’s precision plasma and oxyfuel table in action, flame cutting special stock that could be up to 13 in thick. Another day you might see underwater plasma cutting of 2-in.-thick stainless steel—material that wasn’t ordered for the job but instead pulled from stock left over from a previous job several months before … Read More ->
December 2019 – Featured in The Fabricator
Feed the Beast. Material management in the age of the fiber laser. Replacing a CO2 laser with a new fiber laser can double or triple a shop’s machine capacity nearly overnight. They are beasts, crazy fast, and always hungry for more. But along with the top-line revenue increase they support, does the bottom line uphold its percentage to validate the return on investment? The typical answer is not as loud of a resounding “yes” as you might expect it to be. This begs the question, where is the profit going? … Read More ->
Testimonials
“The LEAN storage systems brought much-needed organization to our inventory so we can now maintain low Kanban levels and track FIFO efficiently. Previously, when customers visited us, we used to guide them away from our material storage area. Now we take them right to it!”
Testimonials
“The LEAN racks have made a huge impact by reducing our down time significantly. No more digging out metal, double handling, and waiting on material. Our sheet-metal is organized and ready for use, right at the point of use. We removed 6 racks in total and replaced them with 2 LEAN racks.”
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“We had stacks of material and would have to move 5, 7, even 10 stacks to get to the material stack we wanted below. It would never fail: as soon as we stacked bundles on top, the next one we needed was on the bottom! What used to take an average of 20 minutes to state material bundles, now takes us 1-2 minutes.”
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“We used to have wood pallets break and buckle due to the weight of the sheet metal. We’ve also had sheet-metal loads shift and spill off wood pallets. The LEAN racks and cartridges eliminated multiple safety issues and are a major safety improvement.”
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“We fabricate metal components, yet our floor was always covered in wooden pallets. With the LEAN racks, we significantly reduced wood and created more space than we ever thought possible. We are now using the open space for more manufacturing.”
Testimonials
“As our business has grown, our biggest challenge was staying organized. The more stock we brought in, the less efficient we became because we simply ran out of space. The LEAN Storage Rack helped us regain the order and efficiency that we needed in our sheet metal shop.”
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“We used to have pallets moving around the warehouse all day. Now our material is stacked in one place in a well-designed vertical storage system.”
Testimonials
“We had stacks and stacks of material on our floor, and we were not able to practice FIFO in our facility. With our new LEAN rack, we are able to save on costs with less damaged material and machine downtime, as well as an uptick in efficiency to get more product to the floor and out to our customers.”
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“By implementing our new LEAN storage rack, we were able to free up space on our shop floor. Freeing up this square footage in our facility allowed us to put a new Laser in place. We’re very happy with the LEAN storage system.”
Testimonials
“With our new LEAN Storage System, we can pull a cartridge out and load sheets directly into our sheet metal laser. This allows us to be very versatile and cut exactly what we need from a variety of materials, without having to chase down and move sheet metal around to get what we need to load the laser.”
