Taking advantage of the Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy
Ben Machine has become quite familiar with Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy. It was designed to achieve several ends, the most notable being to: Boost the nation’s defence manufacturing capabilities Foster advanced technologies throughout the country, like 5-axis CNC machining Increase research and development, including advanced machining techniques Support the growth of contractors and […]
The Importance of Cybersecurity When Defence Secrets are on the Line
It’s no secret that there are serious military actions taking place between major players on the global stage. While state-sponsored cyber attacks are nothing new, they always spike when any major conflict erupts. CNC machining companies like Ben Machine that are involved in the manufacturing of defence equipment have a bullseye painted on their network […]
CMMC 2.0 is coming. We are prepared.
It’s coming. Next year, Ben Machine and all other defence machining companies will need to work under the guidelines of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework. This will be version 2 of the framework and it’s designed to shield all aspects of the defence industry from the threat of cyber-attacks. What is CMMC 2.0? […]
Maximizing the Efficiency of CNC Machining
Our continued success at Ben Machine depends entirely on our ability to take care of our customers. While that obviously translates to our ability to produce top-quality CNC machine parts, that ability often relies on things that happen around the edges -the things that allow us to be efficient. There is so much that goes […]
Techniques to Improve the Speed of the CNC Machining Process
New product development is one of those things that seems to take forever, and there’s just no way around it. It’s one of those “haste makes waste” situations. You double and triple-check everything when every dimension matters on complex parts. Then when the CNC experts have to turn the product plans into manufacturing plans, a […]
Optimizing machine part design for CNC production
It’s time to roll out a new product. Your engineers are working on the details of the design now, laying out every dimension on every part and specifying every component. They are designing your product to do what you need and have all the features you want. Having engineers on staff is a tremendous cost-saving, […]
Common CNC Machining Challenges and How to Tackle Them
Your average person on the street can’t walk into a CNC machining shop and run a 5-axis CNC mill. Today’s CNC machines are incredibly complicated. They take a tremendous amount of training just to start to use one, and the learning never really ends. Even trained CNC operators have to learn new machines before they […]
Factors to Consider in Selecting the Best Metals for CNC Machining Projects
Every part of every product has a job to do, and how well it does that job depends on several factors, starting with what it’s made of. Whether it’s a fin in a jet engine, a heat shield, or the hood ornament on a car, the metal in it is selected to meet certain requirements. […]
CNC Machining: Manufacturing To Customer’s Requirements and Just-In-Time
The Army figured out long ago that supply and logistics is both complicated and important enough they created the Quartermaster Corps to keep soldiers supplied. Good CNC machine shops get that. Every new CNC machining job starts one of two ways -with raw materials or with a casting that roughs in the part’s shape. Either […]
Sheet Metal Fabrication: Making Complex Metal Structures
New technologies are continuing to produce new lightweight metal alloys for the military and aerospace industries. Artificial intelligence is developing new metal chemistries and finish techniques to dial in performance gains. This is resulting in a much wider variety of alloy types being used in modern ground and air equipment. This pushes Ben Machine […]
