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High Spindle Uptime & Happy Employees with Nathan Byman from Wolfram Manufacturing
Machine Shop Mastery, Podcast, Episode 55 – June 5, 2024
Before Nathan Byman started Wolfram Manufacturing in 2011, he learned a lot about what he liked and didn’t like about machining and management, at other businesses. He’s taken the best learnings (and a TON he’s learned since) to make Wolfram into a fast-growing powerhouse business that is extremely focused on technology, making chips ALL the time, and having very happy employees, who in turn delight their customers. That’s turned into a software product called OnTakt which helps them manage all the details to get that super high spindle utilization. It’s a powerful and winning formula that you’ll want to learn more about. Enjoy the conversation.
Open House Event Featured Technological Insights
Manufacturing News, May 1, 2024
Wolfram Manufacturing Technologies’ recent open house event took place in its newly expanded shop in Austin, TX. The event showcased its shop operations, leveraging the latest CNC manufacturing processes, advancements and technology.
Protecting Your Automation Investments
Modern Machine Shop, April 12, 2024
Shops need to look at their people, processes and technology to get the most of out their automation systems.
Manufacturer, Integrator, Software Developer: Wolfram Manufacturing is a Triple Threat
Modern Machine Shop, April 1, 2024
Wolfram Manufacturing showcased its new facility, which houses its machine shop along with space for its work as a provider of its own machine monitoring software and as an integrator for Caron Engineering.
Is a ‘Side Hustle’ on Your Horizon?
Production Machining, March 14, 2024
I’ve written about machine shops that have created a separate business for fun, as a complement to their existing operation or as a means to leverage their manufacturing prowess. Here’s a bit about a few of them.
Wolfram is Not Your Typical Machine Shop
MFG Austin, Episode 11, November 2023
An interview with f ounder Nathan Byman of Wolfram Manufacturing, a company based in Austin. In this episode of the Manufacturing Austin, Nathan explains why Wolfram is not your typical machine shop.
More Knowledge, Better Decisions
Cutting Tool Engineering Magazine, May 2023
Utilize production management and machine monitoring software, combined with an adaptive tool monitoring system and a universal machine communication platform.
Adaptive Machining: The Last Puzzle Piece for Automated Production?
Production Machining, September 22, 2022
Automatically monitoring and adjusting cutting parameters inside a machine while checking for tool wear is just as important to establishing a reliable lights-out machining process as having a robot outside the machine
Using Digital Technologies To Attract a Younger Generation of Employees
NTMA’s The Record, December 2022
Shop programs in middle and high schools have been disappearing for years as students have been urged to pursue four-year degrees. As a result, fewer young people enter trades like machining. As the baby boomer generation retires, the workforce dwindles post-pandemic, and the nation works to reshore manufacturing to the United States, manufacturers are struggling to find workers motivated to jump into manufacturing.
Wolfram Manufacturing: Using Tech to Make Manufacturing the Best Video Game There Is
CNC WEst, April 17, 2021
The lone star state is filled with idioms, traditions, and a uniqueness that can best be described as …..Texas. But one saying you don’t hear a lot of is “I’m opening a machine shop and not hiring machinists.”
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