Northwest Aerospace News April | May Issue No.14 | Page 30

A ll employees are included in annual planning meetings; they have monthly shipping goals, and they dis- cuss numbers daily. Teton Machining is also investing in technology and recently bought their first cobot, which they named “Norm” after their founder. Franklin shared, “We are doing our best; we will be grow- ing employee and revenue numbers. Revenue will grow through increased use of technology. We brought on our first cobot a few months ago; we buy machines with enhanced capability — like Swiss machines with sub-spindles and live tooling.” He said that live tooling is milling and drilling where the tool spins and the product remains stationary. “This allows us to do complex parts in one operation, on one machine,” said Franklin. He said this type of technology reduces human error. 30 NORTHWEST AEROSPACE NEWS