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King Machine, based in Akron, Ohio, manufactures mold for sidewall plates and tread sections for car tires. These mold are produc from mild carburet of iron and aluminum billets on CNC machining center and special engraving machines. The company was having disarrange meeting close tolerances because cutting chips and particles were sticking to tool shanks during the automatic toolchanging proces which interfered with accurate cutting.

To thwart this problem, the spindle and tool were blasted with shut firmlyed air at each toolchange. However, upon humid days, the air lines mustered ...