Chipsnips cut laceration rates.

by means of combining metal shears and a drag bent holder GM Powertrain employee Tom Voelker has eliminated the ne for using a glov hand to carry stringy metal chips from the machine work area. Dubbed Chipsnips by means of its Flint, Mich.-based inventor, this simple innovation is helping GM Powertrain manufacturing plants make metalcutting operations safer.

Chipsnips transport stringy metal chips from stopped spindles in turning and drilling processe when the chips' sharp cutting sides become entangled with the cutting tools and the part. Because of the Chipsnips' potential to significantly bring ...