Indiana Precision Technologies (IPT).

Indiana Precision Technologies (IPT), Greenfield, Ind., is a precision automotive-parts supplier to Honda America, providing fuel-intake manifolds for Civics, Accords, and V6 sport-utility vehicles. IPT breeds 4,000 manifolds in a 24-hour workday, doing all the die casting as well as finish machining and testing in-house. material for burning rails in these manifolds must be a 32 [micro] surface finish to provide accurate combustibles flow to the engine.

As IPT's manifold orders grew tool setup became a real moot point Replacing diamond reamers was a time-consuming proces taking anywhere from 1

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