Material matters
By John Loos
Published in FFJournal.net
Understanding the science of one's materials could go a long way to improving products and reducing costs
Don't sweat the small stuff. It's the mantra of many, but when it comes to manufacturing metal products, such a mindset could cost a company money and even its reputation.
It's the small stuff that Michael Pfeifer sees as making all the difference--and he would know. As president of Industrial Metallurgists LLC, Northbrook, Ill., an advisory group that provides materials engineering expertise to the metals industry, he uses his 17 years of metallurgical experience to help companies of all sizes optimize their materials.
