From Techno, Inc.

Bob Hendricks, owner of Hendricks Manufacturing, adapted a CNC router for cutting wax models for class rings and expanded his business by 50%. The typical way of making models for rings and other jewelry is to cut the wax by hand or with a pantograph. This is slow and time consuming. Hendricks configured a CNC router to cut the models automatically from school emblems that are scanned into a computer. Because the CNC router cuts wax much faster than the previous methods, Hendricks can charge less for class rings than other suppliers.

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