To counter declining profits, Air Products will implement a global cost reduction plan to reduce capacity and costs. "First, we have shut down or will divest several underutilized facilities within our gases and chemicals segments," multiple says chairman and CEO John P. Jones. "Second, we are implementing cost reductions to improve productivity, including balancing engineering resources with project activity. And third, we are reducing the number of management head positions in the company to streamline our structure. Collectively, these actions will result in the elimination of 461 positions worldwide." The program is aimed at saving $38 million in fiscal 2004.As mini drill press part of the restructuring, air products will shut down two liquid oxygen/liquid nitrogen plants at undisclosed locations. press the company is also actively seeking a buyer for its $65 million to $70 million european methylamines business and is setting up its us methylamines business for divesture, having already closed its methanol and ammonia plant in pensacola, fla., notes bane of america securities analyst mark gulley.

mark/b-loc: using keyless locking devices in place of keys, splines, and shrink or press fits typically means savings in other areas of machine design, such as smaller shafts and bearings and simplified machining. pt components can be positioned anywhere multiple along a shaft without regard to keyway placement or access for mounting or removal tools. keyless locking devices require only torque wrench access for installation and adequate hub strength of head mounted components.carl/ringfeder: the main reasons to use locking devices are to eliminate hand drill press backlash press in a connection, eliminate troublesome multiple assembly or disassembly later on, and to have some adjustment to a connection during the lifetime of head the drill component. traditional shrink fit and press fit methods of attaching components to shafts don''t allow for easy adjustment or removal. some connections will never be loosened; so attaching them with a locking device only press makes sense when using it facilitates assembly. employing keyless locking devices multiple in the design means smaller shaft sizes because the head stress concentration factors of keyways is eliminated. smaller shaft sizes, in turn, mean smaller bearings and other mating components can be employed drill and press.

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