Down with downtime: General Industry Coverage
Reduce downtime on three aging horizontal machining centers. Replace them with two new HMCs.
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If it ain’t broke, fix it
Reduce cycle time when slot milling an A-36 steel part. A 4-flute, solid-carbide endmill for roughing and finishing in one pass at full slot width and depth.
Steady in the pocket: Drilling Performance
Eliminate premature insert breakage and premature wear when facemilling. A facemill body with pockets that accurately seat inserts.
Done with one: General Industry Coverage
Eliminate applying two countersink tools and a tap to complete a machining operation. A combination tool that countersinks and thread mills.
Consolidating inserts to lower costs
Reduce insert costs and simplify insert reordering and stocking. Consolidate the number of ISO-standard inserts applied.
Fine filtering drives lights-out operations
Consistently produce complex cutting tools, even when unattended machining. A cellular grinding oil filtration system.
Flying high with diamond hones
Efficiently remove scale from the bearing surface of a high-volume, 9310 alloy steel part. A custom diamond honing tool.
Following an error-free path: Turning Performance
Confirm toolpath programming is free of errors. NC program simulation and verification software.
Salvaging cylinders: General Industry Coverage
Resurface scratched and rusted cylinder barrels in-house. A tube hone machine.
Multitask machining heroes
Produce parts faster without investing in additional fixturing. Efficiently reprogram the parts with the company's CAM software after moving part production to a multitask lathe.
Big requirements for small tools
Achieve tight-tolerance requirements when producing microtools. Grinding machines designed to produce microtools.
From three to one: General Industry Coverage
Overcoming a bottleneck caused when programming different machine tools with various CAD/CAM systems. A single CAD/CAM system that can program multiple machine brands.
