‘Batch Sizes’
A Manufacturingtalk guide
Start with the news release
Sigma 20 lathe machines scaled model racecar parts from
Tornos Technologies, which we summarised at the time by saying "Titanium Racing has installed a Tornos Sigma 20 CNC automatic sliding headstock lathe, which it says is leading to growing orders for its range of scaled parts for model racing cars.".
Several months prior to that,
we featured the news release Data and report capture systems for food companies from
Loma Systems: "Loma Systems is now offering an accurate and flexible data capture system and an Ethernet report capture system for food manufacturers.".
In March 2010, we covered the news from Floyd Automatic Tooling
- take a look at Floyd to present tooling for sliding-head machines
which says: "On stand 5281 at Mach 2010, Floyd Automatic Tooling will be demonstrating its ability to supply a wide and specialised range of tooling to users of sliding-head turning centres.".
Take a look also at the news release from Baldor, Motorised torque arm meets AGMA standard,
as well as Mill-turn centre features three-station changer from NCMT,
and Kasto supplies automated storage system to Aesseal from Kasto.
Latest stories...
RE.E3 castor features vulcanised rubber tyre (March 2010)
Elesa's recently launched RE.E3 castor features a vulcanised rubber tyre that ensures a soft ride over most industrial flooring types, from tiles to expanded metal, asphalt or cement resin.
Schroff enclosures suitable for hazardous areas (March 2010)
Schroff has launched the Zonex range of stainless steel wall-mount enclosures, which are Atex certified for housing electronic or electrical equipment in Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous locations.
Renishaw to demonstrate products at Westec 2010 (March 2010)
At Westec 2010, Renishaw will display products that increase machine-tool automation and process control, as well as a wireless device for assessing the performance of machines before metal cutting.
Mecwash units clean aircraft braking components (March 2010)
Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems has utilised two Mecwash Midi units to ensure extreme cleanliness of aerospace components.
Ion chromatography analyses bath electrolytes (March 2010)
Inorganic additives are added to plating baths for their catalytic and functional effects on the plating process, but can enter as impurities that build up over time and reduce plating efficiency.
Sharpcam solves programming issues (March 2010)
Sharpcam has supplied low-cost CAM software to Kingston-based subcontractor Tromec, giving the company the functionality it required without the expense of a high-end system.
D*1FP servo valves enhance large hydraulic systems (March 2010)
Parker Hannifin has brought out the D*1FP range of pilot-operated servo proportional valves.
ACT's Nine9 tools enable insert interchange (March 2010)
At Mach 2010, Advanced Carbide Tooling (ACT) will be demonstrating the flexibility of its Nine9 Series of cutting tools.
Further reading
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Transfer machines take batch sizes down to 100-off
Though associated with large batch and continuous volume production, two transfer machine designs can be changed over quickly to machine small batches down to 100-off.
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CNC sliding head automatic lowers batch sizes
Connector parts are produced within tolerance and at lower cost on a CNC sliding head automatic and economical batch sizes are 200-off and less.
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