Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Cycle Time Reduction",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Cylindrical grinding developments shown from
Danobat Group, which we summarised at the time by saying "Two cylindrical grinding machine developments offer precision universal grinding and a modular system that can combine conventional and high speed grinding processes".
A few weeks before,
we featured the news release Resin development lowers moulding costs from
DSM Engineering Plastics: "Compared with existing, standard resins, a product shortens production cycles in injection moulding and packaging to lower costs per part".
In June 2007, we covered the news from 600 Centre
concerning its Alpha Robocut 1ic wire EDM
- take a look at After sales service influenced wire EDM choice
which says: "Two important factors influencing a toolroom's choice of replacement wire EDM machines were ultra-reliability and the standard of back-up and service from the supplier".
Take a look also at the news release from Milacron, Vertical injection machines are usage-specific,
as well as Mazak CNC kit key to F1 subcontract success from Yamazaki Mazak UK,
and Turning centre raises productivity 30-50% from Miyano UK.
See also:
Part loading time reduced to minutes
(February 2005)
Combining two Kurt HDL double station hydraulic and a single manually actuated HDL vise on a Fadall 3016 machining center recently gave Tescom Corporation a 50% increase in productivity
External gas assisted moulding saves 15% energy
(August 2004)
A programme of energy consumption trials has concluded that significant savings of up to 15% in energy consumption are possible using external gas assisted moulding instead of standard moulding
Insert cutters drill long chipping materials
(July 2004)
Indexable-insert drills have been designed for the efficient production of holes from 13.5 to 63mm diameter in ductile, long chipping materials such as stainless steels
Cycle times reduced by an average of 40 per cent
(May 2004)
Two machining centres, costing GBP 1.2 million, are reducing cycle times at a diesel engine plant by an average of 40 per cent after replacing an earlier generation of German machine tools
Vice improves machining centre productivity by 50%
(March 2004)
High density vice improves machining centre productivity by 50 percent as well as reducing workholding changeover from 5 minutes down to just 1 minute
Tapping centres upgrade to 4/5-axis VMC status
(March 2004)
Moving-column drill-tapping machine, having 30 taper tooling, a more powerful spindle motor and a chain-type tool magazine, is now more accurately described as a VMC
Video demonstrates effective, lean supply chain
(April 2003)
Video shows how John Deere created a successful partnership with one of its suppliers and shows how to develop better relations with suppliers and how to manage their supply chains
'Final word' VMC cuts cycle times by up to 20 %
(July 2002)
By drastically redesigning a vertical machining centre, spindle acceleration and deceleration time has been reduced by 44% and 58% and axes acceler- ation rates raised between factors of 1.5 and 2.7
How to design and develop the ultimate VMC
(May 2002)
Drastic redesign of a VMC, aimed at attacking downtime, has seen dramatic improvements in spindle and axis acceleration times, resulting in a VMC that can reduce cycle times by over 20%
Lathe hard turns and cuts cycle times
(March 2001)
Following the installation of a Traub TNA 300 65 single turret lathe, Luneside Engineering has been able to hard turn parts to grinding tolerances and realise a 20% reduction in cycle times