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News Release from: Bates Techologies | Subject: CNC tooling and abrasive honing system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 August 2006
Housing bore honed on machining centre
CNC tooling and abrasive honing system is lower cost than conventional honing and is becoming the preferred process for finishing the inside diameter of a part at extremely tight tolerances.
Bates Technologies has teamed with Mazak Corporation to successfully test a new application for the honing of compressor housings, achieving a stock removal of 0.0025 and a finish of 15-25 microin Ra Using Bates' patented Microhone CNC Tooling and Abrasive System on the Mazak F11-6800 horizontal machining center, the application achieved a cycle time of just 34s for a bore 3in in legnth and 2.5606/2.5597in in diameter
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Mazak Corporation, with its National Technology Center based in Florence, Kentucky, USA, was a logical partner for Bates Technologies.
Both companies are highly involved in advancing the CNC machining process and are logical partners, according to Darrell Day, Bates' president and COO.
"We determined that we could work together on an application where we would test our system and they would test their machine to see what kind of results we could achieve together for our customers.
It is a logical testing of technology that our customers will certainly benefit from," Day said.
The CNC machining system uses agile or cellular manufacturing, confirming the abilities of machining centers in higher volume production.
The system allows for the smooth flow of processing workpieces from one operation to another, eliminating the wait time or need for handling between operations typical of transfer lines.
The CNC system, a rapidly evolving machining technology, is now surpassing conventional honing as the preferred process for finishing the inside diameter of a part.
The Bates CNC system allows for extremely tight tolerances reliably and consistently at an overall reduced cost per finished piece.
Significant machining time was saved in using the Mazak F11-6800 horizontal machining center.
Roughing the cast iron with the new horizontal, the Bates and Mazak team found they could significantly increase feeds and decrease set-up times.
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