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News Release from: REM Systems | Subject: Erowa 3D preset station
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 March 2002
Preset tooling speeds products to market
Having made an investment in rapid product development during 2000, Cheviot Precision acquired an EDM tooling preset station and has since increased its production.
Having made an investment in rapid product development during 2000, Cheviot Precision has increased its production capabilities in acquiring an Erowa 3D preset station, as part of a planned investment in the EDM cell, aimed at reducing product time to market The addition of the 3D preset station will allow Cheviot to set the work off-line and palletise the work, for the recently acquired Ingersoll 500 die sinker, Charmilles Roboform 55P and robotised Roboform 35 QCRi die sinker Operating from 17,000ft2 of modern premises, Cheviot offers the complete one stop injection mould tool shop to meet the needs of today's project engineers and buyers
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 8 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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'Regardless of the systems we have here - we are capable of accepting electronic data in any form - the biggest problem we experience is in the information we receive.' stated Managing Director, Ken Hunter.
'There is a lot of time lost because the files contain untrimmed data.
However, depending on the complexity, it is our aim to produce a prototype tool in aluminium or P20 within four weeks.' continued Hunter.
'Whilst other toolmakers invest in stereolithography and other RPD methods, I believe the automation of production is the way forward.
We are committed to continuous investment in the latest technology.
The addition of the Erowa preset station will reduce downtime and aid our 'lights out' production.
In most toolrooms, of every eight possible machining hours just six are used productively, as a component is set up on the machine at the expense of machining time.
And yet the solution is perfectly simple; while the machines are producing, the next job can be prepared in peace and quiet, with care and accuracy, away from the machine - on Erowa's presetting station.' added Hunter.
The Erowa PreSet Comfort 3D set-up and presetting station satisfies the highest demands and is compatible with all Erowa's tooling systems.
Designed to a modular principle, the system can be adapted and extended with great flexibility.
Where thousandths of millimetres are involved, you mustn't do things by half, but you can turn eight potential hours into eight productive hours.
In technical terms, PreSet Comfort 3D is convincing: base plate, traverse glide and quill have been crafted from natural hard rock with great precision, and they guarantee optimal geometrical accuracy.
The guiding system of the Y-axis has been directly worked into the base plate, thus remaining stable over a long period of time.
User-guidance is equipped with a fully developed, graphically guided presetting and quality assurance software.
Electrode manufacture begins in the milling cell.
Cheviots have added a Bostomatic High Speed Milling centre and a Mikron High Speed Vertical Machining centre to its milling capacity, which includes Hurco and Bridgeport machining centres, increasing the company's ability to produce electrodes on Erowa ITS tooling to feed the expanding EDM Cell.
Where EDM is concerned, the Charmilles Roboform 35QCRi and Roboform 55P die sinker, complemented with Erowa tooling, is an important addition to a line of Roboform 20s at the Tyne and Wear-based company.
'We pride ourselves on making a tool as good as anyone in the world, but it's how you get there.
From the business development, through the management structure, to the end product.
It's having that discipline and system in place, and investing in the best technology.
Automation of both the milling and EDM cell is a step further towards achieving World Class status, and although it might take us two or three years to get there, I am dedicated to achieving the status.' concluded, Ken Hunter.
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