Switching from a brazed-tip trepanning tool to an indexable-insert tool nreduced downtime for a manufacturer of cast iron cylinder heads by 45 nminutes. And, incredibly, the price-per-piece dropped so much that the ncompany could save $690,000 annually.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2000-04-01
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/company-saves-big-custom-indexable-tool/
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