The price range for a new presetter is wide—units supplied by sources for this article range from $8,000 to $85,000 or more. But even a lower price model might be difficult for a shop to justify. "It is hard for a shop to see the dollar savings because the presetter doesn't make any parts," said Joe Halik, engineering manager for Koma Precision Inc., East Windsor, Conn., the North American importer of Elbo Controlli presetters. "But you have to look at how much time you are wasting by measuring tools on the machine tool and from scrapped parts and operator error."
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2011-12-15
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