The customer manufactures components for military Humvee vehicles. The part is a bracket made from high strength alloy steel using a Mazak Nexus 510C VMC running with water soluble coolant.
Tool used: OSG solid carbide drill
- Hole diameter = 0.4490″
- Hole depth = 0.75″
- 766 RPM
- 90 SFM
- 0.007 IPR
- 5.36 IPM
- Cycle time = 8.5 seconds
- Tool life = 2,500 holes
Unsatisfied with this production process, the customer needs to decrease the overall costs of the application.
Allied recommended the ASC 320 solid carbide drill.
Tool used: ASC 320 drill (item 335M11400A21M)
- 995 RPM
- 117 SFM
- 0.008 IPR
- 7.96 IPM
- Cycle time = 5.6 seconds
- Tool life = 2,500 holes
The increased productivity of the ASC 320 provided the cost savings the customer desired.
- Decreased cycle time by 34%
- Total cost savings = $166.40 (32%) per 2,500 holes