The customer manufactures components made from 1045 steel using an Okuma vertical machining center with 1000 PSI and through tool water based coolant.
Tool used: Conventional solid cobalt drill
- Hole diameter = 0.238" (6.05mm)
- Hole depth = 1.3" (33.02mm)
- 1000 RPM
- 0.003 IPR (0.08 mm/rev)
- 3 IPM (76.2 mm/min
- Cycle time = 26 seconds
- Tool life = 48 holes
The customer needed to reduce cycle time and improve tool life.
Allied recommended the ASC 320 solid carbide drill.
Tool used: ASC 320 drill (item 390M06050A21M)
- 3000 RPM
- 0.006 IPR (0.15 mm/rev)
- 18 IPM (457.2 mm/min)
- Cycle time = 4.3 seconds
- Tool life = 2,000 holes
The ASC 320 didn’t just accomplish the customer’s goal, it
obliterated it.
- Reduced cycle time by 83.5%
- Increased tool life by 4,067%
- Lowered the cost per hole from $0.25 to $0.09
- Overall cost savings = 63.54%