A customer is manufacturing components for the offshore oil industry using a Mazak VMC running with 500 PSI (34 bar) coolant. They are machining a choke body for a valve made of 410 stainless steel.
Looking for improvements, the customer needed to reduce cycle time and decrease the cost of production.
The AccuThread 856 lowered the cost of production.
| Product: |
AccuThread 856 Indexable |
| Objectives: |
(1) Decrease cycle time
(2) Decrease cost of production |
| Industry: |
Oil & gas/petrochemical |
| Part: |
Valve choke body |
| Material: |
410 Stainless steel |
| Hole Ø: |
0.6560" (16.662 mm) |
| Hole Depth: |
0.6250" (15.875 mm) |
The AccuThread 856 Indexable Threadmill
| Measure |
Competitor |
AccuThread 856 |
| RPM |
2500 |
3087 |
| Speed |
324 SFM (98.755 M/min) |
400 SFM (121.92 M/min) |
| Feed Rate |
0.0045 IPR (0.114 mm/rev) |
0.006 IPR (0.152 mm/rev) |
| Penetration Rate |
2.76 IPM (70.104 mm/min) |
4.55 IPM (115.57 mm/min) |
| Cycle Time |
1 min 38 sec |
1 min 2 sec |
| Tool Life |
110 holes |
110 holes |
The AccuThread 856 Indexable provided:
- 36% cycle time decrease
- Maintained tool life
- Decreased cost of production