The customer is machining a turbine housing sensor made from 347L stainless steel. They use a Kiwi HMC with a water soluble coolant-through.
The customer was unahppy with this process and needed to reduce cycle time and decrease tooling costs.
The EcoCut tooling dramatically reduced the cycle time and also eliminated three tools in the production process.
| Product: |
EcoCut |
| Objective: |
Decrease cycle time |
| Industry: |
Renewable energy/energy |
| Part: |
Tuurbine housing sensor |
| Material: |
347L Stainless steel |
| Hole Depth: |
1.25" (31.75 mm) |
EcoCut multifunction tooling
- XCNT 060202 EN CM40 Grade
- EC12R-3.0D 06 H-E
| Measure |
Previous Tooling |
EcoCut |
| RPM |
Spot drill (0.860” (21.844 mm) Ø)
- Cycle time: 1 min 30 sec
- Tool life: 100 parts
Cobalt drill (0.375” (9.525 mm) Ø)
- Cycle time: 1 min 26 sec
- Tool life: 50 parts
Cobalt drill (0.4687” (11.905 mm) Ø)
- Cycle time: 1 min 36 sec
- Tool life: 50 parts
Line Bore (0.5” (12.700 mm) Ø)
- Cycle time: 7 min 18 sec
- Tool life: 70 parts
|
2832 |
| Speed |
350 SFM (106.680 M/min) |
| Feed Rate |
0.004 IPR (0.102 mm/rev) |
| Penetration Rate |
11.33 IP (287.782 mm/min) |
| Cycle Time |
11 min 50 sec |
51.6 sec |