Pipe Flanges: Revolution Drill®

Code:

6008

The Challenge

The customer produces pipe flanges from 316 stainless steel using a Toshiba horizontal boring mill with 600 PSI (41.369 bar) water soluble through tool coolant.

The customer could not afford the lengthy cycle time, so they asked Allied for a solution

The Revolution Drill® successfully reduced the costly cycle time.

Product:	Revolution Drill
Objectives:	(1) Decrease cycle time (2) Decrease cost
Industry:	General machining
Part:	Pipe flanges
Material:	316 stainless steel
Hole Ø:	1.875" (47.625 mm)
Hole Depth:	4.0" (101.6 mm)

The Solution

The Revolution Drill

Drill holder: R34X22-150L
Drill inserts: OP-05T308-H

Measure	Competitor Tooling	Revolution Drill
RPM	100	1000
Feed Rate	0.010 IPR (0.254 mm/rev)	0.004 IPR (0.102 mm/rev)
Penetration Rate	1.0 IPM (25.4 mm/min)	4 IPM (101.6 mm/min)
Cycle Time	4 min	1 min
Tool Life	10 holes	144 holes
*The Revolution Drill offered 81.02%* cost per hole savings over the competitor tooling.**

The Advantages

The Revolution Drill provided:

Provided a 15x increase in tool life
Reduced cost per hole
Decreased cycle time