Benefits

There are several benefits to using tight-tolerance blanks before final machining. Typically our customers will achieve two or more of the following benefits on any given job. Those shops will:

End Prep-Time

• Eliminate your time spent squaring up material prior to final machining
• Eliminate awkward clamping due to oversized stock
• Eliminate the clamp changes prior to machining

Minimize Setup Time

• Eliminate or reduce the number of tool offsets
• Load, lock and go! Give your operator the freedom of knowing he can walk away after loading parts.

Increase Throughput

• Without prep-time or setup-time, cycle times are reduced
• Frees operators to run multiple jobs at once
• Allows pallet pools to run at night, lights out, without worry of starting stock dimensions
• Eliminate the second setup of parts that have machining done on one side only

Improve Quality

• Eliminate end mill taper
• Parts start out parallel, square and flat eliminating the need to achieve this on a CNC mill

Cut Costs

• Cut labor and machining cycle time, typically costing much more than the savings from prepping raw material in-house
• Reduce per part costs as much as 15% or more
• Cut labor costs by eliminating or reducing the time operators spend adjusting setups and fixture offsets

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