SWISS CNC LATHE

Manufacturing Process: CNC Mitsubishi Control, Single Spindle, Sliding Head Stock, Live Tooling, Seven Axis Motion, Automatic Bar Feed, Sub Spindle, Long Part Catcher, Part Conveyor

The following benefits are realized through the use of this equipment:

• Lean Manufacturing
  • Set up times are reduced
  • Cycle times are reduced
  • Secondary operations are eliminated
  • Production volumes are reduced
• Flexibility
  • Process is engineered to achieve lights out manufacturing
  • Process capability of each machine is the same, allowing flexibility in scheduling, which translates into on-time delivery
• Viability
  • Asset utilization is increased by lights out manufacturing
  • Growth is focused on technology capable of dropping part complete, not labor intensive secondary operations
  • Growth is focused on adding equipment