Increased productivity and consistent machining accuracy are just several of the many demanding challenges facing today's machining tool suppliers.To effectively satisfy these needs, transfer-line builders are borrowing the quick-change tooling concept from the small shops and integrating it into their special purpose machines. On most transfer lines, the single biggest worry is machine downtime, if one operation closes down, the whole process backs up and becomes unproductive. This is especially important on non-synchronous type transfer systems where the line is always moving and broken or worn tools must literally be changes on the fly. Kwik-Switch, tooling manufactured by Universal Engineering, allows the operator to make these tool changes in less than ten seconds, allowing the manufacture process to run smoother. In most cases tool change time is reduced from one minute to six seconds.
Universal Engineering / DeVlieg® Tooling Systems / Tool Preset Service & Calibration
Last updated 02/10/2007