Another technologist in the shop. Available for every drawing.

Where the engine works for you — all along the job

Four moments in a shop technologist’s day-to-day. Beside each one — what the engine puts out, on a real demo part.

1. 1Request for quote

   A price that stands on a process

   A drawing and a model go in — and in minutes a full process comes out: stock, machine, setups, operations and tools, and from it setup and cycle times on the shop’s machines and rates. What drives the cost is flagged before the quote goes out, and the more the technologist corrects, the closer the engine fits the shop.

   The process that was pricedEngine output · demo part, 304L stainless

   • Stock304L stainless · block 163×113×40
   • Machine3-axis mill
   • SetupsOP10 from the top · OP20 after the flip
   • Operations · tools33 · 15
   • Cost driverØ8 G8, 36 deep — special reamer
   • TreatmentPassivation ASTM A967 — subcontractor
2. 2Work already running

   Improve what you already make

   Run a part that is already in production and see the order of operations and the tool in each: which operation the machine holds back, where the cycle can be shorter or a setup merged, and how to bring vibration and tool wear down — the tool, the coating and the cutting conditions that suit the material.

   OP10 · the order of operationsEngine output · demo part, 304L stainless

   • OP10.1 · Face — datumT1 · Ø16
   • OP10.2 · Rough profileT2 · Ø12
   • OP10.3 · Rough the pocket 118×68, 20 deepT3 · Ø16
   • OP10.4 · Seal groove 2.5×2T4 · Ø2
   • OP10.5 · Finish pocket walls and floorT5 · Ø8
   • OP10.6 · Drill Ø6.6 ×4T6 · Ø6.6 drill
   • …and 27 more, then OP20
3. 3Once the order is in

   Tools and stock — before you start

   One list of what to prepare: the raw material to size, and the tools by kind — from what is already on the shelf and on the machines, and what needs ordering. So it is ordered once and right, and no tool turns out missing halfway.

   What to prepareEngine output · demo part, 304L stainless

   • Raw material304L block · 163×113×40 · 5 units
   • End millsØ16 · Ø12 · Ø8 · Ø2
   • DrillsØ7.7 · Ø6.8 · Ø6.6 · Ø5.8 · Ø4.2
   • ReamersØ8 G8 special · Ø6 H7
   • CounterboreØ11 for M6
   • ThreadsM8×1.25 ×2 · M5×0.8 ×4
4. 4Subcontracting and quality

   Subcontracting — both ways

   An operation the shop has no machine for — grinding, heat treatment, 5-axis — goes through the manufacturer network to a shop it suits, and the customer stays yours. And the other way round: the shop itself receives requests from the network that suit its machines and experience.

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   Subcontracting and qualityEngine output · demo part, 304L stainless

   • TreatmentPassivation ASTM A967 — approved subcontractor
   • InspectionØ8 G8 and Ø6 H7 with plug gauges · threads go/no-go
   • Send outGrinding · heat treatment · 5-axis
   • ReceiveRequests that suit your machines and experience
   • The customerStays yours
   • Managedto ISO 9001:2015