Previously, the customer used a full carbide drill for the hole and a front and back deburring tool for removal of the burrs. The cycle time for all 12 bores amounted to 320 seconds. Since the deburring tool failed to produce a consistent chamfer, the sprockets had to be reworked manually outside of the machine.
Case Studies
Blog Entries - 2018
Reducing Production Costs for Machining Inconel Gear Housings
Posted on: November 1, 2018
A precision manufacturer focused on the aerospace Industry was using a competitor’s back spotfacing tool for a gear housing, as the Heule BSF had not been introduced at the time his project began. Due to his lack of success with the competitor’s tool (tool breakage as well as insert longevity) the customer was willing to test the HEULE BSF not long after its introduction.
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Deburring 1:1 Ratio Oil Bores on a Crankshaft
Posted on: October 1, 2018
A manufacturer was deburring the oil bores on these crankshafts by hand for a large automotive customer. After repeated complaints from the customer, the manufacturer set out to look for a more reliable process for producing higher quality parts. HEULE determined that the application was suitable for the newly-innovated COFA-X, currently the only automated solution available on the market for deburring 1:1 ratio cross bores.
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Applying Counterbores to a Wind Mill Blade Hub
Posted on: October 1, 2018
A manufacturer of wind mills discovered HEULE's GH/E tool for applying counterbores to a wind mill blade hub, saving over 12 hours per part to produce.
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Deburring Challenging Cross Bores on a Valve Fitting
Posted on: October 1, 2018
A hydraulics manufacturer was able to reduce production costs and eliminate manual deburring using HEULE's X-Bores technology to deburr complex cross bores.
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Combining Drilling, Deburring, Chamfering, and Countersinking on an Aluminum Wheel Valve Hole
Posted on: May 23, 2018
A manufacturer producing approximately 800,000 aluminum wheels for the automotive industry each year was looking for a more cost-effective and efficient solution to produce valve holes that would not require turning of the work piece.
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A More Efficient and Cost-saving Back Counterbore Tool for Motorcycle Parts
Posted on: March 22, 2018
A high-volume motorcycle manufacturer that was producing 480 lower fork arm brackets per day was seeking an efficient back counterbore tool. Their current tool was having issues with tool breakage and required machine down time for insert changes.
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Deburring Bores in Composite Aircraft Parts
Posted on: March 7, 2018
There are two major challenges to machining composites: one is to cut the fibers neatly without fraying; the other is that the abrasiveness of the material leads to heavy wear on the cutting edge of the tool blade. HEULE worked with this aircraft manufacturer to develop a cost-effective solution (a tool with a long blade life) that would also deburr the bore neatly.
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Deburring Bores on Hard-to-Reach Irregular Surfaces
Posted on: February 12, 2018
A manufacturer of V-8 crankshafts was faced with the challenge of deburring a main bore that broke into seven different surfaces, some of which were angled/irregular. They needed a tool solution that would reach all the large exit bores on the hard-to-reach surfaces of the part.
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A Stronger and More Reliable Spotface Tool for Machining Iron
Posted on: February 2, 2018
A precision machining shop focused on earth moving, rail, highway engines, power generation, and construction markets was using another company’s back spotfacing tool, but came to HEULE after continuous problems with tool breakage after less than 10 holes while manufacturing a cast iron engine pulley.
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Saving 34% Cycle Time on a Sprocket Wheel
Posted on: January 11, 2018
A subcontracting company to the automotive and the fittings industry produces a range of components such as flanges, sprockets and drive shafts and was looking for a solution to reduce cycle time for drilling, deburring, and chamfering a sprocket wheel.
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