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.
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Blog Entries - tag: 'Automotive'
Simplifying Machining Processes with the SNAP Chamfering Tool
Posted on: February 4, 2019
A manufacturer producing around 200,000 wheel hubs for trucks each year was looking for a solution to chamfer the front and back of the through holes in one set-up.
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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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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 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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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.
Eliminating Manual Deburring of a Steering Column Component
Posted on: December 6, 2017
A subcontractor to the automotive industry used to deburr a fork laboriously by hand. The fork is part of the steering column. Faced with the problem that the manual deburring was too time-consuming and that it became a bottle neck in the production process, the company set out to look for a new solution.
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Automating Back Deburring in High Production Automotive Manufacturing
Posted on: October 9, 2017
A precision machining supplier to the automotive industry who produces more than 1 million common rails per year was looking for a solution to automate the back deburring of a low pressure bore.
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Applying Counterbores to an Aluminum Cylinder Head in One Operation
Posted on: October 9, 2017
A manufacturer of motorsport engines was looking for a cost-effective solution for the application of counterbores.
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Combining Operations to Machine a Mounting Bore
Posted on: September 28, 2017
A manufacturer in the automotive industry produces about 12 million aluminium wheels for passenger vehicles per year. The customer was looking for a solution to produce the wheel mounting bore cost-effectively in one operation without having to turn the workpiece.
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Producing Quality Chamfers on Car Hydraulic Components
Posted on: September 22, 2017
A manufacturer of car hydraulics components was using a solid carbide chamfer tool that was not producing the quality of chamfers they needed for their part. They replaced it with HEULE's SNAP tool, which allowed them to increase the precision and quality of chamfers to their desired level of quality.
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