| Retool,
Rebuild & Retrofit Existing Machinery: PRISM Examples |
| Do you have model
year changes or part feature updates that affect tooling, fixturing,
and part process sequencing? Do you have unacceptable downtime or
scrap rate on your existing equipment? We have a wide breadth of
experience, with a special competency in PRISM upgrades. |
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| Uptime improvements |
| When Caterpillar-Peoria’s
Cargill-Detroit PRISM Track Link Machines began experiencing
unacceptable downtime due to component failure, New Vista provided
a rebuild kit: |
- Design
and install wear strips for the worn-down fixture plates
that travel between 10 machining stations
- Design
and install upgraded cam followers that incorporate better
sealing and a higher thrust load capacity
- Design
and install access covers to ease future servicing of machine
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| Scrap rate improvements |
When Caterpillar-Mossville’s
PRISM Crankshaft Gun Drilling Machine began damaging high value
crankshafts, New Vista evaluated the problem, and designed,
built, and installed a solution: 
- Evaluate existing operations
to determine two failure scenarios
- Irregularly high or low
through-the-gun-drill coolant
flow
- Out of position drill bushing
- Engineer drill bushing position
sensing
- Engineer solid-state quick-response
coolant flow monitoring that
replaces original mechanical
sensing that would jam with
chips
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| Accommodate new parts or part features: |
| When Caterpillar-Peoria
replaced its left and right-hand track link with a universal
D8 System 1 Link, it needed to accomplish additional machining: |
- An
additional bushing bore
- Rotary
capability to turn part 180 degrees, for additional backside
spotfacing
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New Vista
provided: 
- Engineering
- Parts manufacture
- Assembly and detail part documentation (including process
drawings) and operator instructions, all on customer’s
format
New
Vista worked with customer to provide:
- Installation
- Onsite
startup and runoff
- Downtime
was limited to 6 shifts over one weekend
Other New
Vista capabilities:
- Design
new cutting tools &
test and install them
- Update
process programming and operator screens
- Design
and prove-out gaging systems
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