The production requirement on this New Vista VP is less
than one shift. Even here, it was much more cost-effective
to go with a single-fixtured New Vista VP than with
a multi-fixtured commodity CNC, which would have cost
only slightly less and would have required over 3X the
labor.
- Part: 3-1/2" aluminum transmission component.
- Cycle: 15 seconds floor-to-floor
- Mill front face, mill boss on back face, bore precision
stepped hole, brush deburr front face
- Cpk = 1.67
- Employs through-the-tool high pressure coolant
- Part fixture edge clamps are "floating type"
- 3-point air sensing ensures that every part is always properly
fixtured.
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