Increasing Revenue Not With Faster CNC Machines With Offline Presetting
As a product manager for EZset LLC I wonder why OEM's, machine distributors, reps etc will not stress the need for the customer to maximize their CNC machines. As I walk the shows everyone is so anxious to get their machine sold that the customer along with their jobs are being sold overseas. Everyone wants to go fast, and keep machines running, yet most everyone I talk to do not provide the customer with the full picture of why off-line tool presetting is necessary.
"We have a laser, that gets our dimensions for the machine. We have a probe we use." That is all well and good, but what is the machine doing while this process is happening? Sitting and not producing chips. Touch off, cycle, touch off, cycle, touch off, what is happening there? Manufacturing facilities are wasting valuable material they paid so much for and now it is going into the waste bin for someone else to profit. Did you ever wonder what your operator is doing while his machine is running? I'm sure they are checking their work to make sure everything is going to specs, but once that it is determine, why not setup their next job by presetting his tools. Everyone of us has to multi-task in our jobs and hopefully you have your operators doing the same. Off-line presetting while rather old in terms of using height gauges, v blocks etc has come to play an important part in the manufacturing industry. As companies prepare to get into the "lean manufacturing concept", technology has given us a new way of preparing our tools. We can increase revenue, reduce cost, and increase productivity.
In under 10 seconds you can get your offsets printed to a label or sent via software to your CNC machining centers. By doing this, your company can bring additional business, increase its revenue as time constraints have been reduce along with set up times. You have no more touch offs, saving money and not wasting valuable material, your first part is a good part. Most presenters can give you the advantage of viewing tools via a camera. They check for wear, quality issues or even tell you a story of how the machine is running. This saves money and time because the operator can change the tool before it goes on the machine. These little things can add up to a big savings each year for a company. One presetter in your facility can increase revenue 12-15% and your ROI will be realized depending on machines within a matter of months.
You can visualize from my article, we don't need bigger faster machines to do the work. We need to become educated, analyze our internal processes, become lean and more competitive against the foreign market. Machine distributors, reps and OEM's need to provide their customers the full picture, not just selling what their machines can do. We need to give the customer the best possible way to maximize those machines and remain efficient and productive.
"We have a laser, that gets our dimensions for the machine. We have a probe we use." That is all well and good, but what is the machine doing while this process is happening? Sitting and not producing chips. Touch off, cycle, touch off, cycle, touch off, what is happening there? Manufacturing facilities are wasting valuable material they paid so much for and now it is going into the waste bin for someone else to profit. Did you ever wonder what your operator is doing while his machine is running? I'm sure they are checking their work to make sure everything is going to specs, but once that it is determine, why not setup their next job by presetting his tools. Everyone of us has to multi-task in our jobs and hopefully you have your operators doing the same. Off-line presetting while rather old in terms of using height gauges, v blocks etc has come to play an important part in the manufacturing industry. As companies prepare to get into the "lean manufacturing concept", technology has given us a new way of preparing our tools. We can increase revenue, reduce cost, and increase productivity.
In under 10 seconds you can get your offsets printed to a label or sent via software to your CNC machining centers. By doing this, your company can bring additional business, increase its revenue as time constraints have been reduce along with set up times. You have no more touch offs, saving money and not wasting valuable material, your first part is a good part. Most presenters can give you the advantage of viewing tools via a camera. They check for wear, quality issues or even tell you a story of how the machine is running. This saves money and time because the operator can change the tool before it goes on the machine. These little things can add up to a big savings each year for a company. One presetter in your facility can increase revenue 12-15% and your ROI will be realized depending on machines within a matter of months.
You can visualize from my article, we don't need bigger faster machines to do the work. We need to become educated, analyze our internal processes, become lean and more competitive against the foreign market. Machine distributors, reps and OEM's need to provide their customers the full picture, not just selling what their machines can do. We need to give the customer the best possible way to maximize those machines and remain efficient and productive.
As a product manager for EZset LLC I wonder why OEM's, machine distributors, reps etc will not stress the need for the customer to maximize their CNC machines. As I walk the shows everyone is so anxious to get their machine sold that the customer along with their jobs are being sold overseas. Everyone wants to go fast, and keep machines running, yet most everyone I talk to do not provide the customer with the full picture of why off-line tool presetting is necessary.
"We have a laser, that gets our dimensions for the machine. We have a probe we use." That is all well and good, but what is the machine doing while this process is happening? Sitting and not producing chips. Touch off, cycle, touch off, cycle, touch off, what is happening there? Manufacturing facilities are wasting valuable material they paid so much for and now it is going into the waste bin for someone else to profit. Did you ever wonder what your operator is doing while his machine is running? I'm sure they are checking their work to make sure everything is going to specs, but once that it is determine, why not setup their next job by presetting his tools. Everyone of us has to multi-task in our jobs and hopefully you have your operators doing the same. Off-line presetting while rather old in terms of using height gauges, v blocks etc has come to play an important part in the manufacturing industry. As companies prepare to get into the "lean manufacturing concept", technology has given us a new way of preparing our tools. We can increase revenue, reduce cost, and increase productivity.
In under 10 seconds you can get your offsets printed to a label or sent via software to your CNC machining centers. By doing this, your company can bring additional business, increase its revenue as time constraints have been reduce along with set up times. You have no more touch offs, saving money and not wasting valuable material, your first part is a good part. Most presenters can give you the advantage of viewing tools via a camera. They check for wear, quality issues or even tell you a story of how the machine is running. This saves money and time because the operator can change the tool before it goes on the machine. These little things can add up to a big savings each year for a company. One presetter in your facility can increase revenue 12-15% and your ROI will be realized depending on machines within a matter of months.
You can visualize from my article, we don't need bigger faster machines to do the work. We need to become educated, analyze our internal processes, become lean and more competitive against the foreign market. Machine distributors, reps and OEM's need to provide their customers the full picture, not just selling what their machines can do. We need to give the customer the best possible way to maximize those machines and remain efficient and productive.
"We have a laser, that gets our dimensions for the machine. We have a probe we use." That is all well and good, but what is the machine doing while this process is happening? Sitting and not producing chips. Touch off, cycle, touch off, cycle, touch off, what is happening there? Manufacturing facilities are wasting valuable material they paid so much for and now it is going into the waste bin for someone else to profit. Did you ever wonder what your operator is doing while his machine is running? I'm sure they are checking their work to make sure everything is going to specs, but once that it is determine, why not setup their next job by presetting his tools. Everyone of us has to multi-task in our jobs and hopefully you have your operators doing the same. Off-line presetting while rather old in terms of using height gauges, v blocks etc has come to play an important part in the manufacturing industry. As companies prepare to get into the "lean manufacturing concept", technology has given us a new way of preparing our tools. We can increase revenue, reduce cost, and increase productivity.
In under 10 seconds you can get your offsets printed to a label or sent via software to your CNC machining centers. By doing this, your company can bring additional business, increase its revenue as time constraints have been reduce along with set up times. You have no more touch offs, saving money and not wasting valuable material, your first part is a good part. Most presenters can give you the advantage of viewing tools via a camera. They check for wear, quality issues or even tell you a story of how the machine is running. This saves money and time because the operator can change the tool before it goes on the machine. These little things can add up to a big savings each year for a company. One presetter in your facility can increase revenue 12-15% and your ROI will be realized depending on machines within a matter of months.
You can visualize from my article, we don't need bigger faster machines to do the work. We need to become educated, analyze our internal processes, become lean and more competitive against the foreign market. Machine distributors, reps and OEM's need to provide their customers the full picture, not just selling what their machines can do. We need to give the customer the best possible way to maximize those machines and remain efficient and productive.
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