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CADCAM & CONTROLS: Priming the pumps.

Publication: Metalworking Production
Publication Date: 26-MAY-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
New controls on large machine tools drive dramatic cycle time reductions for globally-connected pump manufacturer, and are key enablers in bringing work back in house.

An ambitious machining improvement project at SPP Pumps has reduced cycle times by over 50%. The project included installing a new CNC horizontal borer specified with the Heidenhain iTNC 530, and retrofitting an iTNC 530 to a refurbished CNC vertical spindle gantry mill. The Gloucestershire firm has also saved around #100k of sub- contract cost over the past year, because split casings for larger variants of centrifugal pump can now be machined in-house. Gary Hurcombe, Operations Manager, says this has cut lead times from three weeks to one week for what had...

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