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