Debodine,
Hopefully my late response to your post is of some help; I was busy working on my Lean Bronze Certification (SME) and have some input on the same for you. I did a lot of research on certifications before choosing LBC
There are several good points about the LBC :
1. It is from SME, AME...
Not to beat a dead horse, we ran into P-20 machining a few years back and for productivity gains and as a cost cutting measure switched to PX-5 (aka modified P-20-RC 29–33 prehardened ) that machines about 30-40% faster), we also changed our tooling to increase tool life -> yes we did the above...
Hello All,
We use Grade 8 bolts to support chaplets in the green sand mold. We are also experiencing uneven wear on these chaplets owing to pouring temps. Does anyone have any insight to whether changing the matl. to ceramic or tool steel improve performance?
Thanks.
VHS...
Lean principles or any other manufacturing technique has little to offer against natural calamities; what lean does promote is teamwork,standard work,kaizen etc (house of lean) that help jump back on track sooner than a mass produce ever could.
The Aisin Fire was a great example of Toyota's...
In my experience every task (simple or complex) requires an SOP (standard Operating Procedure). Each operator works in accordance to his/her technical IQ, some may find a complex task relatively simple.
At Dell the simplest of tasks is time studied and performed in a standard fashion, the...
Arun:
I had a cooling tunnel with a forced air + mist cooling system.
This is similar to the one I have seen with a conveyor mode.
Are you familiar with such as system?
Thank you for all your answers.
-mechvhs
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Swall :
Some of them are large thin walled castings (48" X 31" X 8") though there are a few variations. The CI grade is 25 and they are shaken out (some sand always exists therefore after cooling there is shot blast operation).
As mentioned they are shaken out and transported to a cooling...
I am a Lean Manfacturing Engineer hence my knowledge in metallurgy is limited (though my fascination for this field has lead to try and learn);.....a major bottleneck in my process is the cooling time (static air-8 hrs) after the component (gray cast iron) is cast.
At what temperature can I...
Thanks for your reply BillPSU, but I am dealing with a radial drill w/ feed. For 11 1/2 TPI it feeds @ .087", I wonder if i can use the same tool and feed at 2.2085 mm on the metric feed machine ??
Regards,
mechvhs
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How do I tap a 1.5-11.5 TPI (feed .0869")on a machine that has all metric scales?
Thanks,
-mechvhs
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I am spec-ing out a radial drill for our Chinese operation. All our specifications are in inches and the machines available in that plant are metric feed, so I installed a digital read out that helped them with the drills and feeds. But what about tapping a thread (say 11/2 threads per inch) how...
Does the hydro test have to performed with Water ONLY? Can the same pressure be generated with a water based coolant?
I guess i know the answer to this one ...but looking for comments anyways...
Thanks
vhs
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