
The hook plate is a primary support piece of a fork lift The changes made to the application combined with the high performance geometry of the assembly and requires precise machining tolerances. The KSPT Series 33 End Mill resulted in an annual gain of 104.25 production hours. In addition to
| INDUSTRY | application calls for machining .230” from the peripheral | meeting the goal for improved cycle times, tool life was increased from 20 to 240 parts per |
| Lift Equipment | of the part at an axial depth of 1-1/2”: the A514 material | tool. This reduced the tooling cost per part by 91%, allowing the end user to achieve a total |
used in this application is similar to 4140. The competitor annual cost savings of $263,100. COMPONENT tool was performing this in four rough passes followed by Hook Plate a single finish pass. KYOCERA SGS Precision Tools (KSPT) CYCLE TIME SAVED PER PART 16.68 Seconds MACHINE COST SAVED ANNUALLY $10,425
proposed a single roughing and finishing pass utilizing a MATERIAL
| 1” Series 33 End Mill. | NUMBER OF PARTS PER YEAR 22,500 | TOOL LIFE IMPROVEMENT 220 Additional Parts | |
| ASTM A514 HTSTL PLT 100 KSI | |||
| GOALS | CYCLE TIME SAVED ANNUALLY 104.25 Hours | TOOLING COST SAVED PER PART $11.23 | |
| PRODUCT | |||
| KSPT Series 33 End Mill | The primary goals of this test were to reduce cycle time, | COST TO MACHINE PER HOUR $100 | TOOLING COST SAVED ANNUALLY $252,675 |
| AlTiN Coated | increase tool life, and decrease overall tooling cost. | ||
| APPLICATION | STRATEGY | CONCLUSION | |
| Peripheral Machining | Working with the end user to understand their needs, KSPT | KSPT was able to achieve the pri- | |
| approached the application with a 1” three flute Series 33 | mary goals of cycle time reduc- | ||
| CNC INFO | tion and decreased tooling cost | $300,000 | |
| End Mill, allowing for increased tool life and greater feed | |||
| Haas VF7 | by recommending a high per- | $250,000 |
rates to improve cycle times. $263,100 formance tool for the applica- $252,675 SPINDLE $200,000 CAT 50 Milling Chuck
| KSPT | COMPETITOR | |
| TOOL DIAMETER | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| SPEED | 2500 SFM | 1578 SFM |
| FEED | 54 IPM | 17 IPM |
| RADIAL CUT (AE) | .030” | .030” |
| AXIAL CUT (AP) | 1.5” | 1.5” |
| CYCLE TIME | 7.69 seconds | 24.37 seconds |
| METAL REMOVAL RATES | 2.46 cubic inches | .78 cubic inches |
feed and speed rates, resulted in $150,000
$50,000
TOOL INFORMATION METAL REMOVAL RATES 2.46 cubic inches .78 cubic inches COMPETITOR KSPT 60.0 50.0 40.0 30.0 20.0 10.0 0.0 FEED CYCLE TIME/ IN INCHES SECONDS The KSPT Series 33 End Mill allowed for a 217% increase in feed rates and a 68% reduction in cycle time.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTIVITY COMPETITOR KSPT
91% 250 240 200 REDUCTION IN TOOLING COST PARTS
150 100 50 2020 PARTSPARTS 0 COMPETITOR KSPT The KSPT Series 33 End Mill allowed for a 1100% increase!