
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 KSPT COMPETITOR tion. This allowed for increased
CAT 50 Milling Chuck feed and speed rates, resulted in $150,000 TOOL DIAMETER 1.0 1.0 greater metal removal rates and COMPETITOR $100,000
| 3 Flute End Mill | SPEED | 2500 SFM | 1578 SFM drastically improved tool life. | |
| $50,000 | ||||
| FEED | 54 IPM | 17 IPM | ||
| COOLANT | $0 | |||
| Water Soluble | RADIAL CUT (AE) .030” .030” | $263,100 | ANNUAL TOOLING TOTAL ANNUAL | |
| AXIAL CUT (AP) | 1.5” 1.5” | COST SAVINGS COST SAVINGS | ||
| TOOL INFORMATION | ||||
| 1” DIA / 2 ¼” LOC / 5” OAL | CYCLE TIME | 7.69 seconds | 24.37 seconds ANNUAL COST SAVINGS | |
| METAL REMOVAL RATES 2.46 cubic inches .78 cubic inches | 13 DAYS | |||
| ADDITIONAL PRODUCTIVITY | COMPETITOR KSPT | |||
| COMPETITOR | KSPT |
60.0 91% 250
50.0 240 200 REDUCTION IN TOOLING COST PARTS 40.0
150 30.0 100 20.0
| 10.0 | 50 | 2020 |
| PARTSPARTS | ||
| 0.0 | 0 |
FEED CYCLE TIME/ COMPETITOR KSPT
IN INCHES SECONDS The KSPT Series 33 End Mill allowed for a 1100% increase! The KSPT Series 33 End Mill allowed for a 217% increase in feed rates and a 68% reduction in cycle time.