GOSIGER AUTOMATION HELPS THE DENVER MINT
| Company Name: | United States Mint in Denver, CO |
| Situation: | The need for improved processes resulting in a quality coining die led to a collaborative effort between Hartwig Incorporated and Gosiger Automation and the Denver Mint team. The quality of the lathes needed to be improved while at the same time focusing on the causes of the off-center coin defects. Improvements were also needed in the measuring methods in order to minimize passing defects further down the inspection line. |
| Result: | By working with Gosiger Automation, the Denver Mint was able to replace three sequential lathe operations by installing the Okuma LT2000 EX horizontal lathe with a FANUC M-710iC robot leading to a MLT of 2.86 days and scrap rate of just 2.8% (78% improvement). |
INCREASED PRODUCTION OUTPUT THROUGH AUTOMATION
| Company Name: | RFM a unit of Mitsubishi Materials USA |
| Situation: | In 2000, RFM, part of Mitsubishi, transitioned from a special order job shop to a high-volume manufacturer of indexable, multi-pocketed milling cutters, end mills and drills. |
| Result: | In eight years, the Michigan facility quadrupled annual sales and increased production output by 25% by automating its machining processes. |
INCREASED PRODUCTION OUTPUT THROUGH AUTOMATION
| Company Name: | Accurate Grinding and Manufacturing Corporation |
| Situation: | Accurate was a successful precision operation catering to the aerospace industry. They needed to control production costs through automation when they began to produce a line of fishing equipment. |
| Result: | They went from a hands on, five-step process to an unattended, continuous one. Cycle time and loading and unloading time have all been decreased. |
DOUBLED PRODUCTIVITY, REDUCED OPERATOR TIME
| Company Name: | Fulton Precision Industries |
| Situation: | When Fulton added two Okuma lathes, Gosiger proposed adding a Fanuc robot for parts loading. Gosiger Automation worked with Fulton to assure increased productivity, accuracy and repeatability. |
| Result: | Fulton needed to increase productivity by 40%, but automation done better than that. Operator time is reduced and productivity has more than doubled. The Fanuc robot can work with other machines without any tooling changeover or adjustment. |
433% PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT
| Company Name: | Morbark Inc. |
| Situation: | Morbark had many tools from another builder, but was disappointed in their service and support. Morbark had one operator program per machine and each operator used his own method. |
| Result: | Through Gosiger, Morbark now has one operator in charge of multiple machines. This – and standardized programs – reduced some processes from 8 to 1.5 work hours. Morbark is now also addressing tool life management and crash avoidance." |