Astro is muti_function workshop, use portable measure equipment, make its converse the business of project part grows steadily continuously. In going 5 years, year of sale of Astro company already amounted to record-breaking level. The client that this company president Mr Eric Blow is attributed to partial credit its diversity group, and the productivity that factory interior has. Astro company held water 1984, be engaged in the accurate treatment of the spare parts and special and mechanical production technically, in order to satisfy a series of requirement that use a field. This has the workshop of 75 employee, provide appreciation service for the client, include mechanical maintenance and overhaul among them, solder and Sheet Metal Fabrication, and face plate wiring and the design that control a system. Mr Blow says, what this kind of business makes this company became a the name matches the reality is one-stop job shops, can the need according to its client, provide all sorts of production resource more for the client as far as possible. Graph converse engineering law produces the 1 part that is in Astro company in, portable measured equipment to already replaced vernier calipers, dial gauge and company of other and common measurement unit Astro to still offer converse project to serve, this is its business among them a part, got in going a few years steadily development and growth. Original, its employee uses the traditional measurement unit in the workshop, the spare parts blueprint that needs production with manual means scale. Today, astro company is used portable measure equipment, accelerate and simplified the measurement of the spare parts, accordingly it can execute converse project mission more quickly with more accurate ground. Converse project develops initial stage 1993, an existing client promoted Astro company development to arrive in converse engineering field. The treatment facilities formulate that this client hopes Astro company can be made for its Europe a spare parts changes plan. Because have some of part,this is already no longer applicable, OEM already was offerred no longer. Contrary, if this kind of spare parts still from OEM replenish onr's stock, its cost is high, delivery time is as long as 12 weeks, this is sure to bring about equipment to stop for long machine. Change as spare parts of the plan start, the client begins to apply converse project and existing treatment means to offer new (when merchandise on hand can be offerred) with old spare parts. This workshop needs each the spare parts on record that makes afresh, once need, it can produce this part quickly again. Database memory has the number of every spare parts, blueprint and other information, this database is shared by client and workshop, with equipment spare parts will order goods henceforth need. Graph 2 by portable measure what equipment gets to measure data to be changed into CAD blueprint, can founding treatment code client to still plan this converse project to regard through this one blueprint is another appreciation service that Astro company provides. When the maintenance that should see other very much client also is facing similar challenge, astro company also with their formulate spare parts changes plan. What implementing these plans is inchoate, astro company uses vernier calipers, dial gauge and other and common measurement unit, what with converse engineering law production wants a part. Although can think the client reduces the cost that replaces a part to shorten,use this kind of method delivery time, but the production of converse engineering law of certain and complex part still needs to cost 40h. Apparent, handiwork is measured and blueprint restricted this workshop to implement the rate of these projects. In addition, the part that this workshop place comes up against is more and more complex, and measure an issue also facing new challenge. To solve this one problem, astro company considers to use independence type and portable two kinds measure equipment, measure each data of the spare parts in order to facilitate stuff can come with them. This workshop is right of portable design muti_function measure equipment very admiring. 2003, the FaroArm that the company buys Astro to be offerred by Faro company surely definitely is measured machine. FaroArm is measured machine be match those who have 6 free point of view one kind to measure equipment, when its bougie bring into contact with is measured when the surface of the spare parts, the contact probe that uses a foregone diameter records each measurement point. Because the diameter of bougie is foregone, because this FaroArm measures the software of machine to will record the position of bougie center, undertake accurately compensating to its diameter. FaroArm is measured machine collect a measurement point with this kind of means every time, collect enough data to decide its length, diameter, angle and other geometry element till its software. Astro company is measured in use FaroArm after machine, produce a part with converse engineering law, needed the production of 40h in the past, need 8h only now. In addition, with portable measure when equipment is measured and recording measured value of crucial spare parts, can reduce factitious error to the greastest extent. Another advantage is his can will measure data output to arrive in SolidWorks CAD software or Mastercam CAM software. This makes design personnel can found 3D model and blueprint of the spare parts that print, and make process designing personnel can apace establishs cutting tool method. Accordingly, the new part that produces with converse engineering law now can be inside a few weeks delivery, the fare that its cost often wants to compare OEM collection is low 40% . Challenge and good luck client always do not have new part to refer Astro company to undertake converse project is produced. Contrary, this workshop must machine the old part that dismantles debus to come from equipment or tatty spare parts afresh occasionally. Below this kind of circumstance, must let a client believe firmly, this spare parts already asked to be made afresh according to original specification, explain this are very important. The groove of new part or planar characteristic and before the part is basic and same, but may appear in nap process wear away phenomenon. Nextpage pursues of this 3 workshops new-style portable measure equipment to have laser scanning function, compare with contact bougie photograph, it can collect more data to nod converse project to also come to the design that can create a concept through offerring to quicken and simplify in shorter time the production of the spare parts. Selling manager Mr Brian Hess of workshop of Astro company Ephrata listed an example: "This is by aluminium board rolling and the aluminium that solder and become make casing pie. This bushing needs to one sticks label window incurvately. Because this bushing installation is inside the element that combines suitably with its, accordingly of its whole circularity is very important. " the client of this workshop ever tried to use former production methods to make this one casing pie afresh, however it cannot this plants accurately rolling aluminium board bushing, cannot make sure its are enough and stable circularity. After research designs blueprint, astro company suggests to use the aluminous material that make a valve to make these 10. This workshop uses machining center of its CNC turning to machine this bushing the external diameter of two end and internal diameter, include place of v/arc be on the throne of place of the label inside bushing this one on the dot. Next, it uses machine of cut of an EDM line, a window that sticks label is machined in the flank of this bushing. Although this production methods is very difficult, but the result that its produce and former of Ban gold component curve label identical. Company of newest treatment measure Astro already used converse project to the law is designed for its client and produce hundreds of kinds of spare parts that use for changing. In fact, the product that produces with converse engineering law already grew this company year 8% of sale. At the beginning of 2012, the capacity that Astro company decides to its converse project is measured undertakes upgrading -- use new portable measure equipment, namely the Edge of Faro company measures an arm, should measure an arm to have laser scanning function. Although the measurement previously arm, use probe of a contact only measurable complex geometrical form, but use laser scanning to be able to make this workshop collects more data to nod inside shorter time however. Edge measures an arm to be opposite the part that measures irregular surface has very good effect. The laser stripe that should measure an arm to blast off makes an appointment with 4in (1in=25. 4mm) , the scanning frequency that can make converse engineering spare parts produces place to need drops lowermost limit. Company of graph 4 Astro still purchased a FaroGage to measure recently machine, it can make the employee in the workshop people mix in loose clamp system before uninstalling a spare parts, all sorts of data that measure a spare parts to go up directly and the measurement previously brachial photograph is compared, astro company is using different method and Edge to measure brachial form a complete set to use. At that time, although this workshop has a group of fixed stuff, but do not want to let the each individual operation Edge in the workshop measure an arm. Contrary, individual course grooms and be allowed to operate this to measure equipment only. This workshop thinks, this kind of practice general can reduce the change of set value or parameter. Look now, this may restrict the plan that uses new technology actually. Now, match those who have laser facility to measure an arm already consign is used. Astro company plans to groom 12 employee, make they can use this device correctly, develop its to have the advantage of manpower resource better. New facility improves productivity besides new portable CMM, astro company is integrated already other a lot of new processing technique, include 5 axles machining center, Che Xi is compound machine tool, large turning machining center and machine of cut of an EDM line. In fact, be in only two years short in the past in, this workshop already acquired 15 new machine tools. Its next the plan is to prepare to introduce machine of a 3D Printing. New the manufacturing facilities that acquire, before aux will be able to makes this workshop is machining the spare parts of actual production quite, through " print " plastic prototype, prove its pass the actual productivity of the part that converse project makes further. Other although,measure an advantage before FaroArm measures an arm purchase, basically be to be used at converse project to produce, but Astro company already from its portable CMM realized other benefit. Among them an example is, faroArm measures an arm to be in in production of a special device since place the action that reach, it has a 16ft (1ft=304.
8mm) senior slideway system. The height of slideway system cannot have the change of hundred millimeter to another end from one aspect of the matter. In assembling a process, to ensure this one precision, this workshop measures this the arm to install a tripod to go up, when be being installed, will measure slideway component with it. Same, on the frame that should measure an arm to also be connected to receive facility, when making assemble personnel to be able to be installed in component, examine their flatness, parallelism or overlay dimension. If this workshop does not have independent measurement equipment, all these will be impossible to come true. Astro company also uses this to measure an arm to examine add workpiece. In fact, the new-style Faro Edge that this matchs to have laser scanner measures an arm, aux will be able to makes this workshop examines effectively quite a few spare partses. Through be overlay of laser scanning data on 3D CAD model, the software of this equipment can show this to machine an exact position that exceeds tolerancepublic errand and the numerical value that exceed tolerancepublic errand. CNC Milling
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