Battery Packs: Original T-A®

Code

1002

The Challenge

The customer manufactures battery packs made from hard plastic for the aerospace industry. They are using a Haas VMC CAT40 taper VF3 running without coolant.

The customer needed a more cost effective solution. They asked Allied Machine to decrease the cycle time and reduce the overall cost of production.

The Original T-A reduced the cycle time and provided substantial reduction in cost.

Product:	Original T-A
Objective:	Decrease cycle time
Industry:	Aerospace
Part:	Battery Packs
Material:	Hard plastic
Hole Ø:	1.0625" (26.998mm)
Hole Depth:	7.0" (177.8mm)

The Solution

The Original T-A Drill:

Holder: 24025H-125F
Insert: 1C22A-0102

Measure	Competitor Twist Drill	Competitor Boring Process	Original T-A
RPM	630	1168	1200
Feed Rate	0.008 IPR (0.203 mm/rev)	0.003 IPR (0.076 mm/rev)	0.004 IPR (0.102 mm/rev)
Cycle Time	3 min 22 sec		1 min 57 sec
*The T-A offered 78.60%* cost per hole savings over the competitor tooling.**

The Advantages

The Original T-A provided:

78% cost savings
Decreased cycle time
Lowered the cost of production
Elimination of boring operation