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Case Study #1 - TMAC allows 350,000 tools to be used without breaking

A large manufacturer of aircraft components has purchased over 20 Mori Seiki Horizontal Machining Centers in the last 5 years. In that time they have used over 350,000 tools to machine an expensive aircraft component and have not broken a single tool.

Each Machining Center is equipped with a Caron Engineering TMAC System with Adaptive Control, as well as a Blum Laser Control System and a Blum Part Inspection Probe.These components all work together saving tens of thousands of dollars in tooling.

The entire machining cell is managed by only 3 to 5 people. The operators have developed such confidence in TMAC that should any tooling problems develop, TMAC will react in milliseconds to correct any issues before the tools or parts are destroyed.

While exact savings in both dollars and man hours were not available at the time of publishing, it's obvious that applying TMAC to your cutting applications with the ability to monitor and control over a quarter million tools with out a single breakage would increase your bottom line.

Case Study #2 – TMAC monitors Taps considered too small to use horsepower monitoring by the competition

A medical parts manufacturer in Massachusetts had a problem with excessive breakage during the manufacturing process. When they were tapping a very small (2-56) hole, if the tap broke, the next action was a part transfer from main to sub spindle and machine damage could easily occur.

A 2-56 tap is too small to be monitored by most tool monitoring systems. But Caron Engineering developed a hardware/software solution that is the first of its kind in the industry.

CEI’s TMAC system monitors the tap to ensure it did not break during the process, thereby protecting the sub-spindle. If during the monitoring process TMAC discovers the tap did break, an alarm notifies the operator, allowing the part to be removed immediately, and preventing damage to the sub-spindle.

Based on feedback from the customer, Caron Engineering’s TMAC system resulted in a low probability of sub-spindle damage, significantly reduced machine down time, scrap parts, and reduced cycle time loss by monitoring in cycle. TMAC and its benefits resulted in a reduction in operational costs; something that any machine shop needs to be competitive in today’s global market.