Too often the tooling is considered after the investment phase and the extra investment required is not budgeted for, which limits the possibility to optimize the efficiency and utilization.

Investing in optimized high pressure (HP) coolant tools with quick change capability ensures that the payback on a new machine investment is as short as possible with typically 25% extra machine utilization time.

Calculate an average of 10% of the machine cost to equip the machine for best machine utilization.

Turning Center Selection

• number of turrets – top and bottom
• number of turning spindles (sub spindle)
• part loading — bar feed, robot, gantry, manual

To ensure that the machining efficiency and machine utilization are optimized, consider also:

• Quick Change tooling — for new batch setup requiring different tool holders and for tool changing on rotating tool applications, how much will QC tool holding reduce the non-cutting time?
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  HP — High Pressure coolant — Will the materials to be machined allow for improved chip breaking and metal removal rate with the use of optimized CoroTurn® HP tools?

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