TOOL POLICY AT MAEM Reasonable tool policy as one of the methods of production optimization - as we do at MAEM.
In previous editions of our newsletter (you can find all of them on our w e b s i te a t w w w. m a e m . c o m) w e told you about MAEM's approach to reverse engineering as a production process, how we use state-of-the-art measuring tools and why we equipped our plant with balancing machines.
of various details, which finally went to the engine room of our customers' ships.
In this article, devoted to our production department, we will present the benefits of a reasonable tool policy.
Due to the variety of processes that our machines perform on a daily basis, we have a special place at MAEM where we store all the necessary tools for production. Recently the tool room has been equipped with one of the more advanced solutions supporting production intelligent tool cabinet, which we have acquired from SECO company.
Throughout 2019 year, the machines in MAEM's Production Department have a total of 21 869 hours of operation. During this time they processed 78.5 tons of raw materials and 5613 pieces of castings,resulting in 41382 pieces
The purchased Secopoint system, equipped with a dispensing cabinet, is fully synchronized with information about production technology. The unit, after programming the production process, selects an appropriate set of tools, which
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are then made available to the operator in automatically extending drawers. This solution eliminates 100% of the risk of production losses caused by the use of unsuitable tools and also reduces unscheduled machine downtime caused by their absence. Fewer mistakes at this stage means much higher production efficiency and execution of planned orders on time. Another function of the AC200 cabinet is to control the level of tool wear. The operating system stores archive data from previous production cycles - too many tools issued for a similar process clearly indicates some problem that technologists, together with machine operators, can already diagnose at this
