Accessorizing one of our Brother CNC tapping centers with a manual pallet changer has realized a 30% production increase.
This small change has made it possible to produce four parts on a continuous run cycle. This stationary table, fitted with rows of rollers allows an operator to set up a run of parts while another run is being machined. The pallets then can easily be rolled in and out of the machining center on a continuous cycle.
A cycle time of 5 minutes, 11 seconds, with 30 seconds to load/unload will produce 60 parts in an hour. Without the pallet changer, it would have taken 8 minutes.
Small things do mean a lot – especially when it comes to paying for machining time.