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Hard Turning Replaces Grinding of Gear Blanks
01 Jun 2005
Turning of gear blanks as well as spacers and shafts in their casehardened state has started to replace grinding at the Bradford factory of Hindle Gears, with the result that bore and face machining is now completed in one operation instead of two, handling has been eliminated at this stage in the process and overall cycle time has been halved.
These changes follow the company's investment in 2004 in its first Okuma lathe from NCMT, a Space Turn LB300-M. It is the first lathe on site with driven tooling, which adds versatility to soft machining applications as well, and further reduces set-ups.
Hindle Gears specialises in gearboxes, gear sets and other power transmission components for diesel engines used in power generation and some defence and marine applications.
Adopting lean production techniques, which includes reducing cycle times and the number of set-ups, is paramount to the company's philosophy.
www.hindle.co.uk
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