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Secondary Ops Offer Best Way to Machine a Hexagon in 316 Stainless
01 Mar 2006
Until recently Nova Engineering, Coventry, could not machine 316 stainless steel competitively.
Now it can. The company specialises in polygon turning; i.e. the high speed (low cost) machining of flats, squares, hexagons, tri-obulars and slots on machined components. The company performs this work on stainless steel as a secondary operation, which has lower cost implications than one hit machining.
Nova's cycle time for these secondary operations is dramatically reduced, enabling a very competitive pricing structure. Setting times are also low, which means that batch quantities as low as 1,000 can be accommodated.
Machining a hexagon in 316 stainless steel is a laborious task for the modern machine tool. "Such is the complexity and sophistication of the modern machine tool, the machining of 316 could be likened to using a sledge-hammer to crack a nut. What cost that down time as the milling tooling is replaced? What cost the replacement of the spindle bearings?" asks Nova's managing director Brain Winstanley.
The company supplies turned parts to the electronic, automotive, hydraulic and domestic industries, using CNC and standard cam autos. Capacity for machining steel hexagons is up to 36mm a/f, and 24mm for flats.
www.novaeng.co.uk
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