Jun 11 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging Hole End AngleThe metal lathe parts such as Pistons, Valves or Nozzles where those products have stop boring hole, if the specified angle of stop...
Jun 11 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging the Angle Indication of Clearance GrooveWhen you design clearance groove for the cylindrical lathe parts such as Shafts, Piston, Valves or Nozzles produced from metal rods, If...
May 311 minCost Reduction IdeaSecuring Sufficient Pilot Hole Length for ThreadingWhen there are Lathe parts such as Rollers, Pistons or Valves that require Threading inside Boring hole, Special cutting tools are...
May 311 minCost Reduction IdeaMachining on Raw Material SurfaceIf there is “Machined Surface Required” or “Specific Surface Roughness” mentioned on the drawing for the Turning Shafts, Roller, Pistons...
May 311 minCost Reduction IdeaSecuring Clearance for ThreadLathe Parts such as Shafts, Rollers, Pistons or Pins that have thread, “Effective Thread Length” like Y in the upper picture is not...
May 311 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging Radius Size on CornersThe Lathe Parts like Pins, Pistons, Valves or Shafts, If the size of radius corners are small like 0.1 or 0.05 as the upper picture, then...
May 261 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging Radius to Chamfer on cornersLathe Products such as Pistons, Shafts or Pins have some corners which requires “Radius” shape as the upper picture. Producing “Radius”...
May 261 minCost Reduction IdeaAllowing the drill tip at counterboreSome lathing products such as Pistons or Pins have counterbores, and the end surfaces of counterbores are required to be flat as the...
May 261 minCost Reduction IdeaStepped drill surface on through-holeSome lathing products such as Pistons, Valves or Collars require to have through-hole at the center, and drilling process to produce such...
May 241 minCost Reduction IdeaEliminating stepped surfacesMachining 90-degrees steps like the upper picture on cylindrical turned parts such as shafts, rollers and pistons need extra cutting tool...
May 241 minCost Reduction IdeaAngled shape of bottom of the holeWhen boring the hole on cylindrical shape machining products such as bolts, valves or pins, boring the hole as flat end at the bottom...
May 241 minCost Reduction IdeaMachining diagonal corners on hexagonal materialClamping the hexagonal material with diagonal corners would not make positional accuracy of boring inner diameter since material surface...
May 201 minCost Reduction IdeaAdding V-shape Groove on Milling EndHaving a flat end on milling is likely to produce burrs, and it gives us additional costs such as frequent milling cutter replacement,...
May 201 minCost Reduction IdeaRadial milling end shapeMilling process is often done by milling cutter and its shape is radial, however some drawing says milling end shall be “straight” as the...
May 191 minCost Reduction IdeaAdding Clearance Groove at the end corners for Grinding When the machined products such as Shafts, Valves, Pistons or Rollers that require external diameter grinding, the grinding operations...
May 191 minCost Reduction IdeaOptimal diameter of knurled productsRegarding the “knurled“ turned parts such as Shafts, Pins or Rollers, in some products require grinding as the pictures. If diameter A <=...
May 191 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging the corner Shape of KnurlingMachining products such as Shafts, Pins or Rollers where Knurling is done on “Chamfered” corner, it is likely to have burr on the corner...
May 191 minCost Reduction IdeaBroaching dimension optimizationOne of major trouble when broaching on the lathe-turned parts like shafts, pin, are too shallow depth of the pilot hole (shown “Z” in the...
May 171 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging Solid Rods to Pipe materialProducing the machined products that have a hollow through-hole from Solid Rods material, it is necessary to drill the through-hole from...
May 171 minCost Reduction IdeaChanging Carbon steels to free-cutting steelsCarbon Steel S10C in JIS, AISI 1010 or C10 in ISO has difficulty in breaking up cutting chips during machining process, and it worsens...