Precision Grinding and Cutoff Manufacturing Case Studies
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
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Challenge: A food equipment manufacturer approached Glebar to improve productivity and reduce costs for their food filler machines. The metal spout requires grinding for several reasons. They come in contact with food, therefore requiring a smooth finish for sanitary purposes. The tubes ar...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
https://vimeo.com/301846229
Challenge: A food equipment manufacturer approached Glebar to improve productivity and reduce costs for their food filler machines. The metal spout requires grinding for several reasons. They come in contact with food, therefore requiring a smooth finish for sanitary purposes. The tubes ar...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Current Process:
The grinding of stainless-steel shafts used for Hydraulic Spring Lifters was outsourced. This resulted in higher costs, as well as quality and consistency issues.
Challenges:
Deliver an in-house process to automatically grind a high volume of stainless-steel shafts used for Hydraulic Spring Lifters. The process had to remo...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Current Process:
The grinding of stainless-steel shafts used for Hydraulic Spring Lifters was outsourced. This resulted in higher costs, as well as quality and consistency issues.
Challenges:
Deliver an in-house process to automatically grind a high volume of stainless-steel shafts used for Hydraulic Spring Lifters. The process had to remo...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Current ProcessZirconium tubes are cut one at a time using carbide tools on a lathe. A lathe cutoff leaves burrs requiring deburring to achieve a smooth surface finish. Carbide tooling wears quickly when cutting zirconium and is expensive. ChallengesDeliver a cost-effective process to cut zirconium tubes which reduces the numb...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Current ProcessZirconium tubes are cut one at a time using carbide tools on a lathe. A lathe cutoff leaves burrs requiring deburring to achieve a smooth surface finish. Carbide tooling wears quickly when cutting zirconium and is expensive. ChallengesDeliver a cost-effective process to cut zirconium tubes which reduces the numb...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Challenge: The customer was outsourcing grinding of components and came to Glebar looking for a way to reduce lead times on parts, reduce costs, and bring grinding capability in-house.Original challenge was to thrufeed 1-½” diameter, 15’ aluminum tubes removing 0.003”-0.006” per pass. The second requirement was for the...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Challenge: The customer was outsourcing grinding of components and came to Glebar looking for a way to reduce lead times on parts, reduce costs, and bring grinding capability in-house.Original challenge was to thrufeed 1-½” diameter, 15’ aluminum tubes removing 0.003”-0.006” per pass. The second requirement was for the...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Challenge: To accurately grind alumina spacers used in nuclear power plant control rods. The length of the components are extremely critical to the efficiency of the fuel rod. The components need to be processed at a high rate and length verified for all parts.
Solution
A DD-7 double disc grinder was configured with 0.1 micron closed loo...
02.23.2023
Case Studies Tube Grinding & Cutoff Case Studies
Challenge: To accurately grind alumina spacers used in nuclear power plant control rods. The length of the components are extremely critical to the efficiency of the fuel rod. The components need to be processed at a high rate and length verified for all parts.
Solution
A DD-7 double disc grinder was configured with 0.1 micron closed loo...
01.27.2023
Case Studies Medical Device Case Studies
Challenge: To grind two mating metal components, with a tight clearance requirement between their surfaces, to create a powered arthroscopic shaver used in orthopaedic joint surgeries.Solution
In this application, two tubes are assembled, with as minimum a gap between the two parts as possible ‐sometimes as small as 0.0005” ...
01.27.2023
Case Studies Medical Device Case Studies
Challenge: To grind two mating metal components, with a tight clearance requirement between their surfaces, to create a powered arthroscopic shaver used in orthopaedic joint surgeries.Solution
In this application, two tubes are assembled, with as minimum a gap between the two parts as possible ‐sometimes as small as 0.0005” ...
08.04.2022
Case Studies Guidewire Case Studies
Challenge: Cycle time reduction and a sharp corner needed for a medical guidewireSolutionThe CAM.2 machine has several modes of operation configurable for different shaped guidewire geometries. In this case, combination of the modes were utilized to successfully grind this part. In the first mode, a profiled grinding wheel is employed to maxi...
08.04.2022
Case Studies Guidewire Case Studies
Challenge: Cycle time reduction and a sharp corner needed for a medical guidewireSolutionThe CAM.2 machine has several modes of operation configurable for different shaped guidewire geometries. In this case, combination of the modes were utilized to successfully grind this part. In the first mode, a profiled grinding wheel is employed to maxi...
08.03.2022
Case Studies Machine Upgrades Case Studies
Current Process:Machines that run on outdated operating systems such as Windows XP or Windows 7 are more vulnerable to malware, viruses, and other security issues. Microsoft no longer supports previous versions of Windows making it difficult to fix operating system related issues generating more downtime until a solution is found.Challenge:Deli...
08.03.2022
Case Studies Machine Upgrades Case Studies
Current Process:Machines that run on outdated operating systems such as Windows XP or Windows 7 are more vulnerable to malware, viruses, and other security issues. Microsoft no longer supports previous versions of Windows making it difficult to fix operating system related issues generating more downtime until a solution is found.Challenge:Deli...
