Hydraulic servo valve body familiy of parts lean manufacturing process.

1000 PSI HYDRAULIC SERVO VALVES

Apply lean manufacturing machining technology on low pressure aluminum hydraulic servo valve body family-of-parts to reduce lot size, number of machining operations, setup time, run time, queue time, and lead time, and increase inventory turns.

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Bill Moog - the inventor, the pioneer and the entrepreneur.

Manufacturing Alliance Associates, Inc.
720 Maple Road, East Aurora, New York 14052-1012 716-652-4510

Since 1993 implementing technology for businesses where resources are non-existent or during a growth initiative.

APPROACH:

horizontal machining center with pallet shuttle
workholding and tool holders and cutting tools
custom macro B and parametric programming
automated workpiece and tool probing
broken tool detection

RESULT: $20 (labor + material) main component to a $156 assembly cycle tested and shipped for $800 to $3,200.

BASELINE PART

BASELINE PART NOMENCLATURE

FAMILY-OF-PARTS FAMILY-OF-FEATURES FAMILY-OF-TOOLS FAMILY-OF-MACROS (FANUC CUSTOM MACRO "B")
COMMERCIAL ALUMINUM ALLOY BAR STOCK CUT TO DIFFERENT LENGTHS
SAME WORK HOLDING JAWS FOR PALLET 1

6 SIDES MACHINED IN 1 OPERATION WITH 1 PALLET SHUTTLE.
3 SIDES PER PART; 8 PARTS PER PALLET; 2 PALLETS.
48 WORK OFFSETS (X, Y, Z & B AXES); 24 PER PALLET.
PALLET 1 AND PALLET 2 WITH AUTO LOADED WORK OFFSETS AND PALLET 2 AUTO PROBED WORK OFFSETS.
120 MAGAZINE WITH PROGRAMMED AUTO LOADED TOOL OFFSETS
QUICK CHANGE VISE JAWS; PALLET 1 SAME JAWS FOR ALL PARTS IN FAMILY.
WORK AND TOOL PROBING.
BROKEN TOOL DETECTION.
UNATTENDED MACHINING (GHOST MACHINING).
LOAD IDLE PALLET WHILE OPPOSITE PALLET IS IN CYCLE

PHASE 1 IMPLEMENTATION

PHASE 2

PHASE 3

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