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Does Presetting Pay Off?

Posted January 11, 2012 7:06 AM

Tool presetting can offer major benefits in terms of reduced set-up times and scrap rates. Yet many companies seem reluctant to make the investment. So is this something you can comment on from experience? Is it a procedure your company has introduced, and if so, has it made a real impact on set-up times and scrap rates? In short is it a worthwhile investment? Let us know.

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dgibson
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01/18/2012 9:36 AM

It has been my experience that presetting does not pay off. I would take over 10,000 tool changes to get any sort of benefit from presetting. With the high accuracy of probes that are built into the machine every operator can make tool changes very quickly and very accurately. Presetting is just not justifiable.
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06/02/2012 10:15 PM

great pipe bending Time-lapse video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0idGX2gY4) - This is was done by http://www.barnshaws.com/
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