“The performance of this cutter simply blew me away, we achieved a cycle time of 3.5 minutes per component, running the machine 24/7”
the last-minute verbal orders for tooling to comply with our ERP system and maintain 24 hour operation. ” Having the TOM 840 in place provides much greater flexibility for Hollingworth Design by having tooling available when needed, stock automatically re-ordered and restocked, without any requirement for in-house management time or added costs, with the tooling only invoiced for when it is used. The Ceratizit TOM 840 unit is also supplied and installed free of charge to any customer meeting the minimum monthly spend of £3000. Hollingworth Design also takes advantage of the Ceratizit re-grind service, which provides a quick turnaround for all of its solid high speed steel and carbide cutters, returning them to ‘as new’ performance. n
blew me away, we achieved a cycle time of 3.5 minutes per component, running the machine 24/7 and meeting all of our customer’s expectations.” This is a typical example of the approach that Hollingworth Design takes, to look at every aspect of the job and engineer a process to make things better. To maximise the benefit for customers Hollingworth design looks at batch quantities from 500 upwards, recently completing a single order for 72,000 components. Machining these volumes demands support from Ceratizit in the form of regular visits from Matt along with daily management of tooling through use of a Ceratizit TOM 840 tool vending system. “Our turnover has grown dramatically in recent years with sub-contract machining accounting for around £150,000/month from our overall monthly turnover of £600,000/ month,” says Paul Hollingworth. “Managing the tooling requirement for this level of work needed to be streamlined and where possible eliminate
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