HELLER solutions at CastAlum
Turnkey solution with optimum price/performance ratio
Based in Welshpool, CastAlum is one of the largest aluminium die casting operations in Great Britain. In the search for a turnkey solution with optimum price/performance ratio, HELLER H-series 4-axis machining centres prevailed.
Task
- production facilities have to be able to machine all manner of steering gears and gear housings to achieve a total production volume of 700,000 cast parts/year in two operations, and this hinges on the production facility having the flexibility required
- optimum price/performance ratio
- local, highly reputable customer service
Project scope & solution
- use of ten H 2000 4-axis machining centres
- cranes located between the individual machine pairs facilitate fast fixture changeover
- the cast parts mounted on the workpiece carriers are transported from the foundry on a long, U-shaped EWAB chain conveyor arranged along the machining centres
Result
- Machining centres can be installed in several expansions stages. This allows adjustments to accommodate increasing batch sizes and trouble-free changeover for producing any new workpieces
- HELLER H-series 4-axis machining centres offer outstanding reliability, precision and repeatability
- lean production environment with very low footprint
- average machining centre availability of 95 percent achieved by minimizing changeover times
- tolerances respected to within 10 micrometers
- process capability of Cpk 1.67
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