| In this day and age of just in time manufacturing | | | | more jobs in the same Steel Rolling Mill Plants & |
| techniques utilized by our company, Steel Rolling Mill | | | | Machinery one behind the other with minimal set up |
| Plants & Machinery manufactured components are | | | | changes than to make profits by elaborate set up |
| being purchased just in time for assembly and just in | | | | changes that reduce the number of jobs that can be |
| quantities needed for assembly. This is being done to | | | | performed in the same machine in the same given |
| reduce inventory carrying costs. A major | | | | time period. The key to achieving this therefore, is to |
| consequence of lowered purchase quantities is that | | | | engineer jobs such that machine set up changes are |
| the production behavior of Steel Rolling Mill Plants & | | | | kept to a minimum. This requires foresight on the |
| Machinery manufacturing shops is reduced to low | | | | part of the programmer or manufacturing engineer |
| volume levels. The general complaint of many Steel | | | | that is tasked with these responsibilities. |
| Rolling Mill Plants and machine shop owners is that low | | | | The second factor that one needs to concentrate on |
| volume manufacturing cuts into profits in a big way | | | | to increase profitability in low volume Steel Rolling Mill |
| since the costs of operating Steel Rolling Mill Plants & | | | | Plants & Machinery manufacturing tasks is to spend |
| Machinery is quite high, but customers are generally | | | | some time up front and engineer to reduce the |
| unwilling to pay higher component prices. | | | | amount of material used in the component |
| Now, one can either put on the complaining hat | | | | manufacture, which will reduce the associated |
| everyday and scream all day long and no one will | | | | material costs. Again, one will need to use creative |
| ever listen; or one can use creativity and all of the | | | | engineering to accomplish this goal. Here are two |
| engineering talents to convert these low volume Bar | | | | ideas. First, use cut off inserts with as low an insert |
| Processing Machine manufacturing jobs into profitable | | | | width as possible that will still provide the necessary |
| ventures. In this article we will briefly outline the | | | | sturdiness rigidity; as an example see if a three |
| simple steps that can be taken to achieve this | | | | millimeter part cut off insert will be sufficient as |
| objective. | | | | opposed to a six millimeter part cut off insert. This |
| The first misconception is that high production rates | | | | will reduce the material usage for every piece that is |
| are not warranted in low volume manufacturing. This | | | | cut. Secondly, adjust bar feeder proximity switches |
| cannot be farther from the truth. Machine utilization is | | | | to allow for as low a chuck holding length as |
| what is critical in improving company profitability and | | | | physically possible and still provide sufficient holding |
| hence production rates must be increased to as high | | | | power; this will result in minimum remnants from |
| a level as possible even in low volume jobs. Because | | | | material bar stock that cannot be used. |
| it is easy to make money by scheduling three or four | | | | |