Here’s one way to ramp up your throughput. You make money on the parts that come off your machine, so make sure you have the best tooling solutions in place to maximize your throughput. Our customer was experiencing lengthy cycle times while machining aerospace body assembly components from 6061 T6 aluminum. The finished holes required a 24 Ra, so the customer was first reaming the hole and then polishing it to achieve the necessary finish. The reaming process took 2 minutes 48 seconds to complete, and the polishing added another 5 minutes, giving the customer a total cycle time of nearly 8 minutes. With our Wohlhaupter 320 Boring Head, the cycle time dropped to a quick 16 seconds (a 96% decrease) with a 10 Ra hole finish, eliminating the polishing process altogether. Not only did th

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