Case Study: Providing Innovative Tooling Dies
This customer needed a different design intent for the filter cutting component of a die utilized in an existing assembly machine. The current design was causing cutting and maintenance issues; leading to a decrease in the quality and consistency of their final product.
Our design team reengineered this die and the cutting component with a focus on improving the cutting action and the component’s accessibility for maintenance and changeout.
The new design consolidated multiple pieces into a single component. During the redesign, it was critical to maintain the quality and precision of the filter-cutting operation. Our team evaluated the function of each original piece to determine what could be modified and how its position affected performance. The resulting one-piece design offers a more compact shape that makes maintenance and changeout easier and faster. The customer now replaces the component by removing just two bolts instead of disassembling several parts, making realignment simpler, more precise, and allowing the equipment to return to operation with minimal downtime.
Customer’s Assembly Machine Die
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