A long-term customer partnered with us to design and build a heat treat fixture for a critical shaft application. They were experiencing concentricity issues during the process and needed to improve through-put to increase profitability. The result weas a highly effective solution that improved through-put, reduced scrap, and enhanced the overall heat treat […]
Eliminating Sorting for Quality Defects Related to Basket Integrity
Eliminating Sorting for Quality Defects Related to Basket Integrity
Challenge:
The end customer was carburizing small cylindrical shaft type parts with intricate machined surfaces. The parts were racked to stand on end to retain a ridged straightness specification and prevent surface damage. The original design had the parts racked into small divider screen fixtures and […]
Improving Efficiency with an Engineered Fixture Solution
Improving Efficiency with an Engineered Fixture Solution
Challenge:
The end customer was processing very small “button” type parts in a vacuum furnace. The parts were received in formed plastic dunnage used for shipping. They required a mesh tray that would mate up to the shipping dunnage allowing the operators to load the mesh tray simply […]