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Tool life and tool setup time are great areas of opportunity for fabricators because both can produce huge bottom line savings if the right tooling improvements are made to fit the work.
New tool designs provide CNC punching operators with easier ways to set jobs up faster while these new tools produce double, triple and even greater tool life than earlier tool designs. Equally significant, the output range of CNC punch presses utilizing these new tool systems is extended while part quality is improved significantly.
Some great examples of these tooling improvements are found at New Standard Corporation (Mount Joy, PA), where the diligent management of punching operations has resulted in huge savings in tool setup time while tool life has more than doubled.
New Standard Corporation is an ISO 9001-2000 certified, QS 9000 registered large scale contract metal fabrication and stamping company that serves customers in the appliance, heating, air conditioning, truck and bus industries, with brands such as Caterpillar and Black and Decker.
For these companies, New Standard fabricates metal components and assemblies that are complex, large and frequently require heavy tonnage presses.