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Broaching provides your manufacturing operation with a distinct competitive edge. Time after time, cost studies prove that broaching is the most efficient and economical process available.Modern, high-speed broaching methods are a far cry from hammering a broach through a hole to cut a keyway. Flat and parallel surfaces, contours, splines, and complex shaped holes are just a few examples of jobs broaching can do faster and better.
Consider the benefits:
Reduced Cycle Times: A feature can be roughed and finished in a SINGLE, quick stroke, so total cycle time is greatly reduced. Two, three, even four-fold increases in productivity are not uncommon!
Increased Dimensional Repeatability: A broach has a SINGLE MOVING PART, reducing the number of process variables and improving the repeatability. Tight tolerances are commonly held.
Decreased or Eliminated Secondary Operations: This cutting method can utilize the last few teeth to produce such a fine finish that the secondary operations are greatly reduced or ELIMINATED ENTIRELY.
Increased Tool Life: Each tooth of a broach tool contacts the work surface only ONE TIME PER CYCLE resulting in substantially greater tool life.
Simplified Operator Interface and Training: Due to the simplicity of a broach machine, no specialized operator training is required.
Reduced Maintenance: With only one moving part, there is practically no maintenance.
Complex and Irregular Shapes: Any other process would require multiple operations to generate irregular shapes. Broaching can generate that same shape in a SINGLE pass, reducing cycle times and handling.
These factors increase the efficiency, up-time and productivity of your operation, GIVING YOU A COMPETITIVE EDGE! Your competition's costs for labor and material are roughly the same. PROCESS is the key to success, and BROACHING is a SUPERIOR PROCESS. In virtually every application, broaching is the fastest, most accurate and most user-friendly process available.
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