Manufacturing Technology

Manufacturing
Technology
By Martijn Pakkert
& Eriano Troenokarso
Table of content
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Introduction
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Description of the studied topics
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Manufacturing techniques @ GTD
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Product Analysis
Mass production
20
Single piece
production
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Literature list
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Introduction
This report is about the assignment Manufacturing Technology. During this
assignment we needed to discover what kind of techniques there were
possible for manufacturing products.
We had two guided tours at the GTD on the TU/e campus. There we had
seen a lot of different manufacturing processes. After that we had to do
research on several topics that came from the book Fundamentals of
Modern Manufacturing from M.P. Groover. Our topic was Material Removal
Processes, so we dived into the techniques of removing material.
At last we had to study mass and single piece production products. We
chose to do research on the manufacturing of nuts & bolts and on a custom made acoustic guitar.
In this report you can find an eloboration of all these topics,
Enjoy!
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Description of the studied topics
Material Removal
Processes
Theory of Metal Machining
The advantages of metal machining are the variety of part shapes and geometric
features, variety of work materials, the dimensional accuracy and good surface
finishes. But there are also some disadvantages like the wasteful of material and
that it’s time consuming.
There a lot of different ways to remove material. In this report there is an explanation given of turning, drilling, milling, shaping, planing, broaching, sawing, and all
the things that are related to those ways of material removal.
Turning
A work tool (single point cutting tool), which is parallel to the surface of the
work part, cuts the outside or inside (boring) of a cylinder. That work piece
rotates but is stationary, the work tool has two axes of motion. Those motions
can be handled manually, but nowadays CNC (computer numerical control)
is more common.
This manufacturing process is carried out on a lathe. There are many types of
turning, which are done best on different types of lathes.
Types of turning:
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Facing; tool is fed radially to create nice surface
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Tapert turning; tool is fed at angle to create tapered cylinder
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Contour turning; tool follows a contour
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Form turning; tool has shape that is imparted to the work
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Chamering; tool is used to cut an angle on the corner of the workpiece
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Cutoff; fed radially in to the rotating work to cut off the end
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Threading; pointed tool fed linearly across outside of rotating workpart
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Boring; same but parallel to the axis of rotation on the inside of workpart
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Drilling or reaming; on a lathe by feeding the drill into the rotating work
along it axis
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Knurling; not a machining operation, doesn’t involve cutting material; its
metal forming operation
Types of lathes:
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Toolsroom lathe; high accuracy; small; lot of speeds and feeds
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Speed lathe; high speed; no cross slide assembly; no leadscrew
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Turret lathe; six cutting tools; high production; quick change
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Chucking machine; chuck to hold workpart (in dutch it is a klauwplaat);
small/light parts
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Barmachine; almost the same; collet instead of chuck (collet is a huls)
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Single spingle barmachine
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Multiple spindle barmachine (just has more axels)
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Drilling
Drilling has a stationary work part that can move along two axes. The third axis
can be moved along by the work tool. The work tool is a multipoint end cutting
tool. This work tool rotates so it can drill round holes in the work part. This process
is carried out on a drill press. There are lots of different types of drilling, carried out
on different types of drill presses.
Types of drilling:
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Reaming; slightly enlarge a hole
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Tapping; provide internal screw threads on an existing hole
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Counterboring; big diameter follows small diameter to create bigger hole
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Countersinking; same except the step in the hole is coneshaped
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Centering; drills a starting hole to establish its location
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Spotfacing; similar to milling; provide flat surface
Types of drill presses:
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Upright drill
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Radial drill
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Bench drill
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Gang drill
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Multiple spindle drill
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Numerical control drill presses
Milling
Milling is a process in which a rotating multiple cutting edge tool cuts a stationary work part. The axes are not set, there are a lot of different types of milling that
don’t look like each other. This also means that there are a lot of different machines.
Types of milling:
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Peripheral milling/plain milling; axis of tool parallel to axis workpiece
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Slab milling; tool extends beyond the workpiece
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Stot milling; workpiece extends beyond the tool
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Saw milling;
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Side milling; cuts side of workpiece
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Straddle milling; both sides of workpiece
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Up milling; milling against the feed
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Down milling; milling with the feed
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Face milling; axis of tool is nonparallel to axis workpiece
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Conventional milling; tool extends beyond the workpiece
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Partial milling; tool cuts part of workpiece
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End milling; workpiece extends beyond the tool
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Profile milling; tool cuts outside of workpiece to make profile
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Pocket milling; create pockets in flat parts
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Surface contouring; cuts top of workpiece to make a contour
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Milling Machines types:
-Horizontal
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Vertical knee-and-column
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Bedtype milling
oSimplex
oDuplex
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Planer type
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Tracer/profiling mill
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CNC (which stands for Computer Numerical Control)
Single point picture 1
Tool Geonometry
- Single Point
- Chipbreaker
- Multiple cutting
edge tools
Chipbreaker picture 2
- Milling cutter
- Broach
- Saw
Multiple cutting
edge tools picture 3
Broach picture 5
Milling cutter
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picture 4
Saw picture 6
High Speed Machining (HSM)
The speed in HSM is significantly higher than conventional machining ways.
This can be proven by a calculation of the DN-ratio. In this calculation the
bore diameter (in meters) gets multiplied with the maximum spindle speed of
that machine (rev/min). So even large bores can reach a high DN-ratio and
are part of HSM. Regular DN-ratios for HSM are 500.000 – 1.000.000. It also has
a average spindle velocity of 8.000 – 35.000. Another measurement is the hp/
rpm. With HSM this number is between 0,005 and 0,010. With other machining
types this number is normally 0,0005 hp/rpm.
The conditions of cutting can be calculated with a formula. This formula look
like this:
R_MR=v∙f∙d
It’s called the material removal rate. The v stand for the cutting speed. The f
for the feed. The feed is the secondary motion of the work tool. And d stands
for the depth of the cut. Every cutting process has its own material removal
rate.
Cutting fluid
Cutting fluid is a very important part of cutting. The fluid improves the cutting
performances and provides the tools to become worn down. Cutting fluid is
directly put on the machining operation. There are coolant fluids and lubricant
fluids. But many fluid take care of more than one problem.
Types of Cutting Fluids
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Cutting oil; there are more types, to reach maximum lubricity some are
combined
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Emulsified oil; oil droplets suspended in water, typical ratio water to oil is
30:1
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Chemical fluid; chemicals in a water solution; good cooling; less lubricant
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Semi chemical fluid; adding small amount of emulsified oil to make the
lubricity better
The fluid can be appliquéd in different ways. Coolant fluids can be used flooding. This means directly at the work tool. Mist application is also a coolant
method. With this method the fluid is directed as high speed mist. It is not as effective as flooding, but is coolant every part of the work tool and work piece.
And at last, manual application, this is for coolant and lubricant. It can be
directed with a squirtcan or paintbrush. It’s generally not preferred on manufacturing processes.
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Economic and Product Design Considerations in Machining
Machinability
The machinability stands for the relative ease with which a material can be
machined using appropriate tooling and cutting conditions.
Most important evaluation criteria of machinability are:
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Tool life
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Forces and power
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Surface finish
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Ease of chip disposal
Machinability Rating
The evaluation of machinability is hard, because some material have a pro in
one criteria, but a con in another criteria, so it is hard to judge. Machinability
is tested by a comparison of work materials. The test material is relative compared to a base material upon a few characteristics. And the outcome (the
relative performance) is given as an index number, called the machinability
rating (MR). The base material always has an MR of 1,00.
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Materials that are easier to machine than the base have bigger than
1,00 rating.
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Materials that are harder to machine have a smaller machinability rating than 1,00.
Chemistries
Chemistries are of a big essence to the machinability of metals. For example adding alloying elements, to enhance the properties of the metal, will increase the
tool wear and thus reduce the machinability of the material. On the other hand
you can add certain elements such as lead, sulfur and phosphorous which will
reduce the friction between the tool and chip, forces and temperature and thus
increase the machinability of the material. Steels that are alloyed like this, are
called Free Machining Steels.
Tolerance of the Machines
An important aspect to machining is the tolerance of the machines. Machining is
often picked over hand-made because of the closer tolerance you can achieve
by machining a material. Within machining there are various machining operations that all have their capability of tolerance. The closer you want to tolerance
to be, the higher the price will be. Though if you look at the long term, a higher
tolerance (although you pay a higher price) will save you money. A higher tolerance will often lead to a fewer problems in the assembly and for that lead to better control in the manufacturing process.
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Surface of material
The roughness of a surface is mostly determined by machining the material. There
are a lot of factors to this that can be categorized in:
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Geometric factors
These factors include the machining parameters that determine the surface geometry Such as the type of machining operation, geometry of the cutting tool and the
feed. The surface that would result from these factors is called the ideal/theoretical
surface roughness, which would be obtained if the other factors were absent.
Geometric factors picture 7
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Work material factors
The material itself won’t react the optimal way while it is being manufactured. It
will prevent the surface from being ideal because of (1) Damage to the surface
caused by chips curling back into the surface, (2) accidentally tearing of the work
surface, (3) cracks in the surface caused by a discontinuous chip formation, (4) friction between the tool flank and the new surface.
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Vibration and machine tool factors
As it says these factors are caused by a chatter or vibration in the machine tool or
cutting tool. A vibration will cause waviness in the work surface. This can be eliminated by (1) improving the setup of the machining, (2) operating at speeds that are
natural to the machine and (3) reducing feeds and depths to reduce the forces in
cutting.
Cutting Conditions
Each operation has its own proper cutting conditions. These conditions consist
of speed, feed, depth of cut and cutting fluid.
Depth of cut is predetermined by workpiece geometry and operation sequence. When the material is in the roughing operation stage the depth is
made as large as possible. And in the finishing stage the depth is set to the
dimensions that desired.
For the selection of feed you have 4 factors to deal with.
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Tooling: From what kind of material is your tool made. Tougher material
can withstand a higher feed.
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Are you busy roughing or finishing: Roughing operations involve high
feeds, while finishing involves low ones.
The selection of the cutting speed is based on making the best use of the
particular cutting tool. Which means that you need to find the balance between high speed removal and long lasting tool life. For this selection formulas
are derived, particularly for 2 objectives, namely maximum production rate or
minimum unit cost.
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Production Rate
Maximum production rate is used for cases where you need to produce as
quickly as possible. The formula is: Tc = Tn + Tm + (Tt/np).
Tc = Production cycle time per piece in minutes
Th= Part handling time; the time the operator spends loading the part in to the
machining tool when beginning and unloading when finished.
Tm= Machining time; time the tool is engaged.
Tt= Tool change time; The time it takes to change the tool (when it is run down)
Np= The number of pieces cut in one tool life
There is also a formula for the selection of speed in which you can minimize
the cost per unit. This formula looks like: Cc = CoTn + CoTm + (CoTt/np) + Ct/
np.
Cc= Total costs per piece
Co= Cost rate of …
Ct/np= Tool cost per unit (added because it not only costs time)
Abrasive Machining
Abrasive machining removes material by friction with hard abrasive particles. The
most important/well-known abrasive process is grinding, others are honing, lapping, superfinishing, polishing and buffing. Abrasive processes are used as finishing
process in common.
Importance:
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They can be used on all types of materials ranging from soft metals to hardened steels and hard nonmetallic materials
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Some of the abrasive processes can produce extremely fine surfaces
Grinding
There are similarities between milling and grinding. Both have a periphery and
face way of use. And in both processes the work is fed to the machine for removing material. Though there are a few differences, namely (1) the particles
are smaller and more plural than the teeth on a milling machine, (2) the speed
is higher, (3) the particles are randomly oriented and (4) a grinding wheel is selfsharpening.
A grinding wheel has 5 basic parameters to deal with:
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Abrasive material
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Grain size
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Bonding materials
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Wheel structure (spacing of grains in the wheel) and
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Wheel grade (bonding strength of the wheel)
Within grinding there are 4 types:
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Surface grinding
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Cylindrical grinding
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Centerless grinding
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Creep feed grinding
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Honing
Honing is an abrasive process performed by a set of bonded abrasive sticks
(mostly stones) and it is used to obtain precise dimensions and surfaces in
cylindrical shapes (around the 0.1-0.8 µm). The sticks are rubbed in a circular
motion over the surface of the workpiece to smoothen it.
Honing tool picture 8
Superfinishing
Superfinishing is an abrasive
process that is similar to honing. It only differs in: (1) shorter
strokes, (2) higher frequencies in
the strokes, (3) lower pressure,
(4) workpiece speeds are lower
and (5) grit sizes are smaller,
so this all leads to a smoother
surface (0.013-0.2µm). And it is
mostly not used for internal, but
external cylinders.
Lapping
Then there is lapping, which is an abrasive process that is more accurate than
honing (around the 0.025-0,4 µm) roughness. Lapping uses a fluid suspension of
very small abrasive particles, which look like a chalky paste. And this process is
used for i.e. optical lenses.
Lapping picture 9
Polishing
At last there is polishing, which uses a flexible (mostly leather or other fabric)
rotating wheel with very miniscule grains that rotate at a very high speed. And
as an extreme there is buffing, that uses the same technique, but is even more
accurate than polishing.
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Nontraditional Mechanical Energy Processes:
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Ultrasonic machining: In this process abrasive particles are flowing
through a fluid past the work. And a tool vibrating at a high frequency (approx. 20,000 Hz) makes the particles cut the work.
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Water jet cutting: In this process a high pressure and high velocity steam
of water is used to cut the work surface.
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Abrasive water jet cutting: The same technique is used as with Water Jet
Cutting, but there are abrasive particles added to the steam to ease the cutting.
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Abrasive jet machining: This goes by the same principle as Abrasive water jet cutting, but instead of using steam, gas is used. The difference is that it
is much more appropriate as a finishing process and not so much of a cutting
process.
Ultrasonic machining
picture 10
Water jet cutting
picture 11
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Electrical Discharge
Machining (EDM)
picture 12
Electrochemical Machining Processes
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Basic process: Material from the workpiece is removed through an electrochemical process. The tool that reacts as an cathode shoots electrolytes to the
work that reacts as an anode and removes material.
And through precisely the same manner there is also electrochemical deburring
and grinding.
Thermal Energy Processes
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Electrical discharge machining and Electric discharge wire cutting: This
form of nontraditional machining works through a lightning that goes through the
work piece and thereby removes material. This must be done in dielectric fluid,
because the lightning must be guided to the workpiece. With the wire cutting, it
is the same principle, but then it is done through a wire, thus the removal will be
through in one time, instead of piece by piece.
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Electron beam machining: This process removes material through an electron beam, created by electrons that go from a high voltage cable through a
cathode grid to an anode where they are collected and after that shoot to the
workpiece while the beam is guided by lenses.
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Laser beam machining: This type of machining is similar to electron beam
machining. But this beam is provoked through light that is being reflected and
concentrated, so that the beam contains a lot of energy, to remove material.
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Manufacturing techniques
at GTD
This machine is called a turner. This example (picture) is the conventional version of
this machine, which is used as a material
removal machine. The material is removed
by a cutting blade, such as a chisel. The
chisel removes the material from the workpiece which is spinning around in a lathe.
Conventional turner
Besides the conventional turner,
there are also computer controlled
lathes in this modern world. The computer controlled turner work through
programs scripts that are written for
them. In these scripts the programmer puts all the information that is
needed to create his desired shape.
Then it is put into the turner and this
will execute as it is commanded. By
manufacturing through computer
controlled turner you can achieve a
higher accuracy, this means smoother surface, smoother edges, almost
no chance for flaws etc. As a result
your product will be better compared to the conventional way.
Computer
controlled turner
This machine at the left is also a computer
controlled lathe. But it is a special machine, because of the extreme precision
and also because it is manufactured by
the GTD themselves. As you can see a bit
on the picture, the created surface of the
workpiece is just like a mirror. This extreme
accuracy is achieved by a few features.
A few of those are mirror ruler that is able
to measure within the nanometer. And the
mechanics within the turner that need to
shift are provided with air pressure to prevent friction.
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Drill
This device is called a drill. And
similar to the turner this machine
is also used for removing material
from the workpiece. This machine
removes material through drill that
penetrates the work with a circular
motion and cutting material away.
In opposition to the turner with
the drill not the workpiece spins
around, but the tool does. So this
machine is better for manufacturing the inner parts of a piece and
the turner is better to use for the
This machine is called a grinder and it removes material as
well. It removes material by a
motion that we know as rubbing. A paper with abrasive
particles on it is attached to a
wheel which rotates at a high
speed. When pushing your
workpiece against the wheel,
it will grind the material off. This
way of removing material is
very useful when you want to
create a very smooth surface,
as it is possible to grind with
very small abrasive particles to
make the grinding more gen-
Grinder
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by ionizing the dielectric
fluid.
A variation of EDM is Electrical Discharg Wire Cutting
(EDWC). At this type of machining the electrons are
lead through a wire. This is
put through a hole of the
work as a starting point. From
there on it will cut its way
through the workpiece. The
wire is also being advanced
through spools, because this
will cause cutting with fresh
electrons. And this leads for
a constant cutting diameter.
This variation is better for accurately removing material.
And the material can only
be a metal, because the
electrons can only be guided
through metals.
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Electric Discharge
Wire Cutting
A whole different type of
manufacturing is glassblowing.
This does not work through
removing the material, but
now you are deforming the
material. First you need to
heat up the glass so that it
gets soft and it is deformable.
After that you create the
shape that you like. You can
for example flatten it with pliers made of ceramics. Or you
can create a bulb. This is done
by first heating and seal one
side of a glass tube. Then you
heat the seal and from the
other side you blow into the
tube so that the soft seal will
get filled with air and a glass
bulb will arise.
Glass Blowing
This machine (left) is used for cutting material. It is one of the processes that is used as a preperation of shaping a material, getting
the right size of a plate of metal.
The blade of the machine is just
like scissors angled (from down to
up) to lighten the needed cutting
power.
Cutting
The cutting machine on the
right is in principle exact the
same machine is the other one,
except for the angled blade.
This cutting machine is appropriate to cut out angled corners out of the material.
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The punch press is a machine that
is used for making holes into your
material. A punch with the desired
shape is put into the press. Then
the material is fixed underneath
the press. And next the punch is
pressed through the material which
will create a desired hole in the
workpiece.
Punch press
Resistance welder
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Another part of manufacturing is
the assembly. Welding is one of
the techniques to assembly parts.
On the left side there is a resistance welding machine. Two metal
plates are put in between the two
metal welders. Then a current is
sent through the welders which
causes a resistance (=heat). By
this heat the both of the metals
will melt, and when they are soft
enough, a bit pressure will be applied so that the plates will be
welded.
Besides resistance welding
there also is arc welding. This
kind of welding is done with
addition of a filler material.
The filler material as a solid
is put on top of the gap between the two parts you want
assembled. Then you heat the
filler material so that it melts
and flows into the gap. And
then let it cool down so it will
assemble the parts.
Arc welding
Air bender
Bending iron
At last there were also a lot of
bending techniques shown for
manufacturing at the GTD. The
top picture is an example of an
air bender, where a plate is put
in between. Next a hydraulic
v-formed punch will press the
plate into the underlaying die
and manufacture a bend.
Another bending technique is used for pipes. A bending iron is used there. The pipe
is guided through a wheel with
a bender sticking out at the
end. When you turn the wheel,
the bender will prevent the
pipe from rotating and that will
cause a bend.
And the last bending
technique is the roll bender,
which uses the principle of a
rolling pin. A plate is put in between two rollers and by pulling
the plate through the rollers a
bend will be created.
Roll bender
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Product analysis
Mass Production
Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and bolts are not as simple as you might think. Making nuts and bolts requires a complicated manufacturing process.
How are nuts and bolts made? And which manufacturing techniques are
used? On these questions will be answers in the following text.
Preparing
Nuts and bolts consists of steel. The steel is delivered to the factory as wire
rods. Before those rods can be unrolled, they have to bath 30 hours in a furnace to make it soften enough to be worked.
After that the steel wire rod are baptized in a bath of sulfuric acid. This provides that rust particles are getting removed. Then it’s rinsed in water to remove all the rust particles.
At last it’s coated with phosphate, so it doesn’t get rusty in the manufacturing
process. It also makes the steel lubricated to make it easier to form.
Forming
Cold forging at room temperature
by forcing the steel trough various
dies.
The dies straighten the wire rod
and a then cuts it in to pieces.
Those pieces are a bit longer then
the final bolt. Cutting the wire
is done with the method called
shearing. In this process it’s done
on a machine called a power
shear.
Steel wire rods
picture 13
Power shearing
picture 14
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The tip becomes the bolts head. Each piece
goes through a die that makes it perfectly round.
The manufacturing techniques that are used
here are part of the basic bulk deformation processes. Here is rolling the process that the various
dies generate.
A form of drawing, which also is part of the
basic bulk deformation, takes place when
the steel wire rod is pulled to give it a smaller diameter.
Rolling
picture 15
Drawing
picture 16
The head of the bolt
A series of dies progressively
shape the head of the bolt on
one end.
Bolts head forging
picture 17
The first die form a slight collar at the head of the
bolt. That looks like this.
The second turns it into a round head.
The last one turns the round head into a hexagonal head, which is the most common head to a
bolt.
Bolt heads
picture 18
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The same basic manufacturing technique is used to shape the head of the
bolt as forming the steel rods. But this one
is called forging: the steel is formed with
high pressure into the right shape. Because the steel is still very hot, this takes a
lot less pressure.
Forging
picture 19
The tail of the bolt; the chamfer
Another machine forms the tail of the bolt. First a chamfer has to made. This is
for the nut to catch on to. This is how a chamfer looks like
Chamfer
picture 20 & 21
Here is a turning technique
used. The specific technique
is called chamfering. The
cutting edge of the tool is
used to cut an angle on the
corning of the cylinder.
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The tail of the bolt; the threads:
Again the cold forging method is
used to press in the threads. It is
done under high pressure at a very
high speed.
Thread rolling
picture 22
The threads are literally pushed
in the steel. This method is called
thread rolling, which is part of the
bulk deformation processes family.
Thread rolling
picture 23
The nuts
The nuts are made with a
hot forging method. A steel
bar is heathen up to a very
high temperature and gets
cut, formed and drilled at
the same time. The cutter takes care of the good
thickness of the nut. The
former from the part into a
hexagonal form, and a die
drills a hole in the nut. After
this process the nut will look
like this.
Nut thread tapping
picture 24
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A general way of drilling is used here to make the hole in to the nut. Because
the hole is through, this method is called through hole.
After that a tapper drives into the hole of the nut to cut the threads of the
nut. Tapping come from the drilling family. The tap provides internal screw
threads on an existing hole.
A lot of lubricant oil is used to
minimize the wear and tear
on the tappers. This oil consists
of special oil and an additive zinc dithiophosphate. This
isv an additive that prevents
wear.
Tapping
picture 25
Final process:
Next the nuts and bolts go in to a oven of 870 °C for an hour to give them
the required strength. This follows by a rapid cooling in oil to solidify them.
This means making it hard and non fluid.
Only now the nuts and bolts are not only hard but also brittle. So they go
for another time in the oven. This time the heat removes the brittleness
but keeps the strength. When the nuts and bolts are cooled down slowly,
they’re finished and ready for packaging.
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Product analysis
Single Piece Production
Cusom guitar building
A product that can be manufactured as a single piece product is a guitar. Many
people want to build their own guitar, because they are fans of music-making and
also because of the exclusivity. For these people there are building kits, such as this
one, which is meant to create an acoustic guitar from the brand Martin.
Acoustic guitar kit
picture 26
Front plate
The front plate is made by cutting the shape out of an wooden
plate. And after the outer shape is
created, the inner hole is created
by drilling and cutting. The size of
the hole is determine for the sound
that it makes.
Back plate
The back plate is made by a
method called bookmatching. This
means that you take one piece of
wood, which you slice into slices
you want. Then take two slices
which have similar grain pattern.
And then mirror these, so that you
get a symmetrical back plate.
Bookmatching principle
picture 27
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Side strips
The side strips are made by heating the strips so that they are manufacturable
and then place them in a press, which has the curved mold. Press them and
let them cool down.
The neck
The neck of the guitar is made by milling a wooden block into the right shape.
There are a few features that influence the sound of the guitar. For example
the thickness of the neck. And also the angle that the top of the neck has is
determine for the guitar’s sound.
Assembling
First you start with gluing the sides together.
Next you reinforce the front and back plate by
bracing them. This will cause sturdiness, so that
the plate wont bend or such.
Gluing the side strips
picture 28
Bracing the plates
picture 29
Next you attach the back and top to the sides.
Gluing the plates
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picture 30
Next you fit the neck, to ensure that everything
is glued in the correct dimensions.
Fitting the neck
picture 31
Next you fit the neck, to ensure that everything
is glued in the correct dimensions.
Applying fingerboard and frets
picture 33
Next the fingerboard is put on the neck and on
top of that the frets are put.
Reinforce the neck
picture 32
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Next the finishing sanding is applied, and after
that the body and the neck are being enameled.
Enamel the body and neck
picture 34
Now the neck needs to be glued on top of the
body. This has also consequences for the sound
that the guitar makes. Because a neck that is
bolted on will cause a different sound
At last the
bridge
and the
strings are
being assemblied
and the
guitar is
finished.
Gluing the neck
picture 35
Finished guitar.
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picture 36
Literature list
Pictures 1-12, 14-16, 19, 21, 23, 25:
Groover, M.P. Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing : Materials, Processes,
and Systems, 3rd ed. New York City: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007. ISBN 978-0471-74485-6
Pictures 13, 17-18, 20, 22, 24:
http://dsc.discovery.com/
Pictures 26, 28-36:
http://www.angelfire.com/il3/jkumorek/Page33.html
Picture 27:
http://forums.klipsch.com/forums/storage/6/1098339/IMG_0275a.jpg
All GTD-pictures made by ourself.
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