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Wrote off quick change tooling for years until a 2am crash in Wichita changed my mind
Three years ago I ran a Haas VF2 in Wichita and swore quick change holders were for guys who couldn't set tools right. Last month a night guy crashed a holder into a vise jaw and we lost four hours resetting offsets. Bought a set the next week and setup dropped from 25 minutes to 8. Anybody else switch late on tooling they bad mouthed for years?
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stellat4619d ago
The part nobody talks about is how much easier it is to train new guys on quick change. When I had to teach someone to set a standard holder, half of them would get the pull stud torque wrong or not seat the taper right, and then you are chasing chatter for a week. With quick change the whole thing is basically foolproof, they just pop it in and go. So even if your setup time only drops a little, your scrap rate and your babysitting time drop a ton. That is the real savings nobody puts on the spreadsheet.
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