Transforming Oilfield Operations: BEST Pump and Flow’s Success with MSC Solutions

BEST Pump and Flow creates high-performance products for the oilfield service industry. They operate a state-of-the-art manufacturing campus with multiple plants totaling over 200,000 square feet with in-house engineering, robotic machining, state-of-the-art test cells, quality, service and repair. MSC has worked to gain their trust over the past 20 years as a partner who can help continually improve their metalworking processes, streamline their supply chain, and keep their workforce safe.

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Identified Opportunities To Improve Efficiency

• One deep boring process required 2 machines to complete

• Inserts were wearing out or not performing as expected

• Finishing another part meant moving an 8000-pound steel block

• 70 minutes were lost with every block moved to a second machine

An MSC Ap-Op™ for every Metalworking Challenge

• MSC helped implement a special radial cutter that allowed boring to be done on a single machine

• Provided upgraded inserts from MSC’s strategic supplier network that delivered 2x tool life

• Building a special assembly eliminated unnecessary material handling

• Increasing depth of cut per manufacturer recommendations to cut the number of passes in half on an existing application

Increased Productivity and Significantly Reduced Costs

• Cycle times improved by 55%

• Gained an additional 1200 working hours per year

• Saved $1,149,000 in machining and tooling costs

• Saved $160,000 through managed inventory services

“We have assembly, we have testing, we have painting, we have machining, we have welding. It’s a lot of different venues that are covered by MSC, not just the machining portion. So knowing that you got a partner with knowledge in all those different areas is very, very beneficial and helpful.”

Bryce Beckworth, Director of Manufacturing at BEST Pump and Flow