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Boosting Productivity: Innovation Alley’s Success with Accupro® ST Series

Innovation Alley used MSC’s Accupro® ST Series to optimize milling operations, reducing cycle time by 46%, increasing productivity by 84%, and saving $48,720 annually.

Innovation

Overview

Innovation Alley, located in Fresno, CA, was started in 2007 to provide prototyping and running of customer parts made of metals or plastics, requiring CNC or manual milling, turning machining processes and multiple forms of welding and fabrication. They have the latest equipment and skilled craftsmen needed to produce quality work finished to exact standards.

They specialize in the following fields: Industrial/Medical Gas Supplies, OEM Aftermarket Automotive, OEM High Speed Packaging Equipment, OEM Agricultural Harvesting, Food Processing Machinery, Heavy Equipment & Construction and Architectural Custom Fabrication.

Contact our metalworking tech team to learn more about our Accupro® ST Series at mscmwtechteam@mscdirect.com

“The dashboard showed us right where we needed to be, no more guesswork or dialing SFM and chip loads. We not only found out how much more aggressively we could run the tool, but in running the tool that way, we extended tool life… the Accupro® ST Series saved time and benched the competition.”
Don Ripley, Owner, Innovation Alley

Challenge

IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE THROUGHPUT

  • Need to optimize a pocket milling operation

  • Need to eliminate chatter

  • Need to reduce cycle times for higher productivity

Solution

IMPLEMENTED ACCUPRO® ST SERIES TO IDENTIFY OPTIMAL SPEED AND FEED RATE

  • Assembly’s dynamic dashboard identified optimized machining parameters

  • A faster, stable milling zone was identified quickly without trial and error

Results

INCREASED THROUGHPUT

  • 46% reduced cycle time

  • 84% increase in overall productivity

  • $48,720 annual machining cost savings

Continous Improvement

“The dashboard showed us right where we needed to be, no more guesswork or dialing SFM and chip loads. We not only found out how much more aggressively we could run the tool, but in running the tool that way, we extended tool life…the Accupro® ST Series saved time and benched the competition.”

Don Ripley, Owner

Customer
  • Innovation Alley
Customer Challenge
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