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Cutting Tool Area Autonomation

Until now, round tools have been made by hand by craftsmen.
FUJISEIKO’s production engineering team aimed for an “automated production line” for a wide variety of small-volume production of round tools.
The following is a case study of a solution to a problem that was solved through the realization of an idea.

The Automation Concept of FUJISEIKO

A line that consolidates processes for high-mix, low-volume production, reduces manpower, materials, and setup time, and achieves even smaller scale

Conventional line

Each process have machines and need to move the next process

3S LINE

All equipment is integrated into one unit, eliminating the need for movement between processes.

Key Points to Automation Line

Case 1 Universal chuck

Since there are many different types of tool diameters to be manufactured, there is a limit to the number of tools that can be processed in one setup when using a collet exchange system.