模块化，灵活的固定装置速度转换

To meet the demand for its ever-expanding line of cylinders and related products, TRD Manufacturing, Inc., a division of Bimba, a leading actuation company, sought a partner to develop fixturing to allow quick set-up and the flexibility to run small or large batches of product from a multitude of workpiece block sizes.

TRD转向了各种机床组件的本地供应商，即高级机器和工程（AME）。AME面临的挑战是设计一系列具有足够灵活的固定装置，可以容纳56个不同的块尺寸，提供快速的转换，并具有在每一侧运行不同零件或在需要时在高生产中运行同一零件的多个托盘负载的能力。

The AME workholding tombstone devices on an Enshu HMC at TRD. 56 block sizes are run, producing over 450 different parts, in one-off to 500-piece quantities.

The solution was 10 Triag custom modular tombstone-style fixtures from AME, who partners with Triag, a European workholding component supplier.

“根据块大小，我们现有的加工单元格中的固定是固定的。AME固定装置使用虎钳系统，该系统可以快速调整任何尺寸，并具有可重复性，这是方程式中真正的关键因素，因为它允许我们所有的工作转移。” TRD的制造经理Tom Jensen说。“通常，我们将设置为特定零件尺寸的固定装置，但是此AME解决方案使我们能够在任何托盘上运行任何尺寸的零件，以供大批量工作。”

TRD商店的启动时间也很短，因为墓碑设计的灵活性和固定机制相对容易学习。

这使用的卧式加工中心(HMC)s particular application at TRD is an Enshu GE480H, with 30 x 30 x 30 in. travel and a 180-position toolchanger, expandable to 240-position. Workpieces are mounted and handled on a Fastems 10-station pallet changer. Currently, the block sizes run are 56 in number and run in sizes from 1 x 2 x 2 in. to 3 x 9-1/2 x 14 in. Weights range up to 114 lb. Final part varieties produced on the machine number over 450, made from 1018 steel and 303 stainless. Lot sizes vary from one-offs to 500, but generally run between 25 to 50 on average. This machining center set-up runs two shifts per day, with the expectation of running 24/7 during peak demand periods.

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