Jergens Customized Workholding Solutions for Increased Productivity
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PMTS 2023: Company uses its product and process expertise to creates solutions that increase productivity and minimize cycle times on a wide range of CNC machines.
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Edited by Angela Osborne
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Jergens custom quick-change workholding solutions are designed to maximize productivity and minimize cycle times for customers in numerous industries. Photo Credit: Jergens
Jergens custom designs and builds quick-change workholding solutions to address its customers’ unique part holding challenges. With a rising demand for custom solutions, Jergens is using its product and process expertise to creates solutions to increase productivity and minimize cycle times on a wide range of CNC machines, including multi-spindle and multi-axis.
“That can be accomplished in several ways,” says Jack Rushlander, Jergens technical sales manager. “We have so many combinations to bring to the table where we start by building the solution around the needs of the part, then plot out fixturing for best machining and optimum number of parts.”
With small-part, high-volume manufacturing needs, the Custom Design and Build team looks for opportunities to create high-density fixtures to get as many parts as possible in the machining envelope.
Jergens has a history of offering customized solutions, and has developed a streamlined process for faster turnarounds — especially as slow turnarounds can be a deterrent to custom solutions. That process has specific milestones that begin with identifying the need and proceed through concept, approval, manufacturing and ultimately delivery.
“In the end, a custom solution can be created and delivered in a matter of weeks. And, with that, customers are achieving the highest machining access, maximum number of fixtured parts, shortest part changeover and fastest cycle times,” Rushlander says. Updated fixturing combined with the implementation of quick change represents significant savings, with ROI in as little as a few weeks.
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