b'When you are small, you can be flexible, and you just do what you have to do.One-Stop Pioneer generating the twist on pistol bar- Adding Automationrels, for example. In addition to au- Ty Miles reports that having ro-tomotive, the company frequentlybotics interfaced with one of itsthe most efficient broaching ma- serves the firearms, medical andbroaching machines makes things chinery, according to the company. hardware industries. Workpiecemore economical by reducing oper-When you are small, Muellermaterials include stainless steel,ating costs while increasing produc-said, you can be flexible, and yousteel, brass and aluminum, andtion rates. Robotic part loading and just do what you have to do. typical broached features are key- unloading can be integrated with Similar to other part manufactur- ways, splines, flats and forms. Com- any Ty Miles broaching machine, ers, Mueller said he is not seeing asmon part tolerances are 0.0254and Mueller said the company has many high-volume applications asmm (0.001"), with some as tight asincorporated a small selective com-in the past, yet Ty Miles has a num- 0.0127 mm (0.0005"). pliance articulated robot arm into ber of steady jobs. But the volumesnumerous broaching systems. This are not where we need to extendarrangement is becoming more our hours to meet those deliveries.about the authorpopular as smaller robots are being If somebody had those types of vol- manufactured that cost less than umes today, they would look to do itAlan Richter isearlier models, he added.in-house with our equipment. editor-at-large ofThe robot doesnt take a break, He said Ty Miles performs theCTE. Contact himMueller said. In the right appli-vast majority of its production workat 847-714-0175cation, you are going to see more using vertical broaching machines,or alanr@cte robotics utilized.with rotary broaching reserved formedia.com. Nonetheless,althougha Centrifugal forces deliver coolantdirectly to the cutting edge at anyspeedField tests have shown extendedtool life up to 1OO%Eliminates chips packing and chipweldingEliminates interference issuescommon with other coolantdelivery systemsTooling Technology Measuring and Shrinking Technology Balancing Technology Presetting TechnologyHAIMER Cool FlashFor optimum coolant delivery to the cutting edgewww.haimer-usa.com36JUNE 2020Broaching.indd 36 5/14/20 3:08 PM'