The Z-Carb HTA Produced 4 Times as many Parts Per New Tool as the Competitor’s Tool in 4140 35-40R/C.

GOALS
The goals of this study were to significantly reduce job cost through increasing tool life and maximizing operating efficiencies

STRATEGY
The Z-Carb HTA features an enhanced high helix design and enhanced core to meet the demands of machining high-temperature alloys.

The patented unequal helix design changes the angle at which each cutting edge enters the material, and unequal flute spacing helps disrupt the rhythmic pattern created by the cutting edge.

The Z-CARB HTA. Designed for High Temp Alloys

In this case, the Z-Carb HTA outperformed the competition by every single statistical measure.
The HTA was able to handle a 12% increase in speed.
Easily took on a feed rate double what the competitor’s tool could handle.

With these increased efficiencies, the material removal rate was doubled!

RESULTS

Thequality of tool and the substrate coating played a role in increasing the tool life.

The customer needed to produce 5,000 parts and because the HTA produced 4 times as many parts per new tool as the competition, it only required 42 total new tools to complete the job. The competitor had to use 167.

The customer, because of the smaller amount of HTA’s needed saved over $13,000 in new tool cost.

When you combine that number with the over $14,000 saved in machining cost (because of the increased efficiency mentioned earlier) the customer saved a grand total of $28,153.70!