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went up when the assembly shop added a second shift, so we had to add a second machine to make more spiders.” Machine swap made adding spider assembly to their Haas Trunnion a quick and seamless process that enabled Oscar’s team to keep up with demand.
Oscar cites another part when it comes to saving time. “We used to use two machines to make a part called a skillet,” he says. “That required two long setups. With ESPRIT, we moved that part to the Nakamura machine to make it in one go. That saves us about three hours in setup time, and we need one less machine and one less operator, too.”
Oscar and his team have been consistently impressed with ESPRIT’s capabilities, especially when it comes to keeping up with their ever-changing needs. “ESPRIT helped us simplify setups and improve quality by combining several operations into one,” he says. “So we get done-in-one setups and cycles on one multi-axis mill-turn machine. In comparison to making parts one operation at a time on simpler machines, we’re more efficient than ever.”
If Oscar’s team ever encounters an obstacle, he knows he can count on ESPRIT’s renowned customer service. “I don’t hesitate to go to the ESPRIT portal to ask for help,”
he says. “Whether I need help creating a toolpath or need to change a post on our Haas Trunnion, I like the fact that I get a reply the same day and that I know someone is working on it.”
“We’re a project-based company, and sometimes the timeline to develop, produce, and deliver is very short. While we always have a couple of very big projects on the horizon, we expect to get many smaller projects as well,” Oscar says. “As a result of the short turnaround time, we have to constantly keep improving our methods and techniques so we can accommodate these projects, support our existing projects, and keep growing. ESPRIT plays a vital role because we get great toolpaths and the code is correct.”
“We program our parts with ESPRIT and we can make them with no editing. Before ESPRIT, we had to do a lot of editing and manual programming to get the machine to make the parts that we needed.”
Oscar Ramirez, Senior CNC Programmer, WET
WET keeps all their processes in-house, keeping production streamlined
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