ACCU-TAPPER
Testimonials
Tapping Machine Turns Power Into
Profit
Many
manufacturers and machine tool companies are turning to the economical
Accu-Tapper to slash production costs in a variety of applications.
Treske Precision Machining, Inc.
"The Accu-Tapper is
working great in our setup. By having it right next to the CNC machine,
we've sped up our overall production...I wouldn't want to be without
one."
Gustav Treske, President
American Bronze
"We're doing 1,000 faucet animals per week, and in
each batch of 1,000 we've cut 26 hours of production using the
Accu-Tapper instead of adhesives. On top of that, we've lowered our
rejection rate by 10-fold. Compared to the 5% we were running at in the
past, we've now got a reject rate of just 1/2 of 1%.
Bob Lowe, President
Fabmark Industrial Products
"We ran a part that had 60 hours of quoted tapping
time, yet with the Accu-Tapper we completed the job in 32 hours. In our
view the machine paid for itself in its first week of use."
Gary Owen, Production Manager
More Fabmark Story
Fabmark Industrial Product of Hillsboro, OR knew
how costly and time consuming a tapping operation could be. Before
learning about the Accu-Tapper power tapping machine, Fabmark did a
majority of its tapping on a drill press with a tapping head. Production
Manager Gary Owen describes the Accu-Tapper as a labor saver, cutting
his tapping time almost in half. "We ran a part that had 60 hours of
quoted tapping time, yet with the Accu-Tapper, we completed the job in
32 hours," he said. "The Accu-Tapper paid for itself in its first week
of use. It has taken a manual operation and made it a lot faster and
easier."
While Fabmark has witnessed the advantage of the tapping machine over
a drill press and tapping head, many shops are taking tapping operations
off the CNC and handing them over to the Accu-Tapper. The compact size
(12 3/4" x 13 1/2" x 7", 35 lb) makes the tapping machine portable, as
well as being the ideal companion for any machining center. It is
designed to work with a wide variety of materials, including plastics.
With the Accu-Tapper performing the tapping and chamfering operations,
the CNC is free to do what it does best: milling, boring, slotting, etc.
The machine features a stationary chuck spindle and sliding backing
plate. Owen demonstrated the speed of tapping by bringing the work piece
up against the backing plate and positioning the hole to be tapped
against it. While securely holding the work piece against the backing
plate, Owen applied pressure by pushing the work piece forward. The tap
began its rotation as the free-floating clutch made contact with the
sheave-drive pulley. Once the hole was completely threaded, Owen
relieved pressure on the work piece and the spindle reversed rotation.
"Our operators like using the Accu-Tapper more than the drill press,"
stated Owen. "One particular part we often run has 16 holes in it. With
the Accu-Tapper's nice, short stroke, you grab the part and boom, boom,
boom, it's done."
Powering the machine's drive system is a 1/3 hp electric motor. Owen
commented that the Accu-Tapper delivers enough power for all the tapping
assignments that have passed through Fabmark (although it is not
recommended exceeding 1/4"-20 steel or 5/16"-24 aluminum when tapping,
or higher gauges when re-tapping).
Along with the machine's speed, Owen gave the machine high marks for
its extreme sensitivity-He explained that on one job his operators were
tap-ping threads from 4-40 to 8-32 in 1/16" sheet metal. Through the
course of 24,000 holes, they never broke a tap. "We wore out three or
four taps but didn't break one...and that just doesn't happen," he said
with a smile. "When we bid the job, we figured in $50 for taps, which we
came out ahead on." Owen said that the low price of the Accu-Tapper is a
bargain. "When you're talking equipment for the shop, the price of the
Accu-Tapper is nothing. Just the money it saved on broken taps will pay
for that before long, not to mention the man-hours we've already saved.
The Accu-Tapper is a must for every shop." |
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the ACCU-TAPPER Tapping Machine demo.
| "When you're talking equipment for the shop, the
price of the Accu- Tapper is nothing. Just the money it saved on
broken taps will pay for that before long, not to mention the
man-hours we've already saved. The Accu- Tapper is a must for every
shop." |
| If your company is currently ID or OD threading or
thread chasing, chamfering, deburring, countersinking or thread
gaging, the ACCU-TAPPER can be an immediate benefit. |
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