Laser, plasma and waterjet
space, tighter tolerances are mandatory in Below:
ufacturers simply are not equipped to handle.
subcontracted parts. With certain processes
Hype’s
The technology has given them the advan-
however, such as punch presses, exception-
standards of
tage of being able to do work for specialized
quality and
ally high repeatability and accuracy simply
repeatability
industries and for demanding customers, such
is not possible, Hype explains.
has helped
as those that are ISO-certified.
King continues, “With our Bystronic laser,
it become “There are a lot of waterjets out there,”
we can hold tolerances to within a cou-
a leading
King begins, “there are a lot of laser cutting
ple of thousandths of an inch/a couple of
outsourcing
systems out there. However, many compa-
partner
hundredths of a millimetre throughout the
for many
nies that I have spoken to will openly admit
entire run. We have tremendous accuracy manufacturers
to not being able to hold the tolerances that
and repeatability, and this has been a huge
are really needed in some critical industries
advantage for us and our customers.”
today.”
In certain situations, a customer may even
supply his own material, which can be very
expensive, thus leaving Hype no room for
error. On one such job, it had to hold toler-
ance to within two thousandths of an inch/five
hundredths of a millimetre for every cut within
a sheet of titanium plate. It was exceptionally
challenging as this application was very intri-
cate with lots of contour cutting throughout
the entire sheet. The customer used a CMM
or Coordinate Measuring Machine (a tool that
measures tolerances of up to one half of one
thousandth of an inch/one hundredth of a mil-
limetre) to check the accuracy of every part.
“The Bystar held tolerance throughout the
entire job,” King states.
Such success stories have brought Hype a
lot of business that many other contract man-
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