MTT Refurbishes a head attachment of one of the largest gantry milling machines in the UK
The team at Machine Tool Technologies have recently provided support and repair services on one of the largest gantry milling machines across the United Kingdom. MTT’s experts were tasked with repairing a milling head attachment of the milling machine, which is a core part of the production process, being utilised 75% of the time. […]
OEE analysis by our machine tool technology consultants
Overall equipment effectiveness measures the effectiveness or productivity of a machine tool or other production system. It quantifies the percentage of manufacturing time spent being truly productive. A manufacturer that scores 100% OEE means that they are only producing 100% quality parts, at 100% performance with 100% availability. OEE is a critically powerful metric. […]
In Process Laser Measurement
ISAMOD – In-Situ Machine Axis Error Monitoring Project Summary Laser interferometry is commonly used to measure machine axis accuracy but has one major flaw in that it cannot be used to monitor axis dynamic performance while the machine is cutting. The result of this is that machine accuracy measurements can only be guaranteed […]
Thermal Imaging Research
Thermal imaging is a common technique for analysing the thermal properties of a machine and identifying heat sources. Thermal effects are common sources of non-linear, hard to predict errors in the tool position. MTT in the conjunction with the University of Huddersfield are researching methods for using automatic methods for measuring, analysing and compensating for […]