In this video I’ll talk about the different stations we have within our tool crib to make it user friendly and sustainable. I won’t go into detail on our paperwork and work instructions but rather the overall layout which has helped us to setup tooling, teardown tooling and inventory our tooling better than we ever have before. This new layout has allowed us to reduce the tasks put on our main CNC setup personnel.
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Hey, welcome back to Contour Tool. Today we wanted to highlight the tool crib area. Essentially, there are three areas here. The first station right here is for when a job is done and it’s going to get completely torn down. So we have the cart with our tools here, our tool bin, and our setup sheet. It’s all color-coded based on whether it gets a new tool, a coolant tool, or something special. All of these will be completely broken down, cleaned, dried off, and then placed over here. Over here on this rack, we have all of our tool holders separated based on the retention map or the machine that they go to, so that way we can keep things organized. Moving down a little further is our, essentially, station number two right here. This is where we will set up the next job.
With this, we have torque wrenches to ensure everything fits according to the proper specifications. Instructions will follow. Over here are all our pooling bins. Instead of having specific tools for each task, we have specific tools for each job because, as you know, all tools can be different. We make sure to use the same pool for the next setup so that we can start right where we left off. The last line over here, in these green bins, if you want to come around, we have it all organized and labeled. We have our collars here, sorted by size, and some more pallets down here with different sizes. We have our insertable drills, more inserts, and it’s all labeled based on what it is so we can order more of the same item. Our third station down here is where everything comes together. We go to our tool center, and this is something we’ve only had for a little over a year now, which has helped us tremendously because we’ve been able to set up the tools before they need to reach the machine. This way, our operators don’t have to spend time setting up and tearing down tools. Our operators and our setup personnel can have these tools all ready to go for the next job before it even gets to the machine. This has really helped us reduce setup time for many of our jobs, allowing us to change efficiently. So that’s our tool crib. Thanks for watching.