EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN MACHINE TOOL

Abstract

Today the machine tool manufacturing industries in the world have been forced to adapt different technologies & methodologies to enhance their productivity & to sustain in the global competition. Indian industries are also in the boom of it.A file manufacturing industry located in India manufacturing various types of files e.g. flat, round, triangular etc. Various operations are performed on these files such as cutting, hardening, grinding, sand blasting, finishing etc. Different types of machines are used to perform various functions. Files are firstly hard by heating in furnace then straightening it on machine then grind it on grinding machine then goes for stamping .After stamping files goes for sand blasting to remove the black burr on it and to give it high surface finish. There is a grinding m/c which is used to grind the files operated by hydraulic power pack which is based upon German technology which is near about 100 years old. There is problem usually with feed rate of the table. As this technology is outdated its maintenance is a problem and also there is low productivity which is biggest problem. This affects the production, quality of files which affects the brand name and profit of said industry. Our aim is to design the new hydraulic power pack which will increase the feed rate of table ultimately enhancing the productivity and quality of files. The focus of writing the paper is to introduce new technology, methodology which enhances the productivity. For this we have made literature review of different concerned industries which gives different results. We have make use of this results in our paper.