[tpsimer]

Good Morning,
I am looking for a bullet point list of the best suggestion for reducing lathe set-up times. I have been programming and setting up lathes for many years and am now in a position that I need to help some other employees come up to speed and improve the overall training in the shop I am working in.(three months now) I just bought Mike Lynch's book on reducing set-up times on turning centers but have a meeting in the morning and wont be able to utilize it right away. Just bullet points are what I need unless you want to help out more extensively,
such as.
Tooling needed at each machine. (we have 8 lathes ranging from 19th century technology to a couple of years old)
Suggestions of what can be done offline before tearing down the old set-up to be ready.
Installed program for boring jaws if necessary for the next part. (parametric program that is customizable).

All suggestions are appreciated.
thanks
tony

[underthetire]

Quick change tooling with an off line tool presetter
New machines with large ATC's.
SMW quick change chucks.
Set up sheets with good descriptions and pictures
Automatic RS232/or network to eliminate the walking back and forth from the computer.

[tpsimer]

Just looked up the quick change chucks on youtube. Awesome suggestion. looking into the quick change tooling. Coromat Capto seems to be the option I can find.
thanks

[underthetire]

I always used to tell people, the quick change was just a bonus on those chucks. Jaws repeat awesome during changes, and, those things do not loose clamping force at rpm. great chucks for thin wall tubing since they require a lot less clamping pressures.