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Lubrication Technology for Metal Formers
plant-floor and ERP systems, enabling online notification and monitoring, the identification of trends, and for making a significant move toward real-time Industry 4.0 practices.”
More on IoT, as Well as 6S
Other presentations during day one include one focused on gaining control of the entire lubrication process and incorporating a 6S methodology:
• Sort—Determine what lubricants are inhouse.
• Set In Order/Shine (clean up)— Lay out a cohesive lubricant storage and inventory management system.
• Safety—Determine if you are using the safest and most effective lubrica- tion and delivery options.
• Standardize—Can current lubri- cants be consolidated?
• Sustain/Start again—Continuous improvement never ends. Implement new and more efficient products as they enter the market.
Speakers Bob Anderson, senior
sales engineer, and Chris Fletcher, sales and marketing manager, Tower Metalworking Fluids, also will explain the procedures that metal formers should follow when evaluating differ- ent lubricants, assessing cost versus price, and the key metrics for deter- mining overall success and improving the bottom line.
“Determining the parameters to monitor when testing a new lubricant is key to determining the cost effec- tiveness, quality improvement and process acceptance,” says Fletcher. “Preliminary steps are vital in selecting the right metal forming lubricant for the stamping process and subsequent operations. We’ll present the key steps in selecting a high-performance tooling lubricant to achieve best practices for proper application and cost saving techniques.”
Also on day one: an important talk titled, Using Industry 4.0 Technology to Track and Measure Stamping Lubri- cant Use. Speaker Jeff Jeffery, CEO of
Irmco, stresses that, “Data is the driver of most good business decisions. A recent Gartner Research report on manufacturing metrics notes that measuring actual costs and their impact on profitability is one of the most important metrics.”
Jeffery will explain how metal stam- pers can make shop-floor connections at the press to automate the gathering and reporting of critical stamping- lubricant usage data. “While typical lubricant users know what their price per gallon is,” he says, “and most likely how many gallons they use in a month, they don’t know what they use per stroke of the press. They also may not be able to track how much lubricant they use per spray nozzle. How about per shift or per operator? What if a line breaks and pumps lubricant into the pit, when do they find out? After an hour, or at the end of the shift? How much is wasted before it’s fixed?
“Just one extra drip per second,” Jeffery continues, “equates to 28,800
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