Optimisation of Planing Head Technology

This diploma thesis will present the technological processes of planing head machining.

Solution and Method

This diploma thesis will present the technological processes of planing head machining. With the experience gained during the actual machining process itself as a source of feedback and with the critical eye of an observer, we came to the realisation that certain changes are needed in the technology of planing head machining. The machining process itself begins with cutting on a band saw and continues with drilling, turning, milling and ends with manual machining.

By monitoring the machining process and collecting information obtained during the actual machining process itself, we came to the realisation that the machining operation under sequential number 27: Drill 5 and cut thread start is too slow and from an economic point of view too burdensome for the final price of the product, unreliable and too dependent on the human factor. Market pressure demands a reduction in the final price. The consequence of this is consolidation with operation number 23: Countersink 20, drill and cut for M10x1 and 6, indicate thread start M10X1 at an angle, drill for M8 and M10.

The consequence of this consolidation of operations was the need to purchase new tooling and a change in the sequence of operations.