Case Study

TEMCO Tool Achieves Throughput Increase with FANUC’s IoT Platform

TEMCO Tool began using FANUC’s MT-Linki for automated machine tool data collection and analysis. After just a few months of installing MT-Linki, production throughputs have nearly doubled and the company is now able to make more bids and gain more business.

Challenges

  • TEMCO had an existing ERP system that required them to manually collect machine tool data
  • The company wanted to automate the collection and analysis of real-time and accurate production data to inform purchasing decisions as well as making aggressive bids on new orders.
  • TEMCO researched many data analytics platforms, but found them to have expensive subscription fees.

Results

  • optimization

    Production throughputs have nearly doubled

  • delivery

    A new ROBOCUT's machine performance has increased by 200%

  • precision-positioning

    Operators have easy access to production data, making them more engaged

  • machine-uptime

    Real-time and accurate data allows the company to make data-driven business decisions

  • machine-uptime

    Win new business by confidently bidding on more orders

  • machine-uptime

    MT-LINKi production data displayed on monitors throughout the shop presents TEMCO as an IoT company

 

Story

TEMCO Tool had an existing ERP system, which required them to manually input their machine tool data. The company wanted more real-time and accurate production data to inform purchasing decisions as well as to enable them to make aggressive bids on new orders.

After just a few months of installing MT-LINKi, production throughputs have nearly doubled. In one instance, a new ROBOCUT was discovered to have longer cycle times than an older machine through the MT-LINKi data; the optimized machine’s performance has increased by 200 percent. Moreover, operators are more engaged with their machines through easy access to the MT-LINKi production data as seen on monitors located around the shop. The company is now able to make data-driven decisions with the insights provided by MT-LINKi, enabling them to win more business as well as produce more by optimizing their machining for maximum profitability.

Norman Gagne – TEMCO

Before we had MT-Linki, we used to go around to each department and gather up all the hours that people spent. Now it's all automatic. It saves a lot of time, and the employees love it

Norman Gagne

President of TEMCO Tools

FANUC Products Used

TEMCO Precision Machining

About TEMCO Tool

TEMCO Tool is a manufacturer of high-precision components used in the aerospace, defense, and medical industries located in Manchester, NH. For over 50 years, the mid-sized shop has been using the latest equipment available to produce tight tolerance parts needed to meet the needs of the extremely demanding specifications for producing complex equipment. Currently, in a new 50,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility, the company has approximately 50 CNC machines, with a number of ROBODRILLs and ROBOCUTs.

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