This is really important stuff. I work as a process technician for Parker Aerospace and there was a project I worked on where we were trying to reduce setup times at our 6 axis lasers. After doing some time studies and a standardized work combination table, I found we were walking to and from the rotary table to the shadowboard (about 6 feet away) 30 times per setup, and in that department there was approximately 45 setups per day. That meant we were walking roughly 1.5 miles per day (about 400 miles per year) to and from the shadowboard. I simply removed the shadowboard, and installed 3D printed tool holders that attached directly to the machine controller that could be pulled right up to the rotary. This meant they could simply pivot and have all the tools right there when they needed them. Ended up saving about a 10% setup time reduction, almost 600 hours of machine time, and a little over 30k in wasted labor / human effort.
He is really flexing in this video more than someone with yacht, ferrari and multiple rolex watches... Crazy how much money he spent on this shop... Great work...
Another great informative video. I’ve been learning and enjoying your shop move video series. I’ve being subscribed for a few years now and I like seeing how you implement lean manufacturing.
With Variable-frequency drive pumps (Air or Hydraulics) you also generally save energy, because they can at lower speeds. Normal compressors run intermittently at their max speed.
One suggestion if I may, with your fire extinguishers, please please use a "clean agent", What I mean by that is a Halotron or even CO2. If you shoot dry chem into any of those machines, your done. The ABC dry chem will start to corrode in 12 hours, What the fire didn't get, the dry chem will. The migration of that dust is phenomenal.
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Excellent store! I'm currently in the market to purchase an MX, but I've also been considering the SMX. I'm curious about the challenges you've encountered with the MX and what led you to not choose the SMX.
Dude, I did what you’re doing back in 2014/2015... I have there words for you to google and study: VSM: Value Stream Mapping... work out the timestamps for every single operation and draw them up on CAD so you can see the lines and the wastage and organise your shop around that
Way ahead of you. The VSM analysis showed that we shouldn't mix our mills and lathes. The machines that run the largest parts are located closest to the saw to eliminate large equipment moving large/heavy parts across the shop.
@@PiersonWorkholding yeah it’s a game changer. I spent months analysing the process work flow of each component, and drew everything on CAD and then figured out how to get everything to flow in smooth unidirectional paths. Eventually we completely rearranged the entire shop, put in one new machine, pulled out 4 old ones, and nearly doubled our throughput. If you build your bank’s property in the right locations, and implement a pull system, productivity skyrockets, and nobody actually has to work any harder, in fact, the opposite.
Wooow. Nice factory!!! Congratulations!!! That happens to me too… once you see and reduce waste or eliminate it become natural. 90% of what we do is waste, and can be improved.
Love the kaizen corners! We recently had an issue with our hydrovane, as the screw compressor goes to a wet tank then our dryer, this was actually causing xorrosion issues. Our service engineer measured 0.4mm corrosion in the bottom of our tank. 0.5mm is allowable and its only 18 months old! Great cells too btw. Wpuld love to see you share some of your own staffs improvementns with their own narration of a before and after. Norm O'hara is excellent at this if you need an example
Good Morning Jay. Awesome shop, layout as expected. I was very interested to know what you came up with on machine spacing. Both minimum distance from the wall or the back side and spacing between the machines or left to right. I am working on a new shop as well but am doing just about everything by myself. My shop hopefully will be finished by October. Your electrical is really nice and I love your new air piping system. I really appreciate Your attention to detail. Thank You for the video
@@PiersonWorkholding Thank You Jay. I appreciate the information. I have been painstakingly trying to figure out what clearances to go with. This helps Me a lot.
I like the wood connecting parts, but it feels like the classic example of if someone only has a hammer, he’ll see everything as a nail You could just made it from sheet metal in the fraction of the time and cost
Dunking for corrosion control? What product do you use, I moved to East Tennessee and parts rust before you can get them out of the machine😅. Great content Jay!
oh boy, you better rotate those air connections to point to the roof. now any excess moisture from simple temperature differences will end up in your machine instead of stay in the main line,.
Hi, do you reside in California? Is the heat really an issue? Do you have AC inside the facility and what is it's rated power to maintain the acceptable temperature? Thanks
Is 208 really more modern than 240? I thought 208 was the original version (turning 120 only buildings into 208 three phase). Don't you need to have special parts on the machines to handle 208?
In a new or growing facility, 208 is easier to work with when you want to add 120v outlets because you can wire any of the 3 legs to neutral. With 240 3-phase, you can only wire 2 of the 3 wires to neutral or you'll get a stinger leg of 208v to an outlet. This also causes an unequal distribution of power on 2 of the 3 wires.
