Learn How To Minimize Your Setup Time!

While a CNC machine is in setup, it cannot be producing any workpieces. This non-productive time can never be recovered. Everyone says they want to reduce setup time. However, the more setups you make, the more important it is to accomplish this goal -- and the more you should be willing to do to reduce setup time.

This Mini-Vid will begin by introducing you to setup reduction principles -- principles that can be applied to setup time reduction for any kind of production machine tool. We'll show the two task types related to making setups as well as introduce the three general ways to reduce setup time.

We will then show you many specific techniques you can use to minimize setup time in the general order that setups are made. We break the techniques into three basic categories -- techniques that can eliminate on-line tasks -- techniques that can help move on-line tasks off line -- and techniques that facilitate on-line tasks.