Case Study: Coating Team Up

A couple years ago we at CountyLine-Tool had a unique opportunity to assist one of our partners (Oerlikon Balzers) in a case study for a popular auto maker. In this study the auto maker was using a different company for their regrinding needs and using a standard coating. Our partner Oerlikon asked us to assist them in properly sharpening these tools for them before they added their specialty coating. Below are some of the guidelines of the study:

1. Scope: Drill 6 holes each part piece

2. Tool Type: Step Drill

3. New tool originally were getting 200 pieces then 120 after a regrind.

4. Peck feed method for drilling

With the combination of our precise geometry and Balzers' coating we took them from 120 pieces per regrind to over 300 pieces per regrind. We even performed better than a brand new tool which was getting 200 pieces. They no longer had to peck-feed each hole giving them a 20% faster feed rate.

Summary:

Previous method = 1 new tool with TiALN Coating + regrind x 1 = Total of 6612 Linear Inches

New Method  = Refurbishing 1 used tool + Petura Coating = Total of 9918 Linear Inches.

What does all this mean?

It means that the myth of reground tools being inferior to a new tool is busted. It means they saved time. It means they had less tooling costs. It means we saved that auto maker money; a lot of it! They saw a $71,372.92 cost savings on tooling over 50,000 parts (roughly a year).

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Last night in East Peoria was the annual business afterhours hosted by Morton Community Bank (your hometown banks). This highly anticipated event was held at the Embassy Suites in East Peoria and was Brilliant! From the red carpet being rolled out to the limousine in the middle of the banquet every detail gave the impression of an Oscar worthy performance.  Live music and a food selection that was eloquent simply accented the feel of glamor.

CountyLine-Tool would like to thank all those involved in lasts nights "red carpet" business after hours, it was SPECTACULAR! Thank you Embassy Suites, Morton Community Bank (your hometown banks), East Peoria Chamber of Commerce, and Peoria Chamber of Commerce for all your efforts. 

Happy New Year!

With the beginning of each new year, comes unending opportunities: the reflection and remembrance of special moments from the preceding year, the opportunity to learn and grow, both from our mistakes and our successes, the challenge to examine ourselves, for each of us to look within, to honestly assess the thoughts or situations in our lives that may be holding us back from actually soaring high enough to reach our full potential or our dreams.  A new year is a figurative clean slate, your life’s new year of blank pages, just waiting for you to fill.  It’s 365 days of opportunities for you to express your passion for life, loved ones, to lead by example, to promote joy, to be an encourager, to find things to be thankful for, to acknowledge your blessings, to face your fears, to overcome doubt, to pursue with radical enthusiasm that which your heart truly longs for.

I can’t say enough wonderful things about the men and women here at CountyLine Tool.  It is truly a privilege to work with them.  Thinking of them, I feel the core description of the CountyLine team would be to say “They have real heart”.  Out of the heart come so many beautiful things: commitment, honesty, kindness, compassion, and dedication.  They are all these qualities and more.

I think it’s safe to say most of us would agree that 2014 was not the best of economic times, however, we made the best of it!  We kept our focus on delivering superior quality refurbished and custom tools with outstanding customer service.  We continued on our path of improvements, pursuing ISO Certification (at approximately 85% completion), cross training, safety training, updating inspection equipment…. We are better individually and as a team at the end of 2014 then we were at it’s start, but not as good as we’re going to be in 2015!!

We make choices everyday in our personal lives and in business.  We want you to know we take your choices very seriously and we thank you for choosing CountyLine Tool.  We choose to care about your needs, down times, emergency response times, the quality of your refurbished and custom tools, providing unparalleled customer service …. about YOU!

“Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

I wish you a very Happy New Year!

Vonda Jones
President

vonda@countyline-tool.com
KOMET SERVICE® Partner

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