Case Study:

Customer: Ceramic Manufacturing Company

Challenge:

Design a carbide tool that would perform in an abrasive environment and high tonnage application without failure.

Explanation:

Overton works with a company that presses ceramic powder into boxes for heat treating parts. A typical production run is 30,000 to 40,000 parts a week. Over the past 2 years they have spent over $60,000 on tooling and could only produce a minimum number of good parts.

Solution:

We redesigned the lower punch assembly. The new carbide has large envars to attach the carbide to the steel case. We also spoke with Loctite and found an epoxy that would hold up to a 1,500 ton press. This new design was approximately $10,000 and over the past year there has been zero failures using our tooling.