"The system is just as easy and logical as Lego. The upper interface to the workpiece is again a mechanical zero-point clamping module K10, which positions and clamps the M8 or M10 pull-studs screwed into the workpiece in a process-reliable manner. The AMF range of connecting, construction, and counterbalance elements as well as various adapters is almost inexhaustible. The clamping can be planned just as easily as with a Lego building kit. The workers place modular spacer elements on top of each other on the work tables with integrated zero-point clamping modules and cross-T-slots until the block or the blank reaches the appropriate height so that five-sided machining is possible. The system is just as easy and logical as Lego "With clamping rails, multiple clamping bars, or other numerous clamping elements from AMF, we can reach every point that we need for safe clamping." And if a clamping point should be outside the grid or even outside the plate, that is not a big challenge. "With the defined grid pitch, each work table offers us the greatest possible flexibility in positioning the elements," said Goth. They are equipped with 50 or 20 K10 zero-point installation clamping modules from AMF at intervals of 200 millimeters. Two work tables with dimensions of 1300 x 2000 mm and two with 1300 x 1000 mm as well as another one are used in the Jobs LinX machines. The raw aluminum blocks for the individual parts, such as the floor assembly, side parts, roof, boot lid, and wheels must be manufactured with corresponding precision on the giant gantry milling machines and clamped precisely beforehand. The final aluminum model can later be found on the assembly line as a test and gauge model. In addition, the clips in the aluminum model are already attached. Attachment and cladding parts are also attached at the OEMs to verify the fits for subsequent series production. And, the designers and engineers can make an initial three-dimensional image of a newly planned car model and walk around it. Even the doors and trunk lid can be opened. When it is finished, the 1:1 scale model looks like a real car, but one made of aluminum. "After all, most of the parts that we manufacture are small batches or individual parts of a maximum of four," said Goth. Their readiness was great to simplify the complex clamping operations of the aluminum ingots and significantly reduce the long setup and calibration times. "At MT Technologies, they listened to us intently from the very start," said Erik Laubengeiger from AMF, who provided customer support at the time. The zero-point clamping modules in the clamping pallets hold the pull studs of the structural and spacer elements. KG from Fellbach (AMF), the Ingolstadt-based company has a competent partner at its side that takes on the challenges of its customers and can offer customized solutions from standard products.Ĭlamping and set-up processes simplified and accelerated The workpieces are clamped directly on the pallets. What the master model builder triggered in his production operation has now grown into a continuous zero-point clamping system on all necessary machines. The manager of mechanical production at MT Technologies saw with astonishment how effectively the racing engineers clamped individual parts with AMF clamping technology. “The impulse came from the Formula 1,” said Mario Goth, remembering a visit in 2013 to the Sauber team in Switzerland. With the intelligent zero-point clamping technology, the roof element can be securely clamped for five-sided machining. Thanks to the intelligent zero-point clamping technology from AMF, this can be done quickly, flexibly, with high repetition accuracy, and with process reliability using the modular principle. What the experts produce with high machining performance from solid blocks, mostly in batch size, must first be clamped very efficiently. The model maker manufactures entire vehicles as a reference, and test models made of aluminum for numerous OEMs. Long before a new car model hits the streets, you could already touch it at MT Technologies -– if everything were not so top secret.
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