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One Hotmatic
installation with a crew of four can produce what five forging lines
and 25 people used to produce.
Labor Savings:
Labor savings
of this order are nothing unusual: a German ball bearing maker replaced
seven forging machines with a Hotmatic and cut his work force by
44 people on two shifts. These savings alone paid for the installation
in less than two years.
Less Loss
of Raw Material:
But Hotmatics don't just save labor, they save raw material as well.
A plant in England, for example, saved 2240 tons of steel the first
year it used a Hotmatic. Hotmatic parts are much more precise than
drop forgings, so less metal is wasted on machining allowances.
Less Machining:
And because the parts are more accurate and closer to the final
shape, machining becomes easier. An American auto maker cut machining
costs on transmission parts by 70% when he started producing the
blanks on a Hotmatic installation.
Hotmatics are highly versatile and can be changed over quickly.
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