Industrial Magnesium Machining

CASE STUDY 1

PLATING CELL CHALLENGES:

  • Customer needed to reduce worker's compensation claims caused by the rotating action necessary to clamp and unclamp wafer holding mechanism.
  • Over 150 components designed, machined and assembled in-house by Vanpro.
  • Polycarbonate, titanium, stainless steel, plastics, specialized rubber gasketing required for final assembly
  • Design improvements necessary to increase production through-put.

THE VANPRO SOLUTION

Addressing Mean Time Between Failure and Improving Productivity

  • Improving performance of the paddle and improving rail design

Decreasing Mean Time To Replacement

  • Cell repair kits and scheduled maintenance program implemented
  • Detailed inspection of each individual component

Cost Savings and Return on Investment

  • Thread repair inserts
  • Transition from all glued cell to combining glued parts
  • Proprietary process developed for machining tight tolerances required on polycarbonate materials

CASE STUDY 2

ENCLOSURE CHALLENGES:

  • Prior enclosure design was produced in stainless steel and weighed approximately 40 lbs. v
  • Magnesium was selected as new material for four components on final assembly. Final Assembly weight needed to be 13 lbs.
  • Precision machining and knowledge of tight-toleranced magnesium components necessary for success of program.
  • Quick development cycle and need to introduce product to market rapidly

THE VANPRO SOLUTION:

  • Complete machining of magnesium electrical enclosures
  • Complete machining of magnesium panel support used in optio-electronics assembly
  • In-house high level assemblies prior to full system integration of electronics
  • Developed automated bonding process for carbon graphite protective cover to magnesium Front Panel

CASE STUDY 3

MEDICAL SAMPLE DISTRIBUTION CHALLENGE:

A medical foundation needed a system to automatically sort and transport up to 20,000 test tubes daily. ‘Standard’ solutions did not give them the flexibility needed to efficiently and safely distribute medical samples from a single collection point to any of its 63 test laboratories.

THE VANPRO SOLUTION:

Vanpro engineers, working closely with the clinic and the manufacturer of the robotic sorting equipment, developed a comprehensive system for handling the wide variety of test tube shapes and sizes. The system includes:

  • Injection-Molded Trays capable of holding test tubes ranging from 7mm to 17mm diameter. Multiple Trays can be bonded together to handle shipments to higher-volume laboratories.
  • Thermo-Formed Racks for transporting multiple Trays in-house.
  • Thermo-Formed Shipping Containers for transporting Trays and Racks to the main test facility.

With the help of the automated sorting system, the clinic expects 20-30% annual growth in the number of samples processed. Vanpro is proud to be part of their growth.

For superior quality precision magnesium machining for your industrial application, look no further than Vanpro. Request a quote, contact us via e-mail, or call 763-689-1559 to get started.