A&M Tool-2016-Capabilities
- 1. Designers and Builders of: Tools, Dies, and Specialized Machinery Prototype Products Stamping Dies 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533 www.amtoolinc.com “To be an innovative resource for our customers in providing tooling, gauging, and special machinery.” Mission Statement
- 2. Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533 • Founded in 1990, A&M Tool, Inc. • 15000 square foot facility. • 100 plus years of combined tooling and manufacturing experience • Tool Design, Project Management, Quality Processes, Tool Making/Troubleshooting, Manufacturing Engineering, and Business Management. •A&M centrally located between Indianapolis and Cincinnati to support the customer base. • Diverse customer base Various customers equally spanning the Automotive, Medical, and Consumer Products industries. • Diverse application and expertise. • Advanced design and quality services to support production.
- 3. Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533 • Design and Fabrication of: • Low Volume production (prototype) and high volume dies • Tooling details and ability to reverse engineer details. • Design, Fabricate, and Tryout of Tooling and Special Machines: • Fully detailed designs – All components detailed 100% for interchangeability • Manual and semi automatic. • Innovative automated stamping dies • Design to company/plants electrical and safety standards. • Design with flexibility and change over in mind. • Gages/Fixtures: • Small simple plug gages, to multi-stage part fixturing and gauging with indicator data capture. • Machining – Design & Fabricate parts • Use our 3-D machining center to support prototype and production builds • Stamping of Components: • Prototype, low volume production, and validation trials • Production up to 60,000 per year. • Fully equipped to perform layout and inspection for PPAP of production parts per APQP manual
- 4. Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533 • Product Development • Assist our customer by understanding the application to come up with a robust design. • Design for our customer manufacturing process. • Assist in cost reduction efforts by participating in VA/VE • Utilize our diverse manufacturing experience to assist customers with lessons learned form other industries • Design Development • Utilize our in house SolidWorks design expertise to fully develop customer concepts. • Perform design work and generate detailed drawings with customer title block. • Take the initial design concept to fully detailed prints to minimize customer workload • Contract design services. SolidWorks Software AutoCAD Software SurfCam Software Microsoft Office 2010 PC-DMIS Inspection Software eDrawings 2016 Import capabilities: Parasolids, IGES, Step, .DWG, .DXF 3D design capabilities utilizing SolidWorks 2016 Premium 3D machining capabilities utilizing Surfcam
- 5. Manufacturing Equipment Milltronics 3-Axis High Speed Machining Center Haas 3-Axis High Speed Machining Center Omax WaterJet Machine with Tilt-a-jet Fanuc Wire EDM Milltronics 3-Axis CNC Mill Lagun 2-Axis CNC Mill 2 Straight Side Press 2 Gap Presses 8’ Press break Romer CMM MIG Welder TIG Welder Surface Grinders 52” Hydraulic Shear Lathe Servo press feed Stamped Part Materials Aluminum 3003 O temper Aluminum 3003 H temper Aluminum 3003 cladded (single and double sided) Stainless Steel CRS 1018-1020 Machining Material Familiarity Aluminum 3003 O temper Aluminum 3003 H temper Aluminum 3003 cladded (single and double sides) Aluminum 6061 Hot Rolled Steel Cold Rolled Steel 4140 A-2 O1 D-2 D-7 A-11 M4 Carbide Stainless Steel
- 6. • Customer type: Automotive • Environment: Production • Application: Bracket Inspection • Purpose: In-process Gage • Configuration: True position/Go-No-go Go/No Go check True Position check Profile of a surface check
- 7. • Application: Heat Exchanger Progressive Die • Environment: Production • Customer type: Automotive • Purpose: Heat exchanger for electric vehicle
- 9. • Customer type: Heavy Automotive • Environment: Production • Application: Off-road vehicle/construction vehicles. • Purpose: Radiator Headers • Configuration: 1 of 2 stamping dies utilizing an in-house servo advance system to progress the part.
- 10. • Customer type: Heavy Automotive • Environment: Production • Application: Off-road vehicle/construction vehicles. • Purpose: Core assembly fixture • Configuration: Manual core builder for building large radiators that range from 2.20” x 10.5” x 16” up to 5.75” x 36” x 84”.
- 11. • Customer type: Medical • Environment: Production • Application: Rivet Press • Purpose: Fixture and install rivets • Configuration: Two halves per cycle • Other: Air over oil hydraulic boost rivet machine 2 Hand Anti-Tie down controls
- 12. Utilization of readily available machinery along with our custom design tooling and work table allow for a simple and quick installation on our customers floor. • Customer type: Automotive • Environment: Production • Application: Assembly of clean stamped manifold halves • Purpose: Mobile work cell • Configuration: Two parts per cycle • Other: Quick changeover cart (not shown), Point of entry guarding PLC and sensors for in-die sensing
- 13. • Customer type: Medical • Environment: Production • Application: Locate and drill clean finished bent parts in semi-clean environment • Purpose: Dedicated / Low cost • Configuration: Single part per cycle
- 14. • Customer type: Medical • Environment: Production • Application: Medical cabinet drawer face panel drill station • Purpose: Compact work cell • Configuration: Single part per cycle
- 15. • Customer type: Medical • Environment: Production • Application: Medical cabinet drawer face panel drill station • Purpose: Compact work cell • Configuration: Single part per cycle
- 16. • Customer type: Automotive • Environment: DV/Low Production • Application: Assembly of small heat exchanger core. • Purpose: Compact work cell/ Low capital investment • Configuration: One part • Other: This particular core builder will accommodate 8 core sizes with adjustments in both length and height. Minimal quick changeover
- 17. • Customer type: Automotive • Environment: Low Volume/Production • Application: Radiator core assembly for low volume and aftermarket. • Purpose: Low capital investment • Configuration: One part per cycle • Other: This particular core builder will accommodate 4 core sizes with adjustments in both length and height. Minimal quick changeover
- 18. CNC High Speed Machining Centers Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533 High speed machining and hard milling capabilities is on our list of capabilities with two high speed machining centers. These machines alone have opened up a whole new way to approach many machining challenges faced by the industry today. Milltronics VM22 Milltronics MB20 Haas VF-2
- 19. Stamping Presses A&M Tool stamping abilities range from small to large capacity operations with our various sizes of in-house presses. Having the ability to utilize our de-coilers and automatic feeders allows A&M to accomplish small prototype and large production runs, with ease. Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533 Verson 150 ton 30 cycles per min. 42” x 36” Clearing 75 ton 40 cycles per min. 20” x 84” Minster 32 ton 200 to 400 cycles per min. 24” x 15” Verson 250 ton 24 cycles per min. 48” x 84”
- 20. Jet Machining Center An “Omax 55100 JetMachining® Center” waterjet machine allows A&M to machine a wide range of materials and thicknesses. This machine is equipped with the “Tilt-a-Jet®” option to control taper and allow for much straighter cut in tight turns and tight corners. Cutting travel of the machine is 4’7” x 8’4” with a “Z-Axis” travel of 8”. Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533
- 21. Electrical Discharge Machining The Fanuc ROBOCUT a-C600iA EDM wire cut machine allows for high reliability and high performance, precise machining. Offering a 15” x 24” table travel, the EDM wire machine can cut materials as thick 12”. Designers and Builders of: Tools and Dies – Specialized Machinery – Prototype Products – Stamping Dies A&M Tool, Inc. 23102 Vote Road Batesville, IN. 47006 Phone (812) 934-6533 FAX (812) 934-6533
Editor's Notes
- #10: Video of a die stamping parts at 40 strokes per minute with a 6 inch progression and a 10 inch press stroke