Production Machining and Fanuc release feature on Cox Mfg.
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"Cox Manufacturing’s commitment to standardization, from the parts it makes to its machine controls and apprenticeship program, is an important factor in its growth."
Last month, Julia from Production Machining toured the facility and spoke with Cox employees to develop a story on the company. Production Machining was interested in Cox Mfg's standardization and use of Fanuc CNC controls and the ease it provides for training new apprentices. Among those interviewed were the owner and president, Bill Cox, and key members of the maintenance team that are currently working to carry the company into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (also known as Industry 4.0).
"One of the biggest areas of equipment standardization at Cox Manufacturing is in its machine controls. “We’ve had some different controls on the production machines,” Mr. Cox explains, “but we’ve phased out everything except the FANUCs.” The company has FANUC controls on all 80 of its primary machines, which are a mix of Swiss turns and other lathes from Tornos, Deco, Tsugami and Eurotech. The controls include 32i, 31i, 18i, 16i, 16 and 18 TB, and 0i models, which range in age from less than a year old to 20 years old.
Machinists constantly interact with the control while doing their jobs, making it one of the most important features on a machine. Because of the prominent role this piece of equipment plays, the shop has seen many positive effects from standardizing with FANUC."
