{"id":661,"date":"2014-01-21T04:46:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T04:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mfgtechupdate.com\/?p=661"},"modified":"2014-01-21T04:46:30","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T04:46:30","slug":"godrej-finds-effective-solution-from-haas-cnc-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtuupdate.in\/mtu\/2014\/01\/21\/godrej-finds-effective-solution-from-haas-cnc-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Godrej Find's Effective Solution From Haas CNC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Godrej employs most of its 10,000 employees at its expansive headquarters in Mumbai. The campus is home for much of the company\u2019s multifarious manufacturing activity and looks more like an immaculately maintained suburb of the country\u2019s second most populous city than the base of a prolific manufacturer. Along its wide streets are its factory blocks, each dedicated to a different product or engineering service. Some of them are unremarkable looking concrete buildings of three or four stories. One or two are cavernous, 100-foot-high hangars with gaping doors that look big enough to swallow an airship.
\n\"haas_godrej2\"<\/a>In one particularly neat enclave is the company\u2019s glass-fronted showroom, where visitors can see an example of each of the many domestic and small-scale industrial products made nearby. In addition to DVD players, washing machines, microwave ovens, and kitchen tables, there are walk-in safes, vending machines, office chairs \u2013 even hospital beds. Products that aren\u2019t suitable for display or won\u2019t fit in the showroom \u2013 animal feed, edible oils, satellites, India\u2019s largest radio telescope, and components for the country\u2019s space program, are represented graphically or using detailed scale models. It\u2019s a breathtaking array, by any standard
\nOur distinguished host for the day is Mr. D K Sharma, Vice President Tooling Division Godrej & Boyce Mfg Co Ltd. \u201cGodrej is well-known in many different industries,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is vitally important that we choose our technology partners very carefully. We have several Haas CNC machine tools, which I\u2019m glad to say are versatile, reliable and capable machines.\u201d
\nA short walk from the showroom is the company\u2019s busy tooling machine shop, where it makes the moulds and dies used to manufacture countless die cast aluminium parts for its myriad products. Godrej owns 18 Haas CNC machine tools, five of which are used in the tooling department, an operation overseen by Mr. S. M. Nayak, General Manager of Engineering Services.
\n\u201cThree of the Haas vertical machining centres are being used to make electrodes for our sinker EDM machines,\u201d he says. \u201cThe other two, VF-3s, are used to make conventional moulds and dies in steel.\u201d
\n\"haas_godrej1\"<\/a>Electrodes for EDM (electrical discharge machining) sinker machines create an imprint or cavity in a machined workpiece. Electrode holders clamp the precision-machined, tungsten carbideelectrodes in place to ensure a high degree of accuracy and repeatability. The process istypically used when the surface finish of acomponent and the dimensions of intricate features are critical, which means the electrodes themselves have to be very finely machined.
\n\u201cGiven the complexity of the electrodes and theaccuracy we need to achieve, we originally thought we would have to buy high-end, expensive European or Japanese machines,\u201d says Mr. Nayak, \u201cuntil we discovered Haas. We couldn\u2019t believe how capable they are; we have no problems regularly achieving tolerances of 10 microns.\u201d
\nSeveral of the company\u2019s other Haas machines are employed in its lock-making division, where they operate 24 hours a day in a production configuration for a line of products that Godrej has been making in one form or another for all of its 114 years. The division uses four Haas VF-2s, two VF-2SS Super Speeds, and two SL-10 lathes. Between them, they make pin cylinder locks in brass and stainless steel. Tolerances are typically 20 to 50 microns and batches are 200 to 1000 units per shift, depending on the component being machined. The VF-2 machines are fitted with two rotary tables on each table, with different types of fixtures to accommodate the wide-variety of part shapes and sizes.
\n\u201cWe chose the Haas because we are always looking for the top machines: good quality CNC machine tools that are cost-effective, reliable, and easy to operate,\u201d says Mr. Nayak.
\nIn the company\u2019s Precision Engineering Systems (PES) division, Haas VF-3 machining centres are used to make critical components, such as the stator ring, hub, carrier arm, and disc rotor for wind turbines, one of Godrej\u2019s latest and fastestgrowing manufacturing activities.
\n\"haas_godrej4\"<\/a>\u201cHaas machines are reliable, user-friendly, and flexible,\u201d says S.M. Nayak. \u201cWe\u2019re already achieving 65 to 70% cutting time, and we are always looking for ways to make our operations more efficient. We\u2019re also adding more capacity,\u201d he adds. \u201cLater this year we will order two more Haas VF-8 machines for our tooling division, and one for the MHE division.\u201d
\nThe founding family and the senior managers at Godrej know that the company\u2019s future depends on helping India\u2019s disadvantaged. The challenge is to do the right over the expedient, but without sacrificing opportunity. Being privately owned means Godrej can make its own judgement call.
\n\u201cOur company provides its employees and their families with extensive social support,\u201d says Mr. D.K Sharma. \u201cOn our Mumbai campus there is a purpose-built school, and a memorial hospital with 110 beds and a fully equipped intensive care unit. There\u2019s also housing and accommodation for all levels up to senior management, and even a hilltop country club.
\n\u201cThe future of our country depends on the intellectual capacity and the learning capability of the young India,\u201d concludes Mr. Sharma. \u201cTwentyfive percent of our company\u2019s shares are owned by the Pirojsha Godrej Foundation Trust, which provides communities around the country with schooling, medical treatment, education, and disaster relief.\u201d
\nGodrej\u2019s investment, relentless innovation and wide-reaching philanthropy mean that it will play a very important role in the socio-economic and industrial development of India for at least another 100 years.
\nCourtesy: Haas Automation India Pvt Ltd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Godrej employs most of its 10,000 employees at its expansive headquarters in Mumbai. The campus is home for much of the company\u2019s multifarious manufacturing activity and looks more like an immaculately maintained suburb of the country\u2019s second most populous city than the base of a prolific manufacturer. Along its wide streets are its factory blocks,<\/p>\n

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