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News Release from: Disc-Lock Europe | Subject: Disc-Lock Washer
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 21 March 2006
Scrap-free method leads to washer price
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Manufacturing technique in Taiwan cuts scrap to zero when making washers allowing cost savings that are being passed to customers.
Disc-Lock Europe has slashed the price of its Disc-Lock Washer thanks to a different manufacturing technique at its plant in Taiwan Development of this scrap-free technology has led to a reduction in the manufacturing costs of the vibration proof washer, a saving which the firm is passing on to the end-user
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 5 Jun 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Normally, steel washers are made by a stamping process, a hugely wasteful method that results in the unused steel in the centre hole and the outside of the finished washer ending up as scrap.
It can take up to 4tonne of steel to produce just 1tonne of steel washers using this procedure.
In comparison, the new technique employs a nut cold-forging machine to manufacture the washer.
By taking the exact slug of steel required to make one washer from a solid rod, and placing this slug in a die, it forms the washer in one single strike, leaving zero scrap.
Bob Hope, Managing Director of Disc-Lock Europe, said: "This new, scrap-free technology is good news for us and excellent news for our distributors and customers".
"As a result we have been able to reduce substantially the price of the Disc-Lock Washer making it a best buy both in terms of quality and price".
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