Hoʻopili ʻia kahi wili i hoʻopili ʻia i ka lima lever ma kahi kokoke i ke anawaena o waho o ka ʻāpana wili. ʻO nā mea hana kumu e pono ai no ka hapa nui o nā hana wili e komo pū me ka mandrel, ka mea hahai e paʻa ana i ka metala, nā wili a me nā lima lever e hana ana i ka ʻāpana, a me ka mea hana hoʻopili. Kiʻi: Toledo Metal Spinning Company.
ʻAʻole paha he mea maʻamau ka ulu ʻana o ka waihona huahana a Toledo Metal Spinning Co., akā, ʻaʻole ia he mea kūikawā ma ka wahi hana metala a me ka hale hana. Ua hoʻomaka ka hale kūʻai ma Toledo, Ohio e hana i nā ʻāpana maʻamau a ua kaulana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano huahana. I ka piʻi ʻana o ke koi, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i kekahi mau huahana maʻamau e pili ana i nā hoʻonohonoho kaulana.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hana hana-e-kauoha a me ka hana-e-waiho e kōkua i ke kaulike ʻana i nā ukana hale kūʻai. ʻO ka hana pālua ʻana o ka hana e wehe pū i ka puka i nā robotics a me nā ʻano automation ʻē aʻe. Ua piʻi aʻe nā loaʻa kālā a me nā loaʻa, a me he mea lā e holo pono ana ke ao nei.
Akā, ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka ʻoihana e like me ka hiki? Ua ʻike nā alakaʻi o ka hale kūʻai me 45 mau limahana he nui aku ka hiki o ka hui, ʻoiai i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā ʻenekinia kūʻai aku i ko lākou mau lā. ʻOiai hāʻawi ʻo TMS i nā laina huahana he nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe wale ʻia nā huahana he nui mai ka waihona waiwai i hoʻopau ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia lākou e kauoha. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, hoʻolilo nā ʻenekinia kūʻai aku i ka manawa nui e hoʻomākaukau ana i nā pepa no nā kauoha hopper, e kuhikuhi ana i nā ferrules ma aneʻi a me nā mea pono kikoʻī a i ʻole nā ​​​​polish ma aneʻi.
Loaʻa iā TMS kahi palena ʻenekinia, a no ka hoʻopau ʻana iā ia, i kēia makahiki ua hoʻolauna ka hui i kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho huahana. ʻO ka polokalamu maʻamau i hoʻolālā ʻia ma luna o SolidWorks e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai aku ke hoʻonohonoho i kā lākou huahana ponoʻī a loaʻa nā ʻōlelo kūʻai ma ka pūnaewele. Pono kēia automation keʻena mua e hoʻomaʻalahi i ka hana kauoha a, ʻo ka mea nui loa, e ʻae i nā ʻenekinia kūʻai aku e lawelawe i nā hana maʻamau hou aʻe no ka manuahi. I ka pōkole, pono ka mea hana e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo kūʻai a me ka pono o ka ʻenekinia, he mea maikaʻi ia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka pono o ka ʻenekinia a me ka ʻōlelo kūʻai, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ulu ʻana o kahi hale kūʻai.
Ua hoʻi ka mōʻaukala o TMS i nā makahiki 1920 a he malihini Kelemania i kapa ʻia ʻo Rudolph Bruehner. ʻO ia ka mea nona ka hui mai 1929 a 1964, e hoʻohana ana i nā mea milo metala akamai i loaʻa nā makahiki o ka ʻike e hana me nā lathes a me nā levers, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ke kaʻina hana milo. Hoʻohuli ka lathe i ka blank, a hoʻohana ka mea milo metala i kahi lever e kaomi i nā wili e kūʻē i ka workpiece, e hana ana iā ia e kūʻē i ka mandrel.
Ua hoʻonui hope ʻia ʻo TMS i ke kaha kiʻi hohonu, e hana ana i nā ʻāpana i paʻi ʻia a me nā preforms no ka milo ʻana. Hoʻopaʻa kahi mea hoʻolōʻihi i kahi preform a kau iā ia ma luna o kahi lathe rotary. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana me kahi preform ma mua o kahi blank pālahalaha e ʻae i ka mea e milo ʻia i nā hohonu nui a me nā diameters liʻiliʻi.
I kēia lā, he ʻoihana ʻohana nō ʻo TMS, akā ʻaʻole ia he ʻoihana ʻohana Bruehner. Ua hoʻololi ka ʻoihana i nā lima i ka makahiki 1964, i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ʻo Bruehner iā Ken lāua ʻo Bill Fankauser, ʻaʻole nā ​​limahana metala pepa no ke ola holoʻokoʻa mai ka ʻāina kahiko, akā he ʻenekinia a he mea helu kālā. ʻO ke keiki a Ken, ʻo Eric Fankhauser, ka hope pelekikena o TMS i kēia manawa, ke haʻi nei i ka moʻolelo.
"I koʻu wā he ʻōpio helu kālā, ua loaʻa i koʻu makuakāne ka moʻokāki [TMS] mai kahi hoaaloha i hana ma Ernst lāua ʻo Ernst accounting firm. Ua loiloi koʻu makuakāne i nā hale hana a me nā ʻoihana a ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hana maikaʻi loa, ua hāʻawi ʻo Rudy iā ia. Ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi kēke no $100. Ua hoʻopaʻa kēia i koʻu makuakāne. Inā e hoʻololi ʻo ia i kēlā kēke, he hakakā ia o ka hoihoi. No laila, ua hele ʻo ia i nā hoa o Ernst lāua ʻo Ernst a nīnau i ka mea e hana ai, a ua haʻi lākou iā ia e hoʻokomo i ka kēke i kahi hoa. Ua hana ʻo ia a i ka wā i pau ai ka kēke, ua huhū nui ʻo Rudy i ka ʻike ʻana iā ia ua kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻoihana. Ua kāhea ʻo ia i koʻu makuakāne i kona keʻena a haʻi iā ia ua huhū ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mālama i ke kālā. Ua wehewehe koʻu makuakāne iā ia he hakakā ia o ka hoihoi."
"Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Rudy i ia mea a ʻōlelo hope loa, 'ʻO ʻoe ke ʻano kanaka aʻu i makemake ai e lilo iaʻu kēia hui. Makemake ʻoe e kūʻai iā ia?
Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Ken Fankhauser i ia mea, a laila kāhea akula i kona kaikaina ʻo Bill, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻenekinia aerospace ma Boeing ma Seattle. E like me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o Eric, "Ua lele mai koʻu ʻAnakala ʻo Bill a nānā i ka hui a ua hoʻoholo lākou e kūʻai. ʻO ke koena he moʻolelo."
I kēia makahiki, ua kōkua kahi mea hoʻonohonoho huahana pūnaewele e hoʻonohonoho i nā huahana e kauoha no nā TMS he nui i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā kahe hana a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike o ka mea kūʻai aku.
I ke kūʻai ʻana o Ken lāua ʻo Bill iā TMS i nā makahiki 1960, nona kahi hale kūʻai piha i nā mīkini kāʻei kahiko. Akā hiki mai nō hoʻi lākou i ka manawa e neʻe nei ka wili metala (a me nā mīkini hana ma ke ʻano laulā) mai ka hana lima i ka mana papahana.
I nā makahiki 1960, ua kūʻai lāua i kahi mīkini wiliwili i hoʻokele ʻia e ka stencil Leifeld, kokoke like me kahi mīkini paʻi punch i hoʻokele ʻia e ka stencil kahiko. Hoʻohana ka mea hoʻohana i kahi joystick e hoʻokele i ka stylus ma kahi template ma ke ʻano o kahi ʻāpana wili. "ʻO kēia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka automation TMS," wahi a ke kaikunāne o Eric, ʻo Craig, ʻo ia ka hope pelekikena o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o TMS.
Ua holomua ka ʻenehana o ka hui ma o nā ʻano mīkini wili like ʻole i hoʻokele ʻia e ka template, a hiki i nā mīkini i hoʻokele ʻia e ka kamepiula e hoʻohana ʻia e nā hale hana i kēia lā. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻokaʻawale kekahi mau ʻano o ka milo metala iā ia mai nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻaʻole hiki ke holo pono ʻia nā ʻōnaehana hou loa e kahi mea i ʻike ʻole i nā kumu o ka milo.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kau wale i kahi hakahaka a hoʻohuli aunoa ka mīkini i ka ʻāpana ma muli o ke kaha kiʻi," wahi a Eric, me ka hoʻohui ʻana he pono nā mea hana e hana i nā polokalamu ʻāpana hou ma o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i kahi joystick e hoʻoponopono i ke kūlana wili i ka wā o ka hana ʻana ma o ka hana. Hana pinepine ʻia ia i nā hala he nui, akā hiki ke hana hoʻokahi wale nō, e like me ka hana ʻokiʻoki, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻomāmā ʻia ka mea (a i ʻole "sheared") i ka hapalua o kona mānoanoa. ʻO ka metala ponoʻī "ulu" a hoʻolōʻihi paha i ke kuhikuhi o ka wili.
"He ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano metala, a aia nā ʻokoʻa i loko o ka metala hoʻokahi, me ka paʻakikī a me ka ikaika tensile," wahi a Craig. "ʻAʻole wale ia, wela ka metala i kona milo ʻana, a laila hoʻoili ʻia kēlā wela i ka mea hana. I ka wela ʻana o ke kila, hoʻonui ia. ʻO kēia mau mea loli a pau ke ʻano he pono i nā mea hana akamai ke nānā pono i ka hana."
Ua hahai kekahi limahana o TMS i ka hana no 67 mau makahiki. "ʻO Al kona inoa," wahi a Eric, "a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻomaha a hiki i kona piha ʻana i 86." Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Al i ka wā e holo ana ka mīkini hana mai kahi kāʻei i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi ʻauamo luna. Ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai kahi hale kūʻai me nā mea wili programmable hou loa.
I kēia lā, aia kekahi mau limahana o ka hale hana i hana me ka ʻoihana no nā makahiki he 30 a ʻoi, ʻo kekahi ma mua o 20 mau makahiki, a ʻo ka poʻe i aʻo ʻia i ke kaʻina hana milo e hana i nā kaʻina hana lima a me nā kaʻina hana automated. Inā pono ka hale hana e hana i kekahi mau ʻāpana milo hoʻokahi wale nō, he mea kūpono nō naʻe i ka mea milo ke hoʻomaka i kahi mīkini wili lima.
Eia nō naʻe, he mea hoʻohana ikaika ka ʻoihana i ka automation, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e kāna hoʻohana ʻana i ka robotics i ka wili ʻana a me ka polishing. "ʻEkolu mau robots i loko o ka hale e hana ana i ka polishing," wahi a Eric. "Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻelua o lākou no ka polishing ma ke axis vertical a hoʻokahi ma ke axis horizontal."
Hoʻolimalima ka hale hana i kahi ʻenekinia robotics nāna e aʻo i kēlā me kēia lopako e wili i nā ʻano kikoʻī me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana kaula manamana lima (ʻano Dynabrade), a me nā ʻano wili kāʻei like ʻole. He mea paʻakikī ka papahana ʻana i kahi lopako, ʻoiai ke ʻano o nā granularities like ʻole e pili ana, ka helu o nā pass, a me nā kaomi like ʻole a ka lopako e hoʻopili ai.
Hoʻolimalima mau ka ʻoihana i nā poʻe e hana ana i ka wili lima, ʻoiai ka hana maʻamau. Hoʻolimalima pū ia i nā mea welders e hana ana i ka wili circumferential a me ka seam, a me nā mea welders e hoʻohana ana i nā planers, kahi hana e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole ai i ka maikaʻi o ka wili akā hoʻokō pū i ka wili. Hoʻoikaika a hoʻopalahalaha nā wili o ka skin passer i ka bead wili, kahi e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlike o ke kaʻina hana ke pono nā wili ma hope.
He hale hana mīkini maʻemaʻe ʻo TMS a hiki i ka makahiki 1988, i ka wā i hoʻomohala ai ka ʻoihana i kahi laina maʻamau o nā hoppers conical. "Ua ʻike mākou, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka ʻoihana plastics, e loaʻa iā mākou nā noi like ʻole no ke kumukūʻai hopper e ʻokoʻa iki wale nō - ʻewalu ʻīniha ma aneʻi, hapaha ʻīniha ma laila," wahi a Eric. "No laila ua hoʻomaka mākou me kahi hopper conical 24-ʻīniha me kahi kihi 60-degere, hoʻomohala i ke kaʻina hana wili hoʻolōʻihi [huki hohonu i ka preform, a laila milo] no ia mea, a kūkulu i ka laina huahana mai laila." Loaʻa iā mākou he mau nui he ʻumi hopper, hana mākou ma kahi o 50 a 100 i ka manawa. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ʻaʻohe o mākou hoʻonohonoho pipiʻi e amortize a ʻaʻole pono nā mea kūʻai aku e uku no nā mea hana. Aia wale nō ia ma ka papa a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻouna iā ia i ka lā aʻe. A i ʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi hana keu, e like me ke kau ʻana i kahi ferrule a i ʻole ke kola, a i ʻole ke aniani ʻike, ʻo ia mau mea āpau e pili ana i kekahi hoʻoponopono kōkua.
ʻO kekahi laina huahana ʻē aʻe, i kapa ʻia ʻo Cleaning Line, e komo pū ana me nā ʻano ipu ʻōpala kila kila. Loaʻa kēia manaʻo huahana mai nā wahi a pau, ʻo ka ʻoihana holoi kaʻa.
"Hana mākou i nā dome vacuum holoi kaʻa he nui," wahi a Eric, "a makemake mākou e wehe i kēlā dome a hana i kahi mea ʻē aʻe me ia. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi palapala hoʻolālā ma CleanLine a ua kūʻai aku mākou i 20 mau makahiki." Ua huki ʻia nā lalo o kēia mau moku, ua ʻōwili ʻia ke kino a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ua huki ʻia ka dome luna, a ukali ʻia e ka crimping, kahi hana rotary e hana ana i kahi lihi ʻōwili ma ka workpiece, e like me nā iwi ʻaoʻao i hoʻoikaika ʻia.
Loaʻa nā huahana Hoppers a me Clean Line ma nā pae like ʻole o ka "maʻamau". Ma loko, wehewehe ka ʻoihana i kahi "huahana maʻamau" e like me ka mea hiki ke lawe ʻia mai ka papa a hoʻouna ʻia. Akā eia hou, loaʻa i ka ʻoihana nā "huahana maʻamau maʻamau," i hana ʻia mai ka waihona a laila hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kauoha. ʻO kēia kahi e hoʻokani ai nā mea hoʻonohonoho huahana e pili ana i ka polokalamu i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi.
"Makemake nui mākou i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e ʻike i ka huahana a ʻike i ke ʻano hoʻonohonoho, ke kau ʻana i nā flanges a me nā hoʻopau a lākou e noi nei," wahi a Maggie Shaffer, ka luna kūʻai aku e alakaʻi ana i ka papahana configurator. "Makemake mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i ka huahana me ka intuitively."
I ka manawa o kēia kākau ʻana, hōʻike ka mea hoʻonohonoho i ka hoʻonohonoho huahana me nā koho i koho ʻia a hāʻawi i kahi kumukūʻai 24-hola. (E like me nā mea hana he nui, hiki iā TMS ke hoʻopaʻa i kāna mau kumukūʻai no ka manawa lōʻihi ma mua, akā ʻaʻole hiki i kēia manawa, mahalo i nā kumukūʻai mea paʻakikī a me ka loaʻa.) Manaʻolana ka hui e hoʻohui i ka hiki ke hana uku i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
I kēia manawa, kāhea aku nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hale kūʻai e hoʻokō i kā lākou mau kauoha. Akā, ma kahi o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā lā a i ʻole nā ​​pule paha e hana ana, hoʻonohonoho ana, a loaʻa nā ʻae no nā kiʻi (pinepine e kali lōʻihi ana i loko o kahi pahu leka piha), hiki i nā ʻenekinia TMS ke hana i nā kiʻi me kekahi mau kaomi wale nō, a laila e hoʻouna koke i ka ʻike i ka hale hana.
Mai ka manaʻo o ka mea kūʻai aku, ʻike ʻole ʻia paha nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mīkini wili metala a i ʻole ka wili robotic a me ka polishing. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea hoʻonohonoho huahana he hoʻomaikaʻi e hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke ʻike. Hoʻomaikaʻi ia i kā lākou ʻike kūʻai a mālama i nā lā TMS a i ʻole nā ​​​​hebedoma o ka manawa hana kauoha. ʻAʻole ia he hui maikaʻi ʻole.
Ua uhi ʻo Tim Heston, Luna Hoʻoponopono Kiʻekiʻe ma The FABRICATOR, i ka ʻoihana hana metala mai ka makahiki 1998, e hoʻomaka ana i kāna ʻoihana me ka Welding Magazine a ka American Welding Society. Mai ia manawa, ua uhi ʻo ia i nā kaʻina hana hana metala āpau mai ke kahakaha ʻana, ke kūlou ʻana a me ka ʻoki ʻana a hiki i ka wili ʻana a me ka poli ʻana. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā limahana o The FABRICATOR i ʻOkakopa 2007.
ʻO FABRICATOR ka makasina alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana hana metala a me ka hana ʻana ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Hāʻawi ka makasina i nā nūhou, nā ʻatikala loea a me nā moʻolelo hihia e hiki ai i nā mea hana ke hana i kā lākou mau hana me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi. Ke lawelawe nei ʻo FABRICATOR i ka ʻoihana mai ka makahiki 1970.
I kēia manawa me ke komo piha ʻana i ka paʻi kikohoʻe o The FABRICATOR, komo maʻalahi i nā kumuwaiwai ʻoihana waiwai nui.
Ua hiki ke loaʻa piha ʻia ka paʻi kikohoʻe o The Tube & Pipe Journal i kēia manawa, e hāʻawi ana i ke komo maʻalahi i nā kumuwaiwai waiwai o ka ʻoihana.
E hauʻoli i ke komo piha ʻana i ka paʻi kikohoʻe o STAMPING Journal, kahi e hāʻawi ai i nā holomua ʻenehana hou loa, nā hana maikaʻi loa a me nā nūhou ʻoihana no ka mākeke sila metala.
I kēia manawa me ke komo piha ʻana i ka paʻi kikohoʻe o The Fabricator en Español, komo maʻalahi i nā kumuwaiwai waiwai nui o ka ʻoihana.

Hoʻopili ʻia kahi wili i hoʻopili ʻia i ka lima lever ma kahi kokoke i ke anawaena o waho o ka ʻāpana wili. ʻO nā mea hana kumu e pono ai no ka hapa nui o nā hana wili e komo pū me ka mandrel, ka mea hahai e paʻa ana i ka metala, nā wili a me nā lima lever e hana ana i ka ʻāpana, a me ka mea hana hoʻopili. Kiʻi: Toledo Metal Spinning Company.
ʻAʻole paha he mea maʻamau ka ulu ʻana o ka waihona huahana a Toledo Metal Spinning Co., akā, ʻaʻole ia he mea kūikawā ma ka wahi hana metala a me ka hale hana. Ua hoʻomaka ka hale kūʻai ma Toledo, Ohio e hana i nā ʻāpana maʻamau a ua kaulana ʻia no ka hana ʻana i kekahi mau ʻano huahana. I ka piʻi ʻana o ke koi, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i kekahi mau huahana maʻamau e pili ana i nā hoʻonohonoho kaulana.
ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka hana hana-e-kauoha a me ka hana-e-waiho e kōkua i ke kaulike ʻana i nā ukana hale kūʻai. ʻO ka hana pālua ʻana o ka hana e wehe pū i ka puka i nā robotics a me nā ʻano automation ʻē aʻe. Ua piʻi aʻe nā loaʻa kālā a me nā loaʻa, a me he mea lā e holo pono ana ke ao nei.
Akā, ke ulu wikiwiki nei ka ʻoihana e like me ka hiki? Ua ʻike nā alakaʻi o ka hale kūʻai me 45 mau limahana he nui aku ka hiki o ka hui, ʻoiai i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i ke ʻano o ka hoʻohana ʻana o nā ʻenekinia kūʻai aku i ko lākou mau lā. ʻOiai hāʻawi ʻo TMS i nā laina huahana he nui, ʻaʻole hiki ke lawe wale ʻia nā huahana he nui mai ka waihona waiwai i hoʻopau ʻia a hoʻouna ʻia. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia lākou e kauoha. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, hoʻolilo nā ʻenekinia kūʻai aku i ka manawa nui e hoʻomākaukau ana i nā pepa no nā kauoha hopper, e kuhikuhi ana i nā ferrules ma aneʻi a me nā mea pono kikoʻī a i ʻole nā ​​​​polish ma aneʻi.
Loaʻa iā TMS kahi palena ʻenekinia, a no ka hoʻopau ʻana iā ia, i kēia makahiki ua hoʻolauna ka hui i kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho huahana. ʻO ka polokalamu maʻamau i hoʻolālā ʻia ma luna o SolidWorks e hiki ai i nā mea kūʻai aku ke hoʻonohonoho i kā lākou huahana ponoʻī a loaʻa nā ʻōlelo kūʻai ma ka pūnaewele. Pono kēia automation keʻena mua e hoʻomaʻalahi i ka hana kauoha a, ʻo ka mea nui loa, e ʻae i nā ʻenekinia kūʻai aku e lawelawe i nā hana maʻamau hou aʻe no ka manuahi. I ka pōkole, pono ka mea hana e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ka ʻōlelo kūʻai a me ka pono o ka ʻenekinia, he mea maikaʻi ia. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o ka pono o ka ʻenekinia a me ka ʻōlelo kūʻai, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ulu ʻana o kahi hale kūʻai.
Ua hoʻi ka mōʻaukala o TMS i nā makahiki 1920 a he malihini Kelemania i kapa ʻia ʻo Rudolph Bruehner. ʻO ia ka mea nona ka hui mai 1929 a 1964, e hoʻohana ana i nā mea milo metala akamai i loaʻa nā makahiki o ka ʻike e hana me nā lathes a me nā levers, e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ke kaʻina hana milo. Hoʻohuli ka lathe i ka blank, a hoʻohana ka mea milo metala i kahi lever e kaomi i nā wili e kūʻē i ka workpiece, e hana ana iā ia e kūʻē i ka mandrel.
Ua hoʻonui hope ʻia ʻo TMS i ke kaha kiʻi hohonu, e hana ana i nā ʻāpana i paʻi ʻia a me nā preforms no ka milo ʻana. Hoʻopaʻa kahi mea hoʻolōʻihi i kahi preform a kau iā ia ma luna o kahi lathe rotary. ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana me kahi preform ma mua o kahi blank pālahalaha e ʻae i ka mea e milo ʻia i nā hohonu nui a me nā diameters liʻiliʻi.
I kēia lā, he ʻoihana ʻohana nō ʻo TMS, akā ʻaʻole ia he ʻoihana ʻohana Bruehner. Ua hoʻololi ka ʻoihana i nā lima i ka makahiki 1964, i ka wā i kūʻai aku ai ʻo Bruehner iā Ken lāua ʻo Bill Fankauser, ʻaʻole nā ​​limahana metala pepa no ke ola holoʻokoʻa mai ka ʻāina kahiko, akā he ʻenekinia a he mea helu kālā. ʻO ke keiki a Ken, ʻo Eric Fankhauser, ka hope pelekikena o TMS i kēia manawa, ke haʻi nei i ka moʻolelo.
"I koʻu wā he ʻōpio helu kālā, ua loaʻa i koʻu makuakāne ka moʻokāki [TMS] mai kahi hoaaloha i hana ma Ernst lāua ʻo Ernst accounting firm. Ua loiloi koʻu makuakāne i nā hale hana a me nā ʻoihana a ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hana maikaʻi loa, ua hāʻawi ʻo Rudy iā ia. Ua hoʻouna ʻo ia i kahi kēke no $100. Ua hoʻopaʻa kēia i koʻu makuakāne. Inā e hoʻololi ʻo ia i kēlā kēke, he hakakā ia o ka hoihoi. No laila, ua hele ʻo ia i nā hoa o Ernst lāua ʻo Ernst a nīnau i ka mea e hana ai, a ua haʻi lākou iā ia e hoʻokomo i ka kēke i kahi hoa. Ua hana ʻo ia a i ka wā i pau ai ka kēke, ua huhū nui ʻo Rudy i ka ʻike ʻana iā ia ua kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻoihana. Ua kāhea ʻo ia i koʻu makuakāne i kona keʻena a haʻi iā ia ua huhū ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia i mālama i ke kālā. Ua wehewehe koʻu makuakāne iā ia he hakakā ia o ka hoihoi."
"Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Rudy i ia mea a ʻōlelo hope loa, 'ʻO ʻoe ke ʻano kanaka aʻu i makemake ai e lilo iaʻu kēia hui. Makemake ʻoe e kūʻai iā ia?
Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo Ken Fankhauser i ia mea, a laila kāhea akula i kona kaikaina ʻo Bill, ʻo ia hoʻi he ʻenekinia aerospace ma Boeing ma Seattle. E like me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o Eric, "Ua lele mai koʻu ʻAnakala ʻo Bill a nānā i ka hui a ua hoʻoholo lākou e kūʻai. ʻO ke koena he moʻolelo."
I kēia makahiki, ua kōkua kahi mea hoʻonohonoho huahana pūnaewele e hoʻonohonoho i nā huahana e kauoha no nā TMS he nui i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā kahe hana a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike o ka mea kūʻai aku.
I ke kūʻai ʻana o Ken lāua ʻo Bill iā TMS i nā makahiki 1960, nona kahi hale kūʻai piha i nā mīkini kāʻei kahiko. Akā hiki mai nō hoʻi lākou i ka manawa e neʻe nei ka wili metala (a me nā mīkini hana ma ke ʻano laulā) mai ka hana lima i ka mana papahana.
I nā makahiki 1960, ua kūʻai lāua i kahi mīkini wiliwili i hoʻokele ʻia e ka stencil Leifeld, kokoke like me kahi mīkini paʻi punch i hoʻokele ʻia e ka stencil kahiko. Hoʻohana ka mea hoʻohana i kahi joystick e hoʻokele i ka stylus ma kahi template ma ke ʻano o kahi ʻāpana wili. "ʻO kēia ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka automation TMS," wahi a ke kaikunāne o Eric, ʻo Craig, ʻo ia ka hope pelekikena o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o TMS.
Ua holomua ka ʻenehana o ka hui ma o nā ʻano mīkini wili like ʻole i hoʻokele ʻia e ka template, a hiki i nā mīkini i hoʻokele ʻia e ka kamepiula e hoʻohana ʻia e nā hale hana i kēia lā. Eia nō naʻe, ua hoʻokaʻawale kekahi mau ʻano o ka milo metala iā ia mai nā kaʻina hana ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻaʻole hiki ke holo pono ʻia nā ʻōnaehana hou loa e kahi mea i ʻike ʻole i nā kumu o ka milo.
"ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kau wale i kahi hakahaka a hoʻohuli aunoa ka mīkini i ka ʻāpana ma muli o ke kaha kiʻi," wahi a Eric, me ka hoʻohui ʻana he pono nā mea hana e hana i nā polokalamu ʻāpana hou ma o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i kahi joystick e hoʻoponopono i ke kūlana wili i ka wā o ka hana ʻana ma o ka hana. Hana pinepine ʻia ia i nā hala he nui, akā hiki ke hana hoʻokahi wale nō, e like me ka hana ʻokiʻoki, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻomāmā ʻia ka mea (a i ʻole "sheared") i ka hapalua o kona mānoanoa. ʻO ka metala ponoʻī "ulu" a hoʻolōʻihi paha i ke kuhikuhi o ka wili.
"He ʻokoʻa kēlā me kēia ʻano metala, a aia nā ʻokoʻa i loko o ka metala hoʻokahi, me ka paʻakikī a me ka ikaika tensile," wahi a Craig. "ʻAʻole wale ia, wela ka metala i kona milo ʻana, a laila hoʻoili ʻia kēlā wela i ka mea hana. I ka wela ʻana o ke kila, hoʻonui ia. ʻO kēia mau mea loli a pau ke ʻano he pono i nā mea hana akamai ke nānā pono i ka hana."
Ua hahai kekahi limahana o TMS i ka hana no 67 mau makahiki. "ʻO Al kona inoa," wahi a Eric, "a ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hoʻomaha a hiki i kona piha ʻana i 86." Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Al i ka wā e holo ana ka mīkini hana mai kahi kāʻei i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kahi ʻauamo luna. Ua hoʻomaha ʻo ia mai kahi hale kūʻai me nā mea wili programmable hou loa.
I kēia lā, aia kekahi mau limahana o ka hale hana i hana me ka ʻoihana no nā makahiki he 30 a ʻoi, ʻo kekahi ma mua o 20 mau makahiki, a ʻo ka poʻe i aʻo ʻia i ke kaʻina hana milo e hana i nā kaʻina hana lima a me nā kaʻina hana automated. Inā pono ka hale hana e hana i kekahi mau ʻāpana milo hoʻokahi wale nō, he mea kūpono nō naʻe i ka mea milo ke hoʻomaka i kahi mīkini wili lima.
Eia nō naʻe, he mea hoʻohana ikaika ka ʻoihana i ka automation, e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia e kāna hoʻohana ʻana i ka robotics i ka wili ʻana a me ka polishing. "ʻEkolu mau robots i loko o ka hale e hana ana i ka polishing," wahi a Eric. "Ua hoʻolālā ʻia ʻelua o lākou no ka polishing ma ke axis vertical a hoʻokahi ma ke axis horizontal."
Hoʻolimalima ka hale hana i kahi ʻenekinia robotics nāna e aʻo i kēlā me kēia lopako e wili i nā ʻano kikoʻī me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea hana kaula manamana lima (ʻano Dynabrade), a me nā ʻano wili kāʻei like ʻole. He mea paʻakikī ka papahana ʻana i kahi lopako, ʻoiai ke ʻano o nā granularities like ʻole e pili ana, ka helu o nā pass, a me nā kaomi like ʻole a ka lopako e hoʻopili ai.
Hoʻolimalima mau ka ʻoihana i nā poʻe e hana ana i ka wili lima, ʻoiai ka hana maʻamau. Hoʻolimalima pū ia i nā mea welders e hana ana i ka wili circumferential a me ka seam, a me nā mea welders e hoʻohana ana i nā planers, kahi hana e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻole ai i ka maikaʻi o ka wili akā hoʻokō pū i ka wili. Hoʻoikaika a hoʻopalahalaha nā wili o ka skin passer i ka bead wili, kahi e kōkua ai i ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlike o ke kaʻina hana ke pono nā wili ma hope.
He hale hana mīkini maʻemaʻe ʻo TMS a hiki i ka makahiki 1988, i ka wā i hoʻomohala ai ka ʻoihana i kahi laina maʻamau o nā hoppers conical. "Ua ʻike mākou, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka ʻoihana plastics, e loaʻa iā mākou nā noi like ʻole no ke kumukūʻai hopper e ʻokoʻa iki wale nō - ʻewalu ʻīniha ma aneʻi, hapaha ʻīniha ma laila," wahi a Eric. "No laila ua hoʻomaka mākou me kahi hopper conical 24-ʻīniha me kahi kihi 60-degere, hoʻomohala i ke kaʻina hana wili hoʻolōʻihi [huki hohonu i ka preform, a laila milo] no ia mea, a kūkulu i ka laina huahana mai laila." Loaʻa iā mākou he mau nui he ʻumi hopper, hana mākou ma kahi o 50 a 100 i ka manawa. ʻO ke ʻano kēia, ʻaʻohe o mākou hoʻonohonoho pipiʻi e amortize a ʻaʻole pono nā mea kūʻai aku e uku no nā mea hana. Aia wale nō ia ma ka papa a hiki iā mākou ke hoʻouna iā ia i ka lā aʻe. A i ʻole hiki iā mākou ke hana i kekahi hana keu, e like me ke kau ʻana i kahi ferrule a i ʻole ke kola, a i ʻole ke aniani ʻike, ʻo ia mau mea āpau e pili ana i kekahi hoʻoponopono kōkua.
ʻO kekahi laina huahana ʻē aʻe, i kapa ʻia ʻo Cleaning Line, e komo pū ana me nā ʻano ipu ʻōpala kila kila. Loaʻa kēia manaʻo huahana mai nā wahi a pau, ʻo ka ʻoihana holoi kaʻa.
"Hana mākou i nā dome vacuum holoi kaʻa he nui," wahi a Eric, "a makemake mākou e wehe i kēlā dome a hana i kahi mea ʻē aʻe me ia. Loaʻa iā mākou kahi palapala hoʻolālā ma CleanLine a ua kūʻai aku mākou i 20 mau makahiki." Ua huki ʻia nā lalo o kēia mau moku, ua ʻōwili ʻia ke kino a ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia, ua huki ʻia ka dome luna, a ukali ʻia e ka crimping, kahi hana rotary e hana ana i kahi lihi ʻōwili ma ka workpiece, e like me nā iwi ʻaoʻao i hoʻoikaika ʻia.
Loaʻa nā huahana Hoppers a me Clean Line ma nā pae like ʻole o ka "maʻamau". Ma loko, wehewehe ka ʻoihana i kahi "huahana maʻamau" e like me ka mea hiki ke lawe ʻia mai ka papa a hoʻouna ʻia. Akā eia hou, loaʻa i ka ʻoihana nā "huahana maʻamau maʻamau," i hana ʻia mai ka waihona a laila hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kauoha. ʻO kēia kahi e hoʻokani ai nā mea hoʻonohonoho huahana e pili ana i ka polokalamu i kahi kuleana koʻikoʻi.
"Makemake nui mākou i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku e ʻike i ka huahana a ʻike i ke ʻano hoʻonohonoho, ke kau ʻana i nā flanges a me nā hoʻopau a lākou e noi nei," wahi a Maggie Shaffer, ka luna kūʻai aku e alakaʻi ana i ka papahana configurator. "Makemake mākou i nā mea kūʻai aku e hiki ke hoʻomaopopo i ka huahana me ka intuitively."
I ka manawa o kēia kākau ʻana, hōʻike ka mea hoʻonohonoho i ka hoʻonohonoho huahana me nā koho i koho ʻia a hāʻawi i kahi kumukūʻai 24-hola. (E like me nā mea hana he nui, hiki iā TMS ke hoʻopaʻa i kāna mau kumukūʻai no ka manawa lōʻihi ma mua, akā ʻaʻole hiki i kēia manawa, mahalo i nā kumukūʻai mea paʻakikī a me ka loaʻa.) Manaʻolana ka hui e hoʻohui i ka hiki ke hana uku i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
I kēia manawa, kāhea aku nā mea kūʻai aku i ka hale kūʻai e hoʻokō i kā lākou mau kauoha. Akā, ma kahi o ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā lā a i ʻole nā ​​pule paha e hana ana, hoʻonohonoho ana, a loaʻa nā ʻae no nā kiʻi (pinepine e kali lōʻihi ana i loko o kahi pahu leka piha), hiki i nā ʻenekinia TMS ke hana i nā kiʻi me kekahi mau kaomi wale nō, a laila e hoʻouna koke i ka ʻike i ka hale hana.
Mai ka manaʻo o ka mea kūʻai aku, ʻike ʻole ʻia paha nā hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā mīkini wili metala a i ʻole ka wili robotic a me ka polishing. Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka mea hoʻonohonoho huahana he hoʻomaikaʻi e hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke ʻike. Hoʻomaikaʻi ia i kā lākou ʻike kūʻai a mālama i nā lā TMS a i ʻole nā ​​​​hebedoma o ka manawa hana kauoha. ʻAʻole ia he hui maikaʻi ʻole.
Ua uhi ʻo Tim Heston, Luna Hoʻoponopono Kiʻekiʻe ma The FABRICATOR, i ka ʻoihana hana metala mai ka makahiki 1998, e hoʻomaka ana i kāna ʻoihana me ka Welding Magazine a ka American Welding Society. Mai ia manawa, ua uhi ʻo ia i nā kaʻina hana hana metala āpau mai ke kahakaha ʻana, ke kūlou ʻana a me ka ʻoki ʻana a hiki i ka wili ʻana a me ka poli ʻana. Ua hui pū ʻo ia me nā limahana o The FABRICATOR i ʻOkakopa 2007.
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