The 1st quarter of 2023 has been busier than ever for Mach-B. Supply chain and product availability issues continue to plague the industry leaving many companies in the lurch. Mach-B to the rescue!
We are a valuable resource for customers who have grinding wheels on hand that require resizing, for those who purchase wheels available on the market that, subsequently, need to be reshaped to standard or custom specifications and for customers who want their wheels speed tested.
Instead of waiting for months, and in some cases indefinitely, for a grinding wheel, Mach-B can get our clients up and running in days or, at most, a few weeks depending on the number of wheels to be worked on and the complexity of the job. Mach-B provides services to a wide sector in the manufacturing industry – from international manufacturers and equipment distributors to machine shop operators. We are proud of our customer-centric ethos and would like to share with you some of the many projects that have come through our doors. Here’s the first in a series of “stories from the shop floor.”
Mach-B received a call from a company that needed to fill a customer order for 40 grinding wheels. They had the 20” OD wheels required in stock. However, wheel thicknesses ranged from 1” to 2 1/8” with inner diameters measuring from 5” to 12”. All 40 grinding wheels needed to be uniform in size with the arbor hole measuring 12” and a wheel thickness of ½”.
Here is the original grinding wheel with a 20″ diameter, a thickness of 2″ and an inside diameter of 5″.
This job requires a two-step process. First the wheel is reduced to a thickness of ½”. Then it is measured to an exacting standard to insure it is the proper thickness before it is placed on the CNC machine which has been programmed to remove material from the inner diameter to increase it to 12”.
The finished grinding wheels are readied for speed testing to ISO standards before they are boxed and shipped to the end user.
