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News Release from: GSPK Design | Subject: Design services
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 February 2006
Manufacturing contract turns to redesign
A leading CNC machine control systems provider enlisted Knaresborough based GSPK Design to assist in the manufacture of its CNC machines.
A leading CNC machine control systems provider enlisted Knaresborough based GSPK Design to assist in the manufacture of its CNC machines After manufacturing the unit, it became apparent that improvements could be made on the system design to improve yields for manufacture
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Apr 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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GSPK Design advised the company of its findings and embarked on a redesign to help not only save the company money, but also help combat potential malfunctions.
The existing system design used 386 analogue drivers, a power board, display board and a CPU board.
These components simply did not comply with the exacting capabilities and standards required by the end user - and as a result, a company collaboration with GSPK Design was established to meet the following brief: faster and smoother operation; increased running flexibility; improved PC compatibility; full RF remote control; and reduced manufacturing costs.
The GSPK Design team, using these guidelines, endeavoured to redesign, improve on and exceed every aspect of the brief.
The system is now fully manufactured by GSPK Design and sales have steadily increased.
GSPK Design's value engineering solution has had significant impact on manufacturing effectiveness, including: manufacturing times reduced by 50%; CPU first time pass rate is now greater than 99.8%, having previously been 80%; and the returns rate was over 25%, this has now dropped to less than 1%.
The results speak for themselves.
Positive changes made including combining a six-layer multilayer board, FPGA digital chip and IMS power board (insulated metal back substrate).
In conjunction with the new base unit GSPK developed a remote control handheld unit which now allows the operator to effectively and efficiently set up the CNC machine.
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