We've received a request from a customer in the Kanto region to process fiberglass. Because this is a small order and the processing is more complex than it appears, we've decided to handle it in-house. We've been conducting various tests since last week.
The material we're using this time is a pipe that is 1200mm long.
I'm doing a stepped cutting process on the tip, but with a regular cutting tool, it gets damaged so quickly that I can only make one before it's too late...
Furthermore, since we were processing pipes that were already finished as products, it was essential to eliminate the problem of scratches, and we conducted numerous tests to address this.
Yesterday, we finally made progress in selecting the cutting tools and completed the jigs, so everything is now in place.
It's difficult to arrive at the answer.
Most of our clients come to us after saying, "Other companies couldn't do it..."
Projects like this one, which involve challenging unfamiliar machining processes, take a lot of time and effort because the initial testing phase—including process verification, method testing, and jig creation—is a trial-and-error process, and finding the right solution is difficult. Once the solution is found, the rest proceeds smoothly, but this initial process inevitably takes time.
Become friends with both materials and machinery.
Essentially, it's about understanding the properties of the material, which is crucial for determining construction methods and processes.
Fiberglass was a completely new material for me, so I started by trying to understand its properties.
We are now ready to move to mass production, so we would like you to give us a final check on the test product before proceeding with processing.
