reducing YOUR grinding costs
The average cost of abrasives and
cutting tools in most businesses only accounts
for about 3% of manufacturing budgets. In the
pie chart below, we have broken down one
of our customer’s annual costs. As you will
notice, the impact of the price of the wheel
or increased wheel life yields insignificant
savings. The true savings can be found with a
wheel that increases stock removal rates and
productivity.
The production ability of the wheel is by far
more important than the cost of the wheel.
While the life of the wheel matters, because it
is an investment, having a wheel that removes
more material and produces more tools provides a much greater benefit. At Eagle
Superabrasives our aim is to build wheels
that can increase your production. Instead of
having a wheel that is five percent cheaper
or last twenty percent longer, having a wheel
made that grinds more saw blades per hour or
sharpens more cutters per hour will actually
produce more profit in the long run.
Cost Per Part
Decreasing Price
of abrasives
30% Discount
on Wheel
Reduces Cost per part
less than 1%
Increasing the Life
of abrasives
50% Increase
in wheel life
Reduces Cost per part
less than 1%
Increasing Overall
PRODUCTIVITY
of abrasive
18% decrease
in cycle time
per part
Reduces Total Cost
per part by
more than 14%
As the table above shows, the greatest way to
increase profits and productivity is to produce
a wheel that can grind faster and remove
more material. Eagle Superabrasives does
this by manufacturing custom wheels that are
designed with performance in mind. Whether
it be our CBN, CDX or Diamond wheels, we
have the wheels capable of increasing overall
productivity. Our proprietary wheel bonds
have been developed in house by our chemist
and engineers to allow higher feed rates and
maintain good surface finish, while remaining
competitively priced.
If you’re ready to increase cost and
productivity or just discuss how we can
build a more productive wheel for your
business, give us a call! Our friendly
and expert staff are knowledgeable and
eager to help!