This second tier automotive supplier was using carbide support pads to stabilise the bar and counteract deflection.

The challenge was to overcome high scrap rates, wasted time and money

When Rigibore was asked to look at the problem and come up with a new solution, it designed and manufactured boring tools that could operate at higher speed and feed rates, reducing cycle time and through increased accuracy helped to minimise scrap.

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