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Agent Profile: Jones Marketing

3/31/2016

We are excited to welcome Jones Marketing Inc. to our Microconic team!

The Jones Marketing team represents leading industrial cutting tool and machine tool accessories manufacturers throughout the Southeast United States.

They're dedicated to exceeding the requirements and expectations of the industrial tool brands they represent, their distribution partners, and the customers they serve. They strive to present their customers with the latest technologies available to maximize productivity.

Josh, Kenneth, David & Jonathan from Jones Marketing

Kenneth Jones
Tel: 205-936-6118
e-mail: kenneth.jones@jonesmarketinginc.com
Territory: Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi

Josh Faulkenberry
Tel: 919-606-1545
e-mail: josh.faulkenberry@jonesmarketinginc.com
Territory: South Carolina, North Carolina

Johnathan Smith
Tel: 615-207-0224
e-mail:johnathan.smith@jonesmarketinginc.com
Territory: Tennessee, North Mississippi, North Alabama

David Richardson
Tel: 434-229-8208
e-mail: david.richardson@jonesmarketinginc.com
Territory: Virginia, E. North Carolina Phone

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Shop improves Dental Surgical Tool Production with Microconic Over-Grip Collets

3/23/2016

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A Swiss CNC machine shop presented us with several problems related to long cycle times and poor tool life with a high-volume group of Dental Surgical Drills, Taps, and Counterbore Drills with standard ISO shank configuration.

These surgical components are made from 465 SS, 17-4PH, and Titanium. The shop makes them complete with cutting edges on a Swiss-type CNC turning center.

Due to the complexity of the cutting edge configurations, they are machined entirely on the main spindle, with the cutting edges out first. In all cases the cutting edges are larger in diameter than the shank.

Before Microconic: The Workholding Problems

Before implementing the Microconic solution there were a number of problems:

The cutting edges would be damaged by contact with the pick-off collet.
All operations had to be performed in the main spindle because the part could not be held rigidly enough in the sub-spindle. This made for a very long cycle time.
The milled flat and groove operations on the shank end had to be finished in the main spindle because of the lack of rigidity & lack of concentricity in the sub spindle
The cut off tool took a beating due to the interrupted cut at the milled flat. The cut off tool had to be sharpened or replaced every 60 pieces.
Due to high tool maintenance and frequent adjustments, these jobs required a skilled setup person to run this product with little time to spend elsewhere.

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Agent Profile: Jones Marketing

Shop improves Dental Surgical Tool Production with Microconic Over-Grip Collets

Before Microconic: The Workholding Problems

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