In this video, machine tool supplier Kingsbury explains how it helped BEL Engineering with a new process for workholding and machining nuclear waste bins.
In 2016, BEL Engineering entered discussion on the potential machining of all parts for PFCS nuclear waste bins.
Since 2017, the company has been machining a combination of both PFCS and MSSS variants to a high degree of precision. However, as the year drew to a close, only a certain amount of improvement could be made using conventional fixturing.
In December that year, Kingsbury entered talks with BEL Engineering in the bid to find a solution. The two sought a new process in both workholding and machining for both variants of waste bins.
Kingsbury combined its new patented fixture solution with the Waldrich Coburg Taurus machine.
This innovative process has vastly reduced cycle time and costs, creating a long-term solution for BEL Engineering.