Ohio Custom Dies Expands Business with FANUC Controlled Machines

Ohio Custom Dies predominantly uses FANUC-controlled machine tools to manufacture dies for aluminum extrusion. The company started experiencing demand for larger parts and some of their older equipment was not capable of machining these. This forced their customers to redo their prints or take their business elsewhere. Ohio Custom Dies bought a new ROMI D 1000, which not only comes with a standard table that goes up to 22 inches, but also includes the FANUC 0i-F Plus controls featuring iHMI, FANUC’s intelligent human machine interface. They immediately saw the memory for program storage was five times larger, important for storing their longer part programs. Also, they saw the processing speed was much faster than their legacy machine tools. Tyler, the part programmer and operator, as well as the grandson of the owner, really enjoys the touchscreen buttons featured in iHMI. However, some of the older machinists, who’ve worked in the shop for 20 years or more, turn that off and work with the more traditional machine tool screen display setting. With three generations of machinists working under one roof, this machine shop illustrates why FANUC and Romi have designed their products to meet the needs of different types of operators.