2021 R&D 100 Award for MSC MillMax

  • Smith, Scott (Recipient), Goettler, Jamie (Recipient), Barton, Dave (Recipient), Schmitz, Tony (Recipient), Honeycutt, Andrew (Recipient), Stickney, Scott (Recipient), Baruch, Steve (Recipient), Yang, Alan (Recipient) & Delio, Tom (Recipient)

Prize: Honorary award

Description

MSC MillMax uses measurements to eliminate wavy marks on metal that occurs in milling when a tool’s spindle is not stiff enough.

Milling cuts metal by using a rotating tool with metalworkers typically manually adjusting the machinery in an unscientific process that can take hours. The new computerized system measures tool characteristics, the tool holder and the machine tool, then produces a report on ideal depth and spindle speed in 15 minutes.

With the machine doing the precision work, reductions in time, cost and scrap metal are achieved and metalworkers are able to increase productivity.

Funding for this project was provided by the DOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development, DOE Office of Science (CRADA), the Department of Defense, MSC Industrial Supply Co. and Manufacturing Laboratories Inc.

ORNL’s Kevin Scott Smith, MSC Industrial Supply Co.’s Jamie Goettler and Manufacturing Laboratories’ Dave Barton led the development. ORNL’s Tony Schmitz and Andrew Honeycutt contributed to the development along with MSC Industrial Supply Co.’s Scott Stickney, Steve Baruch, Alan Yang and MSC’s Metalworking Specialist Team and Manufacturing Laboratories’ Tom Delio.

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