BLHW 3404

ENGLISH FOR PROFFESIONAL

COMMUNICATION
SEMESTER 2 (2015/2016)
RECOMMENDATION REPORT
COURSE: 2-BETP 1/2
LECTURER: MRS NADIAH BINTI ZAINAL ABIDIN
NAME
IDA NURFARHANA BINTI MARZUKHE
FARAH WAHIDAH BINTI WAHID
FARAHIN BINTI MOHD HASSAN @ JUNAIDI
FAIZUN BINTI NASARUDIN
HAMIZAN

MATRIC NUMBER
B071410341
B071410348
B071410825
B071410617
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INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background
Domingo Company is one of the well-known manufacturing company in Malaysia.
This company not only a giant manufacturing company but also provide mechanical service
as well. Domingo produce various type of product, from automotive to computer parts, one of
them is a computer mouse. Recently the company has launch new design of the mouse which
is the design is more complex yet futuristic, suitable with customer needs.
The mouse has been sold to the market for about two months. The feedback from the
customer is quite impressing and the sale of the mouse is increasing. With the demand from
the customers, the production rate has been increase from day to day. The effect is, the
product that has been produce has a lot of defect in terms of dimensional accuracy and
precision. As the design of the mouse is quite complicated and curvy, the existing
conventional machine that usually use to machine the product is no longer effective in cutting
curvy part of the new design of the mouse. The existing conventional machine is human
operated and need focus while doing machining. Increasing of production rate will make the
operator tend to loss focus because of fatigue. Furthermore, human operated machine will
lead to more parallax and human error because the process from clamping to measuring is
done manually.
The company need to overcome the problem encounter since it could lead to big loss
to Domingo Company. One of the suggested way to overcome accuracy and precision
problem is to change the existing conventional machine to Computer Numerical Control
machine. From the study, there are two type of Computer Numerical Machine that can be
found in the market which is 3-axis CNC machine and 5-axis CNC machine. The distinction
between these two types of machine will be discuss in this writing.

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Objectives
1)
2)
3)
4)

To decide that company should buy the new machine or use the existing machine
To choose and promote type of machine which is 5-axis or 3-axis
To review the price of the new machine including all type of the management.
To review about the maintenance and cost of new machine compare to existing

machine
5) To decide when the new machine can operate and know the quantity and quality
product
2.0

CRITERIA
There are several criteria that have been considered to find out the best choice
between two types of Computer Numerical Control (CNC). The criteria are as mentioned
below:
2.1
2.2
2.3

Specifications
Cost
Maintenance

4.1 Specifications
There are two type of CNC machine that we recommended for the company to
purchase to replace with the conventional machine. The 3 axis CNC machine which is DMU

40 eVo and DMU 60 eVo for the 5 axis CNC machine. For the DMU 40 eVo, The DMU 40
eVo linear is the extension of the successful DMU eVo product line. Special feature is the
revolutionary design of the X- and Y axes, which are now arranged as Gantry. The short
distance of the guide ways guarantees an extremely high and constant rigidity over the whole
working area. The optimized Gantry offers a considerably improved accessibility also from
the side compared to the classic Gantry design. The accessibility to the working area is still
guaranteed, even if the machine is equipped with an automation. Due to the new concept the
space requirement is being reduced and the working area is being enlarged at the same time.
The well-proven swivel rotary table has been retained and strengthened and allows now a
loading weight of 250 kg. The table is also being offered as torque table for the mill- turntechnology. In the standard version the DMU 40 eVo has ball screws with 50 m/min rapid
traverse and is also available as dynamic version with linear drives in X and Y axis with a
rapid traverse of 80 m/min. The spindle speeds range from 14,000 to 24,000 rpm. The
optional 2-fold pallet changer convinces with a low space requirement, short changing times
and high workpiece weights.
The DMU 60 eVo linear succeeds the DMU 50 eVo linear and continues the
successful product line. The concept has been re-designed and improved on essential features.
Special feature is the revolutionary design of the X- and Y axis, which are now arranged as
Gantry. The short distance of the guide ways guarantees an extremely high and constant
rigidity over the whole working area. The optimized Gantry offers a considerably improved
accessibility also from the side compared to the classic Gantry design. The accessibility to the
working area is still guaranteed, even if the machine is equipped with an automation. Due to
the new concept the space requirement is being reduced and the working area is being
enlarged at the same time. The well-proven swivel rotary table has been retained and
strengthened and allows now a loading weight of 881.8 lbs. The table is also being offered as
torque table for the mill- turn- technology. In the standard version the DMU 60 eVo linear has
ball screws with 1,968.5 ipm. rapid traverse and is also available as dynamic version with
linear drives in the X and Y axes and rapid traverses of 3,149.6 ipm. The spindle speeds range
from 14,000 to 24,000 rpm.
CNC Machine Specification

Figure 1: 3-Axis CNC Machine, DMU 40 eVo and specification

Figure 2: 5-Axis CNC Machine, DMU 60 eVo and specification

4.2 Cost
The price for DMU eVo 40 is RM 999 980 for the 3 axis CNC machine which
include warranty for 5 years, the installation fee, safety wires, installation templates, setup
documentation, setup CD-ROM,SD memory card and 3D drive technology with DMG
ERGO Controlavailable with Heidenhain iTNC 530 or Siemens 840D solutionline. On
the other hand, the price of DMU eVo 60 is RM 1 184 500. The purchase will include the
installation fee, safety wires, installation templates, setup documentation, setup CD-ROM
and SD memory card. By referring to the company budget, which is about RM 5 000 000
we can purchase 5 units of CNC DMU eVo 40 compared to DMU eVo 60. We can
purchase only 4 units only. Table 2 shows the price and accessories for DMU eVo 40 and
DMU eVo 60.
TYPES
PRICE
ACCESSORIES

3 AXIS DMU eVo 40

RM 999980.00
Installation,

safety

wires,

Installation,

safety

wires,

installation

templates,

setup

installation

templates,

setup

documentation, setup CD-ROM,

SD

memory

card,

documentation,

setup

DMG ROM, SD memory card

ERGOline Controlavailable
with Heidenhain iTNC 530 or
Siemens 840D solutionline
Table 2 : Price List

4.3 Maintenance

5 AXIS DMU eVo 60

RM 1084500.00

CD-

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CONCLUSION

The conclusion is, there are some great differences between DMU 40 eVo and DMU
60 eVo. In term of performance valuation, clearly DMU 60 eVo is better than DMU
40 eVo because of its advanced axis rotation which is A-axis and B-axis rotary that
enable the machine to produce complex part. DMU 60 eVo production unit is also
greater than DMU 40 eVo because of its time consuming for a product finish is faster
by 70,000 unit compared to 50,000 unit per day. Meanwhile the comparison between
both machine sizes, DMU 60 eVo working area for X/Y/Z axis is 23.6/19.7/19.7
inches which is wider than DMU 40 eVo that working area for X/Y/Z axis is
15.7/15.7/14.8 inches. By that means, DMU 60 eVo required larger space in
production line and only suitable for large parts. However, as for the pricing term,
DMU 40 eVo total cost is in range of RM 200,000 - RM 300,000 which is cheaper
than DMU 60 eVo that cost nearly RM 500,000 - RM 600,000. Along with that to be
mention is maintenance cost for both machine also must be considered. DMU 60 eVo
have highly cost for its parts and jigs than DMU 40 eVo. In term of main drive
machine specification which is AC motor spindle, drive power, torque, and drive
performance viewed, DMU 40 eVo have quite similar function to DMU 60 eVo.
Besides that, the advantage of DMU 40 eVo is it provides specialize jig for the small
part production.

6.0

RECOMMENDATION

Based on the conclusion that have been made, it is recommended that the DMU 40
eVo is more suitable for replacing the companys current machine compared to DMU
60 eVo. The 3 axis CNC machine fulfil the requirement in order to improve and solve
the accuracy and precision problem within the budget provided. This investment in
CNC machine has the longest benefit in term of time and the quality for company
even though the process to solve the problem takes sometimes.