the locators were on both sides of the parting line and caused excessive part- to-part variation through machining. Now the part runs


smoothly through Aar- rowcast’s operations and machining processes, and both customer and suppliers are pleased with the results. “Aarrowcast is happy with the business, and we are happy with their part of the business,” McKee said. “And now the machine shop is happy because they get consistency from part to part.” T e lessons learned from the


The oil pan combined a steel stamped oil pan, frame casting and fabricated brackets.


collaboration on this project have not been lost on the metalcasting facility. T roughout development and into production, engineers from John Deere and Aarrowcast met face


to face and electronically to work through several iterations with a goal of achieving sound metalcasting practices to meet the application’s requirements. “We probably would not be in


production if that level of eff ort was not


put in up front,” Smith said. Olson can’t imagine not estab- lishing similar collaboration on future new projects. “Put it this way, if our customer doesn’t hold a design review with us, we’re holding it with them,” he said. 


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