Storing Machine Tools in an Engineering Workshop
Q. What is the best way to store Machine Tools in an Engineering Workshop?
A. The best way to store machine tools in an engineering workshop is to use a strong storage unit, with a customised layout to suit the exact tools and consumables needed, and as close to the machine where they are to be used as possible.
When storing tooling for a milling machine or a lathe, it is important to consider how you can store as much of it as possible as close to the machine as possible.
This is an important principle to consider, as it could be argued that "walking" is one of the biggest productivity-killers in the modern factory or workshop. Any efforts to cut back on walking pretty-much pay for themselves when offset against labour-time saved by eliminating walking.
BAC Systems focusses upon high-density storage. Our modular storage solutions allocate the right amount of space for all required tools and combine them into a single unit. A single cabinet with drawers could house jaws, collets, cutting tips and hand tools for changing these over. BAC can provide shallow drawers with narrow trays for drills, or much deeper drawers with containers dedicated to holding CNC taper tools.
The key is to customise the solution for your particular situation so that it fits in the space available, accounts for the way you wish to work, and holds everything you need to hold.
BAC truly provides you the best solution for your engineering workshop - fitting everything you need into a strong and long-lived cabinet or storage system that will last for decades and keep all of your tools and consumables handy so that you don't have to work back and forth to the tool store everytime you need to change tooling.
To learn more about specific BAC Drawer Storage Modules, view our range by clicking here.
To select a BAC Trolley for mobile tool storage in your workshop, view our range by clicking here.
For specific CNC Tool Storage Solutions, please click on this link here, and select from either fixed or mobile solutions.
