How Often Do I Need To Rebuild My Driven Tools?

The life cycle of a driven tool is dependent on the application and use of a specific tool. In addition to this, the design of a tool plays an important role in a tool’s life.

Tools that are cutting exotic metals or working in environments with small chip particles with longer cycle times will need to be rebuilt sooner than tools cutting aluminum components with shorter cycle times.

Unfortunately there is no magic number on the required interval for rebuilding any manufacturer’s driven tool because of the variations in working environments. Due to the nature of the design of a Parlec driven tools, sold at D&L Industrial, we are able to offer a one-year warranty on all of our tools. Parlec also offers maintenance packages for any tool, where by we will evaluate your tools on an annual or semi-annual basis for a fixed rate, and should the tool show signs of wear, we would then quote you on the replacement parts.

Can I Rebuild My Driven Tool?

Many customers look at a driven tool and say I can replace a bearing or seal. What they do not realize is that there is a lot more to repairing a tool than just swapping out a bearing.

The following considerations must be observed when repairing a tool:

Root cause of the failure identified and eliminated.
Selection of replacements parts compatible with current components.
Correct assembly of the unit to ensure proper pre-loads, alignments and installation of replacement parts.
Break-in of the tool to prevent premature failure of the unit.
Final QC evaluation to ensure that the tool meets specifications of an equivalent new tool.

Failure to properly rebuild a tool will significantly decrease the performance and life span of a repaired unit.

Parlec offers a comprehensive repair department with facilities to handle any type of repair.

Which CNC machines does D&L Industrial support for driven tooling?

Parlec focuses on providing Driven tools for multi-tasking CNC lathes. In an effort to promote these products they also offer static tools that are used on these machines as well. They are currently adding a complete range of static tools, as pictured below, to their catalog to compliment the Driven products. If you do not see the static tools you are looking for please give us a call, as they could be available shortly. Some of the most common machines we supply driven tooling for are: