CNC & Machine Controls
Company Views A Paperless Future
In spite of high precision machinery employed in this plant, engineers were forced to carry program updates on floppy disks to each individual operator. This meant inefficiencies, duplicated effort and production lags, especially when they added 15 new machines to its plant floor in a 2-year period.
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California Specialty Parts Machinist Has No Room For Error
Much of the current equipment at this plant is German and Swiss machinery, including two Deckel mills (FP4 and FP3), a Bridgeport mill and Schaublin (10-inch) and HES (20-inch) lathes, among other various saws. In order to keep the parts as accurate as possible, the controls and DROs that are used need to be accurate and reliable.
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Improving Productivity With Calibration
Shop managers have understood the benefits of volumetric calibration and compensation of machine tools for a while, but the technique rarely has been used because it has been too expensive and too complicated.
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What The Control Can Do
Mold and die makers know better than other sorts of shops that a machine tool's performance is determined by the electronics as much as by the iron.
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From Manual To CNC Mills: A Three-Phase Transition
V & G Dynamic Machine & Tool, Inc. of Marble Falls, Texas, uses high-end VMCs and CNC mills and employs skilled machinists and CNC operators to support the development of new instrumentation and technology for the semiconductor industry.
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Machines For Today's Toolrooms
If there's room for improvement in any NC program, this shop addresses the problem once and for all by making the correction in the postprocessor.
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Production Without Paper
Giving operators electronic access to job information was the first step. Letting operators electronically refine that information came next.
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Tool Monitoring May Be An Essential Part Of Unattended Machining
To take advantage of unattended machining, shops will most likely be forced to utilize some type of tool monitoring system.
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In Latest Version Of
Look-ahead is a common CNC capability today. The term describes the control's ability to read ahead some number of blocks in the program, to anticipate sudden changes in speed or direction and react accordingly. Different CNCs look ahead different numbers of blocks. But are more blocks better?
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Laser Calibration Analyzes Accuracy Of The Entire Machine Tool
As customers require higher accuracy and compliance with quality initiatives, such as ISO 9000, TQM and predictive maintenance, machine tool accuracy checks have become more important for job shops.
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