CNC milling machine gets time-lapsed

cnc,cnc machines,cnc milling machines, cnc lathe,used cnc machines August 26th, 2010 by cnc machines cnc manufacturers Industries,cnc machine tools,cnc programming,cnc controller admin

A CNC machine is an automated milling tool that can cut 3D shapes out of a block of material. That might sound boring, but they are actually incredibly cool machines that are useful for making all sorts of products, including the MacBook Pro’s aluminum unibody.

Above you can see a face being CNC’d out of a hunk of aluminum. It’s a cool process and the perfect use of time-lapse video because the CNC machining process is not quick.

The end result is an interesting looking (but not particular useful) aluminum face. Not something you can do much with, but a useful exercise for the CNC machine and 3D design tools.

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CNC milling machine from Ward CNC at MACH 2010

cnc,cnc machines,cnc milling machines, cnc lathe,used cnc machines April 26th, 2010 by cnc machines cnc manufacturers Industries,cnc machine tools,cnc programming,cnc controller admin

The Soraluce CNC milling machine range, available from Ward CNC, is represented at MACH, stand 5350, by the TA-35A travelling table CNC milling centre featuring 20-station automatic toolchanger and Heidenhain iTNC-530 CNC.

CNC milling machineThis high-end CNC milling machine which will be displayed under power, and ‘”cutting dry”, is equipped with a fully programmable 2.5° by 2.5° automatic universal milling head, offering high accuracy via its 18.5/22 kW motor, with through-spindle coolant facility and auto tool clamping.

The CNC milling machine has a table size of 3,700 mm by 1,000 mm, can accommodate workpieces of 7,000 kgs, and travels of 3,500 mm by 1,250 mm by 1,000 mm, with rapid traverse rates of 25 m/min. Cutting feed rate on all axes is 10,000 mm/min.

Soraluce was the first European CNC milling machine manufacturer to obtain ISO 9001 quality certification in 1994, then in 2002, it was the first to obtain ISO14.001 and it was the first to be awarded the Silver-Q for quality management in 2003. In 2007, Soraluce was also awarded OHSAS 18.001 certification.

Ward CNC’s MACH stand will also feature Hyundai-Kia turning centres/machines, Hartford vertical machining centres and Hankook turning machines.

Ward CNC’s range of large-capacity Union machines will be represented by graphics displays and video footage

Details of Ward CNC Finance and the Ward CNC Retrofit Division, will also be available.

[Products covered: CNC milling machines, CNC milling centres, turning centres, machining centres]

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Tormach Ships PCNC 770 Milling Machine

cnc,cnc machines,cnc milling machines, cnc lathe,used cnc machines January 23rd, 2010 by cnc machines cnc manufacturers Industries,cnc machine tools,cnc programming,cnc controller admin

WAUNAKEE, WI, Jan 21, 2010 - Tormach, LLC announced today that it has released the new PCNC 770 personal CNC milling machine for sale on the company website, www.tormach.com.  The PCNC 770 has a space-saving footprint and a basic 115VAC household electrical service requirement.  The optional patent pending moving kit allows the machine to be transported as component pieces, making this the first serious machine tool designed specifically for a basement shop.

Over 2 years in development, the design of the PCNC 770 combines reliable cast-iron construction, P4 grade ballscrews, and sensorless vector drive spindle technology to create a simple and robust platform with ample options for user-installed upgrades, just like the best-selling PCNC 1100 Series II.  The mill weighs 662 pounds and is equipped with a 10,000 RPM spindle — well suited for prototyping, hobby, small business, R&D, or educational use.

“Since we first released the PCNC 1100, we’ve heard from many people that space is a real constraint,” said Greg Jackson, president of Tormach.  “We wanted to build a CNC machine that can fit smaller spaces without compromising the performance or quality that our customers have come to expect when they purchase a Tormach PCNC.”  Like PCNC 1100 Series II, the PCNC 770 has enough power to cut the toughest materials – steel, stainless, even titanium.

The PCNC 770 offers 130 IPM feedrates in both X and Y axes.  It features a 1 hp spindle that is compatible with both R8 and TTS tools. TTS, the revolutionary dual contact Tormach Tooling System, has become an industry standard for small machines offering quick-change with repeatable tool offsets.

The work envelope is 13” x 7.5” x 13.25” (X, Y, Z).  The PCNC 770 is compatible with the majority of the existing accessories in the PCNC line and is pre-wired for 4th Axis and digitizing probe.  An optional steel stand and coolant kit are available.

The PCNC 770 has a base price of $6200 and is available immediately for worldwide shipping.  Visit www.tormach.com to order.

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Why Glassman Develop The CNC Vertical Drilling And Milling Machine

cnc,cnc machines,cnc milling machines, cnc lathe,used cnc machines August 31st, 2009 by cnc machines cnc manufacturers Industries,cnc machine tools,cnc programming,cnc controller admin
With the developing of time and technology, there are more and more equipments been used in the glass processing industry, to gain survival and development a manufacture should behave more fast and the quality should be high.
What can a nice machine do for us?
1.To simplify the complex task
A nice machine can not only cope with more complex work but also achieve perfect processing results that normal machine can’t realize
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For example (Pic. 1): A notch for glass door to fix in the hardware requires very high accuracy, and the following processing of each sides is very important, because the effect gives s directly impact to the following-up tempering and the breakage rate at the time of being installed.
To mill such a notch in a factory with laggard equipment would be completed by 2 or 3 machines with poor quality, high breakage rate and low efficiency. While with Glassman CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine you can finish the whole work in one machine.
2.Achieving high accuracy and efficiency
High precision can help you gain high level customers, makes your factory working in line with international standards, playing a more important role in cost and labor saving, and winning in fierce competition.
Glassman can pass through strict test. Drill four holes in the four corner on two pieces of glass with same dimension then put the two pieces together, the result is that the holes in the same position completely.
The advantages of Glassman CNC Drilling and Milling Machine
At present most of factories who process flat glass cope with the work like drilling, milling and arising, and most of them were completed by the combination of drilling machines, water jets and horizontal working center, however there are many defects whether use water jet or drilling machine, such as low speed, poor accuracy or high breakage rate. In view of these problems and combined today’s latest trend of equipment for glass processing and industry leaders’ experience, Glassman spent 7 years, developed and introduced a perfect solution, that is CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine. The sixth generation GM-BZX-VI can complete drilling, milling, arising in one step, greatly enhanced the efficiency and quality of work. Comparing with drilling machine and water jet, the GM-BZX-VI has the following advantages.
Compared with drilling machine
1.High speed: the routing speed of electric spindle in CM-BZX-VI can achieve 12000 rpm, and only takes 15 seconds to drill a hole on the glass with 8mm thickness, while ordinary drilling machine costs more than 30 seconds.
2.High precision: CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine applied French NUM, the most advanced control system in the industry control(Bavelloni also use NUM), so the precision reach ±0.1mm, can meet higher processing requirement. However ordinary drilling machine is controlled by PLC, hardly to be accurate, and therefore causes a large number of substandard production, wasting the raw material and increasing unnecessary cost.
3.Humanization of structure design: the main working area of GM-BZX-VI is closed structural so that the cooling water would not splash everywhere during processing, ensure the recycle of the coolant water, not only saving water but keeping the plant clean and the safety of workers, match the European CE standard.
4.The CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine can accomplish drilling, milling and arising in one time, rather than a ordinary drilling machine can only drill, then the glass must be transferred to other machine to finish the other works, so GM-BZX-VI significantly short the processing time, increase the efficiency, reduce damage caused by handling.
5.CM-BZX-VI essential equipment machine for a leader glass processor’s product line, since usually an automatic product line for flat glass is made up of cutting table, edging machine, washing machine, CNC vertical drilling and milling machine, tempered furnace, making a integrated product line, and this high degree of automation can not be obtained by ordinary drilling machine,
Comparing with water jet
1.Working speed: water jet cutting the glass by the carborundum which jetted by high pressure water, thus seriously affect the processing speed of the machine. While by CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine, the speed of electric spindle can hit 12000rpm, driven the diamond tool routing fast, as a result the processing speed is two or three times as the water jet.
2.Al though water jet can do milling which is better than drilling machine, but it still can arise, therefore there is another procedure before tempering, not conductive to improve efficiency.
3.Because of water jet use the high pressure water to spout the carborundum during processing, so there would be lots of residual carborundum on the surface of glass, these residual carborundum make lots of nicks on the glass when glass being washed, seriously affected the quality of glass. At the mean time, then Low-E film was damaged, so the water jet can’t process Low-E glass.
4.Restricted by the processing characteristic water jet can not cope with large glass, but large glass is very popular wherever in the field of decorative glass or architecture glass, so the CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine is more practical than water jet.
5.Most of water jet are horizontal makes it hardly to form a product line with other machines.
6.Compared with horizontal working center, vertical machine has more advantages, further more, in CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine, the force on the glass is in a reasonable direction while processing, so the glass would be broken easily, more suitable for drilling and milling.
7. Humanization of structure design: the main working area of GM-BZX-VI is closed structural, keeping the plant clean and the safety of workers, match the European CE standard. When the water jet working the speed of the jetting water may hit 100-600m/s, and the water pressure may hit 196-294mpa when cutting the glass with a lot of noisy. This high pressure water may cut off human bone easily in case of be without of protective device, and if the water flied to human eyes, the eyes might be hurt.
Comparing with horizontal working center
1.Limited by the structure, horizontal working center drills holes with single drilling bit, therefore the effect would not be ideal, so there is rarely manufacturers use horizontal working center to drill holes.
2.Took less room, save the plant space. The vertical machine took more aerial space, so it will never take so much floor space like horizontal working center.
3.Recycling the water better. The processing area of the CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine is closed structure, the coolant water generated during processing won’t spattered to everywhere and flow to the water case to be reused, realizing the purpose of recycling the water and coolant fluid, both saving the cost and keeping the plant clean.
4.Limited by the special structure like all the horizontal lathes, horizontal working center is not convenient to connect with other machines, unlike the vertical machine can connect in series with other machines to be a production line so that to save labor and time. That is a defect which horizontal CNC working center can not overcome.
5.Went without saying, CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine is very convenient to loan and unload glass, not like the horizontal working center wasting too much time on handling the glass.
Though the above comparison it is not difficult to found that among many similar equipments the CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine has outstanding feathers and advantages, therefore it is very popular by today’s flat glass processing industry, highly respected since it came out. It is also due to the complex of the technology only few companies including Glassman and several European companies. But it is well known that European equipments are very expensive, most factories can not afford that even if they are aware of advantages of the machine. Glassman now allow the realization of dreams of many factories of obtaining a CNC Vertical Drilling and Milling Machine. After 7 years development Glassman brought out GM-BZX-VI, the sixth generation production with mature and powerful function, stable capacity, the price is only one third of similar product from Europe while no less quality, even higher than some European equipments, that because that Glassman’s quality monitoring is start from the material stage.
Adhere to select high quality steel made by large company to make the main body of the machine, heat treat then painting so the structure is strong and looks beautiful. Unique beehive internal structure meet European CE standard, never distorted even alternated hot and cold.
The high precession is comes from the machine’s advanced components:
World top control system-French NUM.
YASKAWA servo-motor made in Japan
Simens and Schneider electric parts Taiwan ABBA ball screw and slide way
Software Super CAD/CAM developed by Glassman independently.
Glassman paid attention to details, all body parts come into contact with water are stainless steel, so as the standard parts are stainless steel, all pipe fittings come from Sino-foreign joint ventures.
Keep moving forward
Providing the market with the latest and optimal solutions constantly is the Business purpose of Glassman, in future Glass will remain committed to study the status of China market, keep innovating, and provide high quality and not expensive CNC machines for China flat glass processing industry, do more contribution to the development of national industries.
More information, please contact with:
Glassman Glass Machinery Technology Co., Ltd.
JINMA INDUSTRY ZONE GAOLIYING, SHUNYI DISTRICT, BEIJING 101302, P. R. CHINA
Tel: + 86-10-51679581
+ 86-10-51679178
Fax: +86 10 51679176
Email: glassman606@glassman.com.cn
glassman@glassman.com.cn
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4 axis CNC milling puts Acro in pole position for prototype development

cnc,cnc machines,cnc milling machines, cnc lathe,used cnc machines May 29th, 2009 by cnc machines cnc manufacturers Industries,cnc machine tools,cnc programming,cnc controller admin

Precision engineering company Acro have announced the launch of a new service to provide 3D machining for fast prototype development.

3D Machining

Using SolidCAM CADCAM technology driving a Mazak Vertical Machining Centre, Acro is able to work directly from computer generated files enabling them to machine components quickly and accurately, with zero defects.
Working in a broad range of materials, Acro is able to machine large and small format components, castings and turned parts. They are also able to produce complete assemblies and provide specialist finishes and treatments.
“We’ve been in business for over 30 year’s, so our knowledge of material behaviour combined with this technology makes us a safe pair of hands when it comes to machining important components,” said Fred Pain General Manager. “Over the year’s we’ve worked in a lot of fields, such as the oil industry, automotive, medical, rail transport and the hi-tech sector. We can undertake high volume production as well as prototypes and low volume orders.”
Recent projects for their 4 Axis machining centre have included the machining of complex helix designs for the oil industry, a number of complex high-accuracy components for military communications systems, specialist components for performance sports cars and enclosure designs for airport security devices.
“The SolidCAM software and the Mazak machining centre have exceeded all our expectations,” said Fred. “It was a big investment, but the results that we are getting can be quite stunning. Several of our projects could not have been undertaken without this level of technology. They would have been impossible to machine on conventional CNC machines.”
In addition to Acro advanced CNC milling capability, Acro runs a number of production machines that include sliding head and multi-spindle technologies. Acro is able undertake ‘light out’ machining and is also equipped to machine specialist exotic materials such as titanium, inconel, monel and stainless 316.
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CNC package for knee mills

cnc,cnc machines,cnc milling machines, cnc lathe,used cnc machines January 17th, 2009 by cnc machines cnc manufacturers Industries,cnc machine tools,cnc programming,cnc controller admin

The ProtoTrak EMX is useful for first-time CNC users or for basic knee-mill work, according to manufacturer Southwestern Industries. The conversational CNC is available as a complete retrofit package, or it can be integrated into a Trak knee mill.

Features include programming canned cycles, part graphics, math help and DRO routines. Users can program at a computer with the EMX off-line software or directly at the control. The unit comes with digital servo amplifiers and motors, precision ballscrews and a USB thumb drive for program storage and transfer.

For more information from Southwestern Industries, Inc., call 310-608-4422 or search MMSOnline.

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