Chevalier’s FSG-ADIV Series of surface grinders have several design features to shorten processing and non-processing preparation, including iSurface control, a variable speed spindle, constant surface speed, load detection and in-machine manual dynamic balancing.
FSG-ADIV Series grinders also feature tools to secure Big Data with Chevalier’s exclusive iMachine Communications System TM (iMCS). This software package, combined with data analysis, enhances machine efficiency in the factory while enabling remote monitoring and diagnostics to track machine performance and identify potential problems before they begin. FSG-ADIV Series is ideal for job shops, as well as the aerospace and construction industries.
In-machine dynamic balancing
By manually adjusting the in-machine dynamic balancing function, operators can reduce grinding wheel vibration and eliminate the surface workpiece ripple to improve grinding quality.
Constant service speed
Variable speed spindle
The built-in driver controls spindle speed. Combined with the automatic dressing function, the driver provides constant surface speed regardless of the grinding wheel’s changing diameter.
Load force detection
An operator can measure the spindle load during the machining cycle and then utilize this data to determine whether the wheel requires dressing. If an abnormal load is detected, the spindle automatically moves up to stop the cycle.
Enhanced control system
Unlike PLC control boards, the PC-based control’s powerful computing power enhances the HMI for more precise control. Combined with data analysis from network connectivity, it permits managers to improve production for higher output.
Wheelhead and column system
The FSG-ADIV Series wheelhead and column system is composed of hardened and ground steel guideways with inserted roller bearings. This system is preloaded which imparts zero clearance for precise straight movement, accurate feeds and precise linear movement without deviation, even during rapid traverse movement.
Completely supported guideways
The series includes extended base guideways for crossfeed and longitudinal travel to enhance rigidity and stability, upgrade accuracy and longevity and eliminate table overhang to completely support permissible loads.
The guideway rails are composed of (S55C) steel, normalized and hardened by high frequency induction. The heat treated roller bearings are preloaded between the linear guideways, ensuring accurate positioning.
AC servo motor
The AC motor provides high torque, speed and accurate positioning with minimum increments of 0.001 mm (0.00001″). A manual pulse generator (MPG) is included for ease of operation.
The cross-feed speed is controlled by the AC servo motor for better surface finish, precise movement and wheel dressing from the table.
For further information, please contact PUMA MACHINE TOOLS – Tel: (011) 976 8600.
We believe quality work begins with quality tools, designed and built from the ground up to deliver outstanding performance, time after time. Every feature, function and configuration we offer has been developed to address the needs of our customers. We understand productivity is the heart of your business, and we can help you optimize it in multiple ways. The Amada Group is one of the leading international machine tool manufacturers.
No two manufacturing needs are exactly alike. Finding the right solution means thoroughly understanding your objectives and configuring a solution to match them precisely. Our engineers bring decades of industry experience to help you achieve your specified goals with a process that fits and enhances your workflow.
Amada is committed to helping its customers to deliver dependable service and top- quality work with exceptional sawing solutions. Whatever the sawing needs, we have the right solution for your specific application.
Throughout the steel processing world, the Amada name is known for its quality and dependability. Our line-ups of industry -leading saws brings a host of innovations designed to improve your productivity from operator friendly controls and intuitive CNC software to our patented pulse-cutting technology that offers dramatically improved cutting times while extending blade life.
Utilising years of research, Amada can supply band sawing machinery and blades to meet any requirements from the HK series for mitre cutting to the H series large diameters (semi-automatic), HA/HFA (fully automatic) or the VM (vertical series). The latest bandsaw technology is available from the Amada PC saws for pulse cutting, CM Dyna Guide high speed circular saws and the VT Series for vertical mitre cutting.
Some features of Amada bandsawing machines include out of square cutting detection, motion detectors to monitor the blade for jamming or breakage, while cutting, quick approach arms, no work limit switches and work lights to assist in quick set up of work pieces, hydraulic blade tensioning, variable blade speed control, vice pressure control units, positively driven wire brushes, 9 times feed for cutting long lengths and cut off counters to ensure the correct number of cuts. Through using these features, semi-skilled operators can operate these machines at high through- put rates. Certain models can also be left to run unmanned on larger batch runs, thus allowing your staff to do other important jobs at the same time. Take up conveyors and tri-pod stands are supplied in order to make material handling simple during the loading and cutting process.
HA 250 AND HFA 400W BANDSAWS
HA 250HFA 400W
Various size models are available throughout the range with the entry level being a 250mm capacity. These 250’s, being the most popular, are favourably priced, and along with the professional back-up service from Amada and all larger steel suppliers utilising Amada bandsaws daily, testimony is given to their accuracy, reliability and longevity. With cutting accuracies obtained right down to 0,2mm, the need for secondary machining processes is greatly reduced and in some cases eliminated, resulting in reduced processing time and thus larger profit.
CM DYNA GUIDE HIGH SPEED CIRCULAR SAW
Dyna Guide is a completely new technology that is not available in conventional machines. It places a movable middle guide close to the cutting start point in order to suppress vibrations and swinging when the saw blade engages the material. Dyna Guide technology enables excellent cutting surface finish and high precision cutting by utilizing the combination of a servo motor and a high rigid saw head.
CMII 75-100DG
HPSAW310 – “HYPERSAW” CNC HIGH-PERFORMANCE BAND SAW
Extremely powerful bandsaw for section lengths up to 600mm
Pursue the fastest cutting performance by machine and blade and realize the amazing cutting speed with Amada’s new technology. The HPSAW310 high performance saw is the latest in speed innovation, making it the fastest bandsaw in the world, cutting at 1.5 times faster than a high speed circular saw.
The Axcela HP 1 blade design should be used in combination with the HPSAW310 for excellent anti- chipping, wear and stable cutting, plus highly accurate high speed cutting.
HPSAW310
MITRE SAWS
Flexible mitre saws in space-saving design
VT- Series
Vertical tilt cutting method (60˚left- 0˚- 60˚ right) improves work process and reduces operator’s burden.
VT-series simplifies cutting of complicated products.
VT-4555M bandsaw is a manual feeding machine, easy to set up for bundle cutting, single cutting and angle cutting in both directions (-60˚ :0˚ & 60˚)
VT-3850A fully automatic bandsaw, featuring programmable tilt left or right, including feeding.
VT 3850A
BANDSAW BLADES
Amada SGLB – High Production M-42 Bi-Metal Blade for Metal Cutting Band Saw
Amada AXCELA G Series – High-performance Carbide Tipped Blade for Metal Cutting Band Saw
A full range of bandsaw (Bi-Metal) blades are produced by Amada to compliment machine technology. A bandsaw demonstrates the ability and limitations of a blade, meaning that a machine is only as good as the blade being used. Amada blades have earned the reputation of extreme reliability and longevity. Manufactured in Japan to the most stringent quality standards and utilising the latest in Electron Beam Welding methods, Amada blades have become the benchmark of the industry. These strict manufacturing measures ensure that premature blade breakage is almost unheard of. The comprehensive variety of blades offered is designed to cater for all types of cutting conditions on all different types of steels and profiles.
CIRCULAR SAW BLADES
For each application AMADA offers the appropriate tool. Like the machines, the saw blades are permanently improved and advanced. By using AMADA tools on AMADA machines, a perfect cutting result is always achieved.
In summary, benefits of these blades include longest possible blade life, higher cutting rate, minimal or no warpage during cutting operation and minimal burr, due to consistent chip-load. Add to this accurate cuts with high quality surface finish and lowest cost per cut in all types of material.
Through the dedicated backup of Amada, the robustness of their machinery, the longevity of their blades and the reputation built over many years, peace of mind is the most important part of owning an Amada.
For more information, please contact Amada – Tel: 011 453-5459
The Walter exchangeable-tip drill Drion·tec® D-Spade D5142
With the new Drion·tec® D-Spade D5142 exchangeable-tip drill, Walter AG is launching the world’s first drill of its kind with a double-sided indexable insert. The special feature, the flank face of the first cutting edge serves as a support surface for the second, which doubles the service life of the exchangeable tip and significantly reduces the costs per metre of drilling. Designed for maximum cost efficiency, the holemaking drill is designed for Ø 12 to 32 mm and lengths from 3 to 8 × D(c). Four lands and the self-centring point geometry ensure high precision and surface quality of the hole with exact centring, straightness and diameter tolerance.
Ground and polished chip clearance spaces optimise chip evacuation and increase process reliability. Six coolant outlets ensure precision cooling on the cross-cutting edge, main cutting edge and circumference on both teeth. The combination of fine-grain substrate and the gold-coloured HiPIMS coating of the DS42 indexable insert enables very good wear resistance and easy wear detection. The symmetrical design of the double-use exchangeable tips not only doubles tool life, but also reduces the amount of carbide used per cutting edge by 45% compared to conventional drills on the market. Walter is therefore positioning the Drion·tec® D-Spade D5142 as the new standard for both cost-conscious and sustainable holemaking, particularly suitable for mass producers with steel and cast-iron materials, for example in the automotive industry, the energy sector or the rail vehicle industry.
The symmetrical Drion·tec® D-Spade design with 2 cutting edges per exchangeable tip is completely new on the market. The flank face of the first cutting edge forms the contact surface for the second cutting edge. Two radial screws clamp the exchangeable tip securely in place.
For more information, please contact Spectra Carbide Tooling Technology – Tel: 021 555 4144.
When the public discussion about the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, intensified a few years ago, the UNITED GRINDING Group made the decision to invest more in the digital future together as a group — not only in the future of the group but above all the future of its customers. And thus the development of C.O.R.E. began. The aim and central focus of this development were to ensure increasing connectivity, i.e. the exchange of data between people, machines and the production environment plus to create the basis for the operation of modern IoT applications. In addition, an intuitive operation was to be enabled to make the work easier for machine setters, machine operators and maintenance staff. C.O.R.E. has turned this vision into reality in a revolutionary way.
Intuitive Operation
It is reminiscent of a gigantic smartphone: The 24-inch full HD multitouch display identifies the next-generation machine tools equipped with the new C.O.R.E. technology. Navigation works like on a smartphone, using “touch” and “swipe.” Customers can also configure the user interface according to their individual requirements and arrange the most important functions and operating displays according to personal preferences similar to the app overview on a smartphone home screen.
Thanks to the new access system, which works via a personalized RFID chip, the individual user profile is automatically loaded. This not only makes it easier to log in and out of the machine, but is also significantly more secure. Another advantage is that a roles profile is stored for each user, so users only see information relevant to them, which reduces complexity and helps prevent errors.
When it comes to reducing complexity, it is also noticeable that the new C.O.R.E. panel has virtually no keys. There is a prominent rotary switch for feed rate override, allowing the axes to be regulated with a simple turn.
The uniform use of the C.O.R.E. Panel across all brands also simplifies machine operation and makes training easier, meaning that anyone who knows how to operate one UNITED GRINDING machine can operate all of them.
C.O.R.E. is “More than Just an Innovative Control Panel”
The eye-catching new control panel is, of course, only the visible aspect for machines equipped with the new C.O.R.E. technology. “There were also major innovative developments behind the machine enclosure,” stresses Christoph Plüss, CTO of the UNITED GRINDING Group. C.O.R.E. OS. A full operating system is installed on a high-performance industrial PC, the C.O.R.E. IPC which serves as an IoT gateway and is home to all software applications. C.O.R.E. OS is also compatible with all CNC controls used at UNITED GRINDING.
Furthermore, the new technology opens up a wealth of opportunities for connectivity. Not only can all machines with C.O.R.E. technology from the UNITED GRINDING Group be networked, but also third-party systems via implemented interfaces such as umati. This opens up direct access to UNITED GRINDING Digital Solutions’ offerings on the machine from remote service to the service monitor and production monitor. For example, support from the Group’s Customer Care Team can be requested directly at the C.O.R.E. panel. A chat feature ensures fast and easy support, and the integrated front camera even enables video calls.
Highest Benchmark – User Experience
In the development process of C.O.R.E., which lasted several years, software and process experts from all brands of the UNITED GRINDING Group pooled their expertise to design an unparalleled software architecture. “The user experience, i.e. the immediate experience of the users, has always been our top priority,” explains CTO Plüss. It is for a good reason that the abbreviation C.O.R.E. stands for Customer Oriented REvolution.
In the area of operating systems and software architectures of machine tools, C.O.R.E. is a quantum leap, emphasizes company CEO Stephan Nell. “This means that our machines are ready for the digital future.” The C.O.R.E. technology presented for the first time at the EMO 2021 in Milan is still under development. “It lays the foundation upon which we can build,” explains Plüss. “Development will continue on an ongoing basis. Thanks to the flexible, modular structure of the software architecture, we will continuously add new features and applications. We intend to harness the concentrated software development power of our group for the benefit of our customers.” Our goal is to inspire customers with a regular stream of new C.O.R.E. software releases and thus actively help to shape the digital future. In this way, the Group remains true to its ultimate goal of making its customers even more successful.
The industrial production of the future is connected. Machine connectivity is the key phrase. A number of requirements must be met before networking is either possible or usable. UNITED GRINDING C.O.R.E. – Customer Oriented REvolution ensures these requirements. “The digital future begins with C.O.R.E.,” stresses CEO Stephan Nell. The groundbreaking new hardware and software architecture was developed by the group’s specialists and premiered at the EMO 2021 in Milan. It opens up remarkable possibilities for networking, controlling and monitoring the production process and thus also for process optimization. And more: C.O.R.E. brings the user experience of operators into the world of the smartphone generation.
For further information, please contact RETECON – Tel: (011) 976 8600.
Since its introduction, the anti-vibration HUSH-BORE line, which can do deep internal machining, has received favourable feedback from many customers. TaeguTec offers even deeper internal machining solutions by incorporating 12xD and 14xD shanks in addition to the already existing 7xD and 10xD shanks.
The steel and carbide-based 12xD and 14xD shanks offer outstanding machining performance even during deep internal machining because they have improved rigidity and hardness, which prevent shank breakage caused by bending.
For more information please contact TaeguTec – Tel: 011 362-1500.
TaeguTec has introduced a new modular type of head changeable holders, compatible with both external and internal turning applications. The line is available in two modular types, a square shank for external turning and a C-adapter for internal, external and Y-axis operations. In addition, the current HUSH-BORE head can be mounted to the HUSH-MODU shanks, thereby widening the range of applications even further.
The HUSH-MODU’s Y-axis turning head provides excellent machining stability and a dramatic productivity increase. Further, the new Y-axis head demonstrates high performance machining as it is compatible with TaeguTec’s TNMV and ZNMV insert lines.
For more information please contact TaeguTec – Tel: 011 362-1500.
TaeguTec has introduced milling and drilling capable SDM end mills and MXDM heads, which are high-efficiency machining tools designed for both, general milling and drilling operations. Their wide flute design ensures smooth chip evacuation, even at drilling depths of 1xD. Additionally, the tapered core’s reinforced rigidity and optimal helix angle ensure smooth cutting and stable machining without performance degradation during milling operations. Furthermore, this new line quickly transitions from drilling to milling at the drilling depth, improving productivity by reducing the number of machining passes.
While capable of milling immediately following drilling, drilling is possible at feed rates comparable to standard drills. Other features include excellent performance on general carbon steel, alloy steel as well as stainless steel, optimized flute design for smooth chip evacuation during drilling, tapered core with reinforced rigidity, suited to various milling operations and unequal helix angle design for smooth and stable cutting performance. Add to this helix-type internal coolant for excellent chip evacuation but solid end mill type only.
MXDM – MAXI-RUSH type
SDM – Solid end mill type
For more information please contact TaeguTec – Tel: 011 362-1500.
The laser marker MCFA – 30, available from Duncan Macdonald takes full advantage of the power of the fibre laser to achieve great improvements in both, processing time and quality.
Go Tapping S.L. has developed and manufactured the MCFA – 30 based on unique oscillation methods. While the Lasermark is designed, featuring innovative technologies, other benefits include long life, ease of use and cost effectiveness.
For more information, contact Duncan MacDonald – Tel: 011 865 4090.
The MESTAB equipment from GOTAP in Spain represents the result of years of development work, trials and tests in the company’s own production of hydroforming presses. What was born as an internal treatment to guarantee the stabilization of residual stresses in frames, has advanced to become a cutting-edge technological solution.
Discovered in the 1940s, accidentally by the American Society of Naval Engineers in the USA, vibration stress relief has come a long way to become the standard of large aeronautical and industrial companies MESTAB, the intelligent alternative in tension stabilization.
Integrated and portable system
Just two cases, you can use it in field services, in remote locations and in extreme industrial environments. The robustness of the equipment stems from GOTAP’s own experience in the boilermaking sector.
The compact weight of both units allows for easy transport, even in-flight check-in for agile and unlimited handling and use.
Report as a guarantee of the process
The MESTAB system generates a comparative report of the stress state before and after treatment. The inclusion of a photograph of the actual part allows for easy identification and future traceability.
This way, you can guarantee the effectiveness of the process for your customers, avoiding production downtime, due to external suppliers.
For more information, contact Duncan MacDonald – Tel: 011 865 4090.
With its innovative head-indexable feature and overall outstanding advantages, the SFEED-TEC MAXI-RUSH end mill replaces most of the existing conventional solid carbide end mills in its class.
Along with its exceptional accuracy and optimum grades, the line’s quick and simple head replacement makes it a perfect solution for today’s machining needs and a superior performer that boosts productivity on a range of applications.
MAXI-RUSH is available in a variety of head types and shank holder lengths, such as flat, ball, corner radius, chamfer and slot, to mention a few, while providing the greatest versatility in tooling solutions.
Its rigid and precise double contact fastening system houses a flat contact surface area for precise axial runout accuracy, has a conical taper contact for self-centring and precise radial runout accuracy and is highlighted by its quick and rigid unique threading.
TaeguTec has added oval and lens-shaped solid carbide heads that are 3D profiling capable in order to solve industry-wide disadvantages, such as excessive machining time and poor surface finish, which plague profiling operations.
The MAXI-RUSH 5-axis profile heads are designed for high-pitch, semi-finishing and finishing profiling parts used in the aerospace, power generation, medical and mould and die industries.
Even in high-pitch conditions, the same surface finish can be obtained compared to solid carbide ball type end mills, making the MAXI-RUSH 5-axis profile heads capable of high-productivity machining.
Machine shops of all sizes have taken a special interest in the metalworking giant’s highly rigid MAXI-RUSH line because of its excellent machining precision, simple indexable head replacement and shorter setup time. The line now includes a wider variety of tools that are capable of handling a broad range of operations.
The expanded features include a wider cutting edge contact area for improved machining stability and longer tool life, and are ideal for machining difficult-to-cut materials such as titanium alloys, Inconel, and stainless steel.
Recently, TaeguTec added the TT5513 grade to the technologically advanced MAXI-RUSH line. The ingenious grade has an ultra-fine substrate with optimum toughness features and excellent abrasion resistance. It has a nano-crystalline structured AlTiN layer, an anti-abrasion and cracking-resistant PVD-coated layer and is ideal for mould steels and pre-hardened steels.
The MAXI-RUSH’s versatility and range are only matched by its incredible machining prowess.
A range of shapes and lengths are available, including straight shanks with necks and tapered necks made of different materials. These are available in steel, carbide and tungsten and are internal through coolant capable.
For more information please contact TaeguTec – Tel: 011 362-1500.
