CNC Machinery Online Information

early 2005 CNC Design performed a retrofit on a Pfauter Kapp PE1000G gear grinder at David Brown Gear Industries’ Woolongong plant. The heat treatment process used to harden gears and pinions distorts them slightly, so before being fitted to a gearbox these workpieces must be ground to eliminate this distortion. The Pfauter Kapp grinding machine, [...]

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simply retrofitting an Anilam 4200T CNC to a Lance vertical borer in place of defunct GE 1050 system, CSD Controls (UK) has returned the VTL to as good as new in terms of performance, accuracy and reliability. Established in 1994 by Colin Munn and Simon Hopkins, Malvern (Worcs) based CSD is an authorised Anilam retrofitter [...]

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a 150-year history, globally renowned lathe manufacturer Dean Smith and Grace has plenty of experience when it comes to selecting key supplier partners to work on its machine tool products. However, in recent times the newly appointed management team at DSG re-evaluated its best methods for taking the company forward. Strategy regarding new build machines [...]

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A visit to any engineering site will reveal a vast array of machine tools, with an ongoing investment in new machines, modern tooling, CADCAM, DNC links, pallet loading, and much more - all purchased to fulfil specific production needs and to keep up with modern and future manufacturing requirements. A quick look into the inspection [...]

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retrofitting CNCs to three manual Hardinge lathes, Mansfield Screw Machine Products Co. (Lexington, Ohio) increased the throughput on these machines by about 15 percent. That’s the estimate of shop floor supervisor Keith Reed, who performed the retrofits, and now writes the machines’ NC programs. But improving performance was not the main reason for the retrofits; [...]

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Stellex Monitor Aerospace Inc. (Amityville, New York) has completed a total CNC retrofit on the fifth of its ten Cincinnati Milacron gantry-style milling machines, which are used in the production of titanium and aluminum aerospace components. The turnkey retrofits were provided by the Siemens Machine Tool Business (Elk Grove Village, Illinois).
Originally equipped with Acramatic “Big [...]

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For many shops, the first step into CNC can be difficult. It’s not just the apparent complexity of a computer-controlled machine tool that concerns them, it’s also the expense. If you’ve never been there before, putting down such a large sum of money can seem a very large risk. That’s why more shops these days [...]

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no secret that CNC retrofits of older 1 to 5 hp manual machine tools increase productivity and profits for machine shops. By automating manual operations, a CNC retrofit typically turns out parts 75 to 300 percent faster than a manual machine. It also assures repeatable accuracy; makes complex parts more easily; and reduces scrap, rework [...]

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The ProtoTrak(R) EDGE is a two-axis CNC retrofit for knee mills which has been designed to give you all the features you need to be productive without all the bells and whistles that make other CNCs complicated.
Sold as a complete kit, which includes: ballscrews, computer, motors and all the hardware. Easy to install, most people [...]

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Dana Heckendorf of D. Heck Tool LLC (Thompson, Connecticut), a precision moldmaker working out of his garage, wanted to compete with bigger shops that had Computer Numerical Control (CNC) equipment. This led him to consider retrofitting his manual Kent milling machine with a CNC retrofit package. With a Mitutoyo MillStar CNC from Mitutoyo Corp. (Aurora, [...]

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