CNC Machinery Online Information

company is launching in the American market a new, robot equipped, fully automatic, CNC grinding machine–the WAM 370R–for peripheral grinding of cutting inserts in single and multi-workpiece clamping. This machine enables the simultaneous grinding of up to three ceramic cutting inserts. A pallet storage table with four of the company’s VP pallets allows for the uninterrupted grinding of some 800 cutting inserts before operator attention is required, says the company.

Some advantages of this new machine, according to the company, are the small space requirement resulting from its compact design, a fully integrated Adept robot system, compact pallet storage and improved quality compared with magazine loaded machines. In addition, the automatic grinding machine, which can also grind high-precision steel parts, can be quickly changed over from job to job. The resulting workpieces, the company reports, have a high cutting edge quality and are processed to close tolerances. Cutting inserts of almost every type of hard material can be ground, from carbide, ceramic materials and Cermets up to CBN and some PCD. The system Autodress provides for dressing the large 350mm diameter grinding wheel. Dressing is done directly on the machine at selectable intervals.

The company says the CNC system allows for the flexible programming of complex geometries as well as user-friendly dialog programming of standard cutting inserts. Remote diagnosis and support via modem and pre-grinding simulation of the grinding process are some of the features of this system. The machine works at reduced cycle times and highest productivity and reliability, and its operation is user friendly, the company says.

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