Latest manufacturing technology

5-axis grinding machine

VGrind 340S is a 5-axis grinding machine for production of carbide drills and milling cutters with a diameter ranging from 0.3mm to 12.7mm. High flexibility of the machine comes from the ability to quickly change both grinding wheel packages, enabling efficient, high-quality manufacturing.

Benefits of the design of the VGrind 340S include:

• Two grinding spindles situated one above the other with the grinding wheel set positioned at the C-axis pivot point ensuring extremely precise results
• The vertical spindle arrangement eliminates problems related to fixed and floating bearings
• Wear-free linear induction motors on the X-, Y-, and Z-axis offer quality, lower maintenance costs, improved surface quality
• A tool steady rest as standard delivers consistent radial run-out quality; linear scales offer greater precision
• Motor and spindle cooling offers higher thermal stability
• Both spindles can be fitted with different grinding wheel sets for seamless conversion

VOLLMER OF AMERICA
https://www.vollmer-group.com

Intelligent driven toolholders

QuickFlex smart toolholders achieve high process reliability with driven toolholders in automated production cells and turning centers. Equipped with integrated electronic sensors for measuring speed, temperature, and vibrations, the data is recorded during use and transmitted wirelessly via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) by a built-in transmitter/receiver unit to an external gateway.

A Windows PC or an iPad are usable as the gateway together with WTO’s software. Data can be automatically stored in WTO’s myTools Cloud via the gateway where an encrypted data transmission with the 128-bit AES-CCM algorithm is used.

Consumed electrical energy in WTO’s QuickFlex smart toolholders is generated by an internal generator while the spindle is rotating. The battery is only needed during standstill to buffer the data memory in the toolholder.

Data from all QuickFlex smart tool holders is transmitted online to the gateway during operation. Using the Smart Monitor App or the myMachine App, the operator can check the quality of the process outside the machine based on the displayed information.

By permanently recording speed, temperature, vibrations, and run time during operation, the condition of a QuickFlex smart toolholder can be monitored to determine when maintenance is required.

myTools Cloud manages and monitors all company driven toolholders from any workstation and statuses can be displayed via various dashboards while data history of each toolholder can be displayed and evaluated.

WTO
https://www.wto-usa.com

CMS – Manual change system

The CMS manual change system is for flexible tasks in manufacturing, handling technology, or at assembly workstations. It enables rapid, process-reliable changeover at the robot front end or on stationary systems such as in fixture construction. The manually operated system consists of a CMS-K interchangeable head and a CMS-A interchangeable adapter and can handle payloads of up to 58kg. It can be flexibly combined with handling or machining components.

The CMS is the further development of the SHS change system and can replace it 1:1 since it has the same height and screw-on patterns.

Push lever technology offers simple and convenient CMS operation. The interchangeable head can be locked by hand with the interchangeable adapter without any additional tools. Integrated air feedthroughs via sealing pins with cylinder seals support manual locking, so minimal force is required. The thrust lever has a cranked shape that doesn’t conceal any of the connections so all system connections can be used radially.

More operational safety is provided by a spring-loaded latching pin fixing the hand lever to the housing and preventing the system from opening during operation. The integrated monitoring sensor system enables inductive monitoring of interlock status and mold presence with optional sensors, providing additional operating safety and process reliability. The CMS can be mounted on common robot types without the need for an additional adapter plate because of the ISO flange pattern.

End effectors such as grippers or machining tools can be supplied via integrated pneumatic feedthroughs or a vacuum. In addition, energy supply is now possible via directly bolted-on electrical, pneumatic, and fluid modules, saving space and weight.

The CMS manual change system is available in six sizes from 40 to 125.

SCHUNK
https://schunk.com