'MINI' EXTERNAL THREAD GRINDER COMES WITH LINEAR MOTORS AND AUTO LOADER OPTIONS
Equipped for production thread grinding of parts from 1 mm to10 mm diameter by up to 100 mm long, Drake?s GS:TEM ?MINI? Thread Grinder is designed for higher volume, precision threaded parts manufacturers in the cutting tool, automotive, aerospace, thread gage and medical equipment industries.
Posted: October 6, 2008
The Drake MINI is available with linear motor or ball screw axes as well as with a robot loader utilizing pallets. A pallet changer enables the machine to run unattended for three shifts. Customers can also opt for the original rocker-style magazine loader.
If you?re grinding small taps for the booming electronics industry, Drake?s forming and cutting tap software, small diameter wheel (200 mm) and low-mass wheel axis provide intricate control over the shape of a form tap?s lobes and relief. Drake also provides multi-rib rolls for form or cut taps with topping and chamfer features.
In combination, these features give this little grinder its big volume capability. For example, a recently shipped MINI was able to grind and chamfer 1/4-20 ANSI taps to a 2.0 Cpk in less than 58 seconds including time to probe for the cutting edge.
In addition to taps, the Drake MINI excels at grinding thread rolls, thread gages, worms, ballscrews, e-steering components, aerospace fasteners and surgical bone screws. It?s also equipped with a diamond roll contour dresser for dressing complex topping and non-topping wheel forms including: full radius and gothic arch, acme with crest and root radii or chamfers, as well as 60 deg, Whitworth, ISO, buttress and other thread forms.
Like all Drake grinders the GS:TEM-MINI comes equipped with Drake?s PartSmart? menu-driven software with customer?s parts pre-programmed into its system. No programming knowledge is needed. The operator simply follows the screen prompts and enters the values. With a cell-friendly footprint, the MINI is easily integrated into manufacturing cells. Only 1.2 m wide x 1.8 m deep and weighing 3,000 kg, the MINI can be moved around the shop easily via forklifts.
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