CNC SEVEN-AXIS PRODUCTIVITY
The cross-slide systems for the grinding wheel and control wheel on the Studer Mikrosa KRONOS S125 from United Grinding provide the full functionality of a conventional centerless grinding machine with 7 CNC axes.
Posted: July 30, 2010
According to United Grinding (Miamisburg, OH), the foundation of the KRONOS S125 from Studer Mikrosa is the thermally stable and vibration-damping mineral cast machine bed. The cross-slide systems for the grinding wheel and control wheel offer not only tremendous flexibility in grinding, they also give the KRONOS S125 the full functionality of a conventional centerless grinding machine with 7 CNC axes.
The KRONOS S125 is provided with a hybrid grinding spindle bearing for speeds up to 120 m/s. This can be used in conjunction with CBN high-speed technology to reduce cycle time and thus greatly increase cost-effectiveness. Mikrosa grinding machines are equipped with Siemens state-of-the-art digital control and drive technology: the Sinumerik 840D control and Simodrive drive technology. These digital drives offer high accuracy and fast feed speeds. Operation, set up, changeover, truing up and programming for demanding grinding projects are all easy to learn.
A special user interface was designed by Studer Mikrosa for the Siemens user interface and supplemented with an easily understood symbol image technology. Thus, even simpler programming is possible.
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