Maintenance Technologies has introduced its
MachineMate-based retrofit CNC package for Cincinnati Arrow 500 and 750 vertical
machining centers. Designed as an all-inclusive control replacement package, the
new retrofit is intended to deliver improved processing speed and increased
memory in a PC-based package using Windows format software.
"There are hundreds of perfectly good vertical machining centers that are being scrapped because the Control Techniques (CT) CNC simply isn't capable enough to meet today's productivity standards," said Robert Varney of Maintenance Technologies. "Until now, the cost of a replacement CNC was very difficult to justify for these machines, but that has all changed with this package.
"For approximately $14,000 a MachineMate based control retrofit features a 2 millisecond servo update rate, Ethernet and USB ports, 20GB or more free memory, a 15-inch touch screen color LCD display to a Cincinnati Arrow 500 or Arrow 750, and the ability to extend the machine's useful life for another decade or more. Because this package is specifically designed for these machines, the whole process takes only two days, including training," Varney said.
The MachineMate CNC is packaged to replace the CT unit without any re-drilling or repositioning. "Once installed," said Varney, "users can expect reduced downtime, and significantly shortened machining cycles due to the reliability and processing speed of the MachineMate CNC."
Maintenance Technologies reports that the reduction in block processing time permitted Hill-Rom Company, Inc. to reduce program cycle time on a medical device component from 7 hours and 14 minutes to 2 hours and 58 minutes, which cut the component's cost from $2,000 to $500.
Maintenance Technologies also offers standard retrofit packages for Cincinnati Acramatic 850SX controls, Giddings & Lewis 8000 controls and custom retrofits for a variety of other CNCs.
For more information contact:
Maintenance Technologies
1780 Worldwide Blvd.
Hebron, KY 41048
859-534-4600
Fax: 859-534-4999