CNC Engineering
Retrofits Grinders with New GE Fanuc Controls
"Enhance
your old grinder currently equipped with an unsupported, proprietary control
system by re-controlling it with the same state-of-the-art GE Fanuc control
system that is available/offered on many new grinding machines," said a company
spokesperson. "Imagine the machine having a PC front end with a conversational
programmer. Further imagine the ability to have the same user-friendly interface
that your new machines have. This provides the possibility of having one common
front end throughout your grind department. That is exactly what can be achieved
with Open Vision HMI(tm) Grind. An enhanced user-friendly grind front end that
is available on new grinders through grinder OEM's as well as retrofits for your
existing machines.
"CNC
Engineering has retrofit/integrated hundreds of grinders with new GE Fanuc
controls. Our team, consisting of control & grind process engineers, has over
150 years of grind specific experience. This combined knowledge and expertise
has allowed the development, from the ground up, of a true grind software
package: Open Vision HMI Grind. This package is designed for internal (ID),
external (OD), form and specialty grinding applications.
"During
development, traditional and advanced grind capabilities were implemented as a
standard. A partial list includes machine configuration capability to allow
support of over 12 different servo configurations, CBN Adaptive control, AE
sensor integration for dress verification and gap elimination, support of
various dress systems, constant surface speed, skip dress and wheel offsets.
Various grind types are supported, such as plunge, pick feed, oscillation,
contour, traditional vector and vector oscillation. All cycles are supported
from all four-grind directions. Enhanced programming features that have been
added include the ability to easily skip, insert or delete an operation sequence
for ease of regrind, optional remote diagnostics, background edit, CAD like
dress programmer and on-line help.
"With Open
Vision HMI Grind, the creation, editing and viewing of programs has never been
easier. The conversational programmer allows for programming of multi-surfaces,
and in doing so, one can employ multiple dressing devices and multi-wheel and/or
wheelheads in the same program. Furthermore the conversational programmer
supports 16 different ancillary devices for controlling such things as auto
loading systems, swing down dressers, probing and various gage interfaces and
tool and quill auto-changers. An off-line programmer is provided with each
system so programming can be done either at the machine or remotely.
"Taking
full advantage of the GE Fanuc control system, the software also includes the
ability to program by part reference. This is accomplished by employing a
separate coordinate system for the work piece. The X-axis zero point can be
placed either at the work piece centerline or at a reference surface on the work
piece. The 'Capture Positions' feature enables the operator to quickly resolve
work piece offsets and dresser alignment for easy set-up."
According
to the company, there are three ways to implement Open Vision HMI Grind to
increase productivity of your grinder:
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Ask your OEM
if Open Vision HMI Grind is available on your new grinder purchase.
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CNC
Engineering can integrate the Open Vision HMI Grind interface to your new or
existing GE Fanuc controlled grinder.
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CNC
Engineering can retrofit your existing CNC controlled grinder with a new GE
Fanuc control system running Open Vision HMI Grind.
For more
information contact:
CNC
Engineering, Inc.
19 Bacon
Rd.
Enfield CT,
06082
860-749-1780
Fax:
860-763-6467
www.cnc1.com
E-mail:
info@cnc1.com