Suite of power-cutting control applications
Machine tool idling, unnecessary pump rotation and continuously running peripheral equipment drive up machining costs. These energy wasters are in the crosshairs of a new suite of power-cutting control applications from Japanese machine tool builder Okuma Corp.
Machine tool idling, unnecessary pump rotation and continuously running peripheral equipment drive up machining costs. These energy wasters are in the crosshairs of a new suite of power-cutting control applications from Japanese machine tool builder Okuma Corp.
The apps, known collectively as ECO suite, are available on Okuma machines with the OSP open-architecture CNC. Included in ECO suite is ECO Idling Stop, billed as the world’s first app able to eliminate machine tool idling. It monitors milling and turning spindles and automatically turns off spindle coolers when cooling is completed. Okuma claims the app has achieved energy savings of nearly 75 percent in noncutting operations over a 1-month period.
ECO suite apps are available on Okuma machines with the OSP open-architecture CNC. Image courtesy Okuma America.
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