In a strategic move, Star Cutter has assumed design and manufacturing rights to Tru Tech grinding technology, extending the company’s solutions across the grinding lifecycle into blank preparation and cylindrical grinding. Additionally, Star Cutter has absorbed the large existing installed base, bringing both expertise and synergy to its customers.
The Tru Tech product line 5-axis, broach, cylindrical and centerless grinders.
“Star Cutter is a company that has steadily grown through both innovation and acquisition”, says Brad Lawton, Star Cutter chairman and CEO. “We continue to add technologies, such as the Tru Tech range, that make sense for our customers and to the business, emphasizing our expert tool manufacturing brand.”
According to the company, the Tru Tech series offers ease of use and ultrafast set-up, keeping the machines running more often for greater uptime and throughput. Additionally, Perimetric grinding technology and CNC Pick-N-Place software enable these machines to achieve extremely high accuracy for high precision and micro components in numerous industries including medical, aerospace, and electronics. These systems are also capable of handling diverse needs from one-piece, small lot runs through automated and unattended production, the company added.
Star Cutter Company showcased a TRU TECH T93XM centerless grinder at IMTS. This same look has been applied to the other Tru Tech machines, including the TT8500 centerless grinder and T23XM and TT820 cylindrical grinders.
For more information on the Star Cutter Tru Tech brand of grinding machines, visit Tru Tech Precision Grinding Systems.
Related Glossary Terms
- broach
broach
Tapered tool, with a series of teeth of increasing length, that is pushed or pulled into a workpiece, successively removing small amounts of metal to enlarge a hole, slot or other opening to final size.
- computer numerical control ( CNC)
computer numerical control ( CNC)
Microprocessor-based controller dedicated to a machine tool that permits the creation or modification of parts. Programmed numerical control activates the machine’s servos and spindle drives and controls the various machining operations. See DNC, direct numerical control; NC, numerical control.
- cylindrical grinding
cylindrical grinding
Grinding operation in which the workpiece is rotated around a fixed axis while the grinding wheel is fed into the outside surface in controlled relation to the axis of rotation. The workpiece is usually cylindrical, but it may be tapered or curvilinear in profile. See centerless grinding; grinding.
- grinding
grinding
Machining operation in which material is removed from the workpiece by a powered abrasive wheel, stone, belt, paste, sheet, compound, slurry, etc. Takes various forms: surface grinding (creates flat and/or squared surfaces); cylindrical grinding (for external cylindrical and tapered shapes, fillets, undercuts, etc.); centerless grinding; chamfering; thread and form grinding; tool and cutter grinding; offhand grinding; lapping and polishing (grinding with extremely fine grits to create ultrasmooth surfaces); honing; and disc grinding.
