Zenith Automated Solution to Produce Bores

Zenith is Rigibore’s automated solution to producing micron accurate bores. The Zenith solution offers significant savings and a tangible return on investment by reducing labor costs, eliminating scrap and supporting 24-hour production through lights-out manufacturing.

CNC machines, regardless of their sophistication, cannot automatically compensate a boring tool's cutting edges. Rigibore's ActiveEdge tooling, in combination with in-process bore measurement, has overcome this problem.

The Zenith system integrates ActiveEdge tools with in-process gauging to enable a machine controller to automatically compensate for insert wear, temperature changes and material inconsistency without manual intervention and without stopping the manufacturing process.

Rigibore refers to this process as closed-loop tool compensation, eliminating scrap and enabling organizations to meet precise tolerances and production targets in a consistent and repeatable manner.

This automated, closed-loop boring cycle provides a number of short term and long term production benefits:

• Industry 4.0 Ready.
• Reduced Cycle Time - Optimized Manufacturing Process.
• Improved Process Control - Automatic Adjustment For Wear Compensation.
• Lights-Out Manufacturing - 24-Hour Production Capabilities.
• Maximised Spindle Utilization - Cutting Edge Adjustment Anywhere in the Machine.
• Return On Investment - Removed Operator Intervention and Eliminated Risk of Scrap.