Automatic tool changers, type CTM from Indexing Technologies Inc. are suitable for applications on NC milling machines, vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, transfer machines, laser and plasma cutting machines.
An aerospace customer was faced with the choice of either building a new facility to house two new milling machines or splitting production between two manufacturing sites. Bertsche developed a new machine concept that offered the customer the productivity (throughput) of two machines and the floor space footprint requirements of one machine, thereby saving the customer the cost of building a second facility and moving all production to a larger facility.
ABB's new RobotStudio app in the Okuma App Store incorporates the IRC5 robot controller software increasing profitability by allowing users to schedule robot tasks such as training, programming and optimization offline without causing any downtime in production.
Okuma America Corp. announced the launch of their interactive "Industry Parts Viewer" that provides users with a unique view of industry-specific assemblies and parts.
The ACU-RITE MILLPWRG2 control is an easy-to-operate CNC for vertical knee and bed mills, and is available with an optional AMIG2 console offering users the ability to use common interfaces as well as control its host machine tool's spindle.