Setup & Tool Presetting

When tool pre setters are integrated into a shop, a key question is who will take the measurements.

Parlec Inc. has introduced the Origin, a compact tool measurement and inspection system that weighs 140 lbs.

Tool data management optimizes production resources and data.

A collection of metalworking products for your review.

Are machine shops ready to use MTConnect, an open and royalty free standard intended to foster greater interoperability between manufacturing devices and software applications?

The May 2013 Get With The Program column addresses the benefits of CNC tool measuring and presetting software.

Dynomax Inc. is taking self sufficiency to a new level. For example, while machine tool builders often use their machines to produce parts for making other machines, Dynomax stands out by building machines for its own contract part manufacturing operation.

Koma Precision Inc. offers tool presetters in six models manufactured by its partner Elbo Controlli. The presetters are constructed with a solid-granite column and base.

The timing of the IMTS trade show in Chicago last September couldn't have been better for Jason Bromiley. As vice president and co-owner of John R. Bromiley Machine Co. Inc., a job shop in Chalfont, Pa., Bromiley has the lead role in company plans to expand into aerospace manufacturing.

Low-cost presetters for entry level users. Shops that think tool presetters are too costly and too complicated should take another look.

This article reviews the basics of coordinate systems and machine programming as a basis for presetting tools. The process for setting tool offsets is described with an explanation of the G-codes involved. In an accompanying article, the author tells how his company built its own presetter.

There are a variety of presetters on the market. All reduce machine downtime by allowing shops to set up tools offline. This article discusses the different presetter types and the impact that these differences will have on the instrument's price and functionality.