CNC for toolmaker
January 1st 2008 Expansion at toolmaker CSProducts
has led to a switch from
manual to CNC machining.
Prompted by an increasing
demand for the fast delivery of
prototype tooling and components,
the company installed a 13HP/8000
rev/min XYZ Mini Mill 560 compact
VMC in 2005, followed by a
15HP/8000 rev/min XYZ 710 VMC.
The 560mm X axis travel Mini
Mill can accommodate workpieces
weighing up to 300kg on its
610mm x 370mm table; the larger
VMC with its 710mm X axis travel
can accommodate a table load of
500kg on its 760 x 430mm table.
The two machines are networked,
which means programs can be
compiled off-line using the XYZsupplied
training package as well
as the machine.
Ease of programming is afforded
by a Siemens ShopMill
conversational control fitted to both
machines. An experienced CNC
user accustomed to programming
using G and M codes, Robin
Chisnall, founder of CS-Products,
says this had more to do with
demands on his time than concerns
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