Chevalier's Grinders Suitable for Multiple Industries

Chevalier has released the Smart-IV series of CNC surface grinding machines. According to the company, these machines are well suited to work in the medical, energy, semiconductor, aerospace, mold and processing industries.

With six machine sizes available, this series is designed to produce complicated shapes along with finer finishes. It is said to deliver highly accurate workpieces. The machine features heavy-duty slide rails, one-piece base casting and hardened wheelhead guideways which are meant to create a solid, rigid machine structure that minimizes vibration, movement and displacement. The fully enclosed cover design is said to prevent cutting coolant splashing and oil mist dissipation while avoiding grinding danger by completely protecting the operator.

Chevalier says its grinding machines are designed to be user friendly. They feature its Smart iControl system, which is designed to simplify operation procedures and enhances performance.

Smart iControl features include an intelligent grinding assistant system, which sets parameters based on prioritizing the machining process for precision or speed; intelligent auto wheel dressing which detects when the wheel needs to reach optimal cutting efficiency; the grind CAM built-in function enables users to import CAD files for wheel and part profiles, and convert file data to processing paths; Smart grinding path, which automatically minimizes air-cutting strokes during grinding of irregular shapes such as I, L, Z or triangular; TaskLink+, which can be used to quickly see each program name and its corresponding grinding parameters; and in-machine dynamic balancing, which enables operators to manually adjust the grinding wheel to reduce vibration and eliminate the surface workpiece ripple.

Combined with TaskLink+, the Smart iControl is designed to enable operators of all experience levels to create their own programs for generating complex grinding tasks in a single cycle. The Smart-IV Series also features tools to secure Big Data with Chevalier’s iMCS (iMachine Communications System).