Published 2/10/2016

February 2016 Product Spotlight Slideshow: Grinding

This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on grinding machines of various capacities.

Edited by: MMS Editorial Team

The Kellenberger Varia grinder from Hardinge uses an enlarged workspace that provides enough room for custom configurations incorporating processes like internal, thread or out-of-round grinding.

Erwin Junker’s Jucrank platform was initially designed for grinding of large crankshafts, but can be used for grinding printing rollers, electric motor shafts and other heavy workpieces.

Kalmazoo Industries’ S272V multi-purpose belt grinder can grind, shape, contour, snag and rough flat work, angles and differently-shaped materials.

The Samputensili SG 160 Sky Grind from Star SU is said to eliminate the need for cutting oils for gear grinding, featuring two spindles to provide a skive hobbing pass followed by a finishing pass to remove remaining stock.

Suhner’s BEX 15 WW-ER 25 enables a robot arm to perform grinding on mild steel. Abrasive tools are measured after each cycle, and the control system can make adjustments or tool changes as needed.

Vomat’s FA-series filtration system uses automatically-cleaning filter cartridges for 100 percent separation of clean and dirty oil.

The S121 universal cylindrical grinding machine from Studer, a brand of United Grinding, offers the essential equipment shared by its larger sister machines, such as a 180-degree swiveling spindle turret and StuderGuide guideway system for high positioning accuracy.

Agathon Machine Tools’ Leo Peri four-axis grinding center grinds indexable inserts with four to six pallets to increase flexibility and efficient production.