CNC & Machine Controls
Entry-Level PLC Provides Flexibility
Mitsubishi Electric Automation’s FX3S micro programmable logic controller (PLC) is designed for entry-level accessibility.
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Probe System Enables Multiple Tool Setting
Renishaw’s RMI-Q radio transmission interface enables as many as four separate tool-setting or spindle probes with radio transmission to be operated on the same machine.
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Management Software Provides Wireless Communication
Shop Floor Automations offers its Predator DNC Enterprise software for controlling and managing network-based CNCs.
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G28 Versus G53
Which command is better to get your machine axes to the reference position?
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CNC Operator Panel for Advanced Machine Tool Applications
Siemens’ OP 019 CNC operator panel enables design integration into the Sinumerik Operate graphical user interface and Sinumerik840D sl CNC for use on milling, turning, grinding, laser-cutting and other machine tools.
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Control Package Helps Speed Production
After cutting precision parts in one third of the original time, Task Force Tips was able to justify its initial investment in an Index automatic production lathe fitted with a Siemens control package.
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Verification Tool Increases Machine Accuracy
Heidenhain’s KGM 282 verification tool helps users pinpoint problems in machine tool dynamics to increase accuracy.
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MTConnect Aids Robotic Automation
MTConnect will make robots more flexible. That’s the implication of recent work by a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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CPU for Compact Modular Controllers
Siemens’ S7-1217C CPU for the Simatic S7-1200 modular controller features the company’s version 4.0 firmware and Profinet iDevice functionality.
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Operator System Enables Direct Connection
Siemens’ Sinumerik OP 019 operating panel can directly connect to the Sinumerik 840D sl CNC control for milling, turning and laser machining with the TCU 30.2 thin client unit, an operator system for CNC applications.
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