CNC & Machine Controls

Motion And Machine Controller

Delta Tau Data Systems offers the pre-production release of its Power PMAC controller, which combines motion- and machine-control technology. 

Keeping Things In Focus

Machine-mounted video cameras are part of a system that help a shop owner get more work done while spending less time in the shop. He can monitor and control what’s happening on his machines remotely. He’s also developed strategies for reacting to events such as unexpected tool wear or sudden tool breakage without returning to the shop to fix the problem.

CNC Retrofits

ProtoTrak CNC retrofits from Southwestern Industries feature an easy-to-use interface. The retrofits are installed in the customer’s shop in about a day by a factory-trained technician. Ballscrews are installed in the table and saddle. Electronic machine tool error calibration and backlash compensation help maintai

Control For Cycle And CNC Lathes

  The Manualplus 620 features a new NC kernel and with it, the cycle programming feature of this control enables machinists to quickly and efficiently program and machine workpieces without writing NC programs. A key addition to this control is the new programming mode “Smart.Turn”. This mode enables simple and q

Optimize Block Processing Time

  The Fagor CNC 8070 control system is based upon an industrial-hardened Windows operating system running on an XP-embedded platform. This allows the integration of a host of online software configurations allowing the control system to work as an open architecture system. The control system is designed for use wi

Composites Keep A Big Machine Busy

On-machine inspection is part of the way this shop machines large composite structures efficiently.

Calibrate To Submicron-Level Accuracy

The Etalon volumetric calibration instrument is built to map the geometric errors of measurement machines and machine tools. It is placed on the measurement system, and the laser beam locks on to the retroreflector that is attached to its probing system. After the calibration instrument has registered a few positio

Graphical DRO With LCD-Based Display

Newall Electronics offers its DP900 digital readout (DRO) for manual lathe and milling machine application. Said to be the company’s most powerful DRO to date, it offers a graphical LCD-based display available in two, three or four axes and a host of advanced features aimed to increase machine tool efficiency. Inte

Achieving Metal-Like Tolerances In Composite Parts

On-machining probing compensates for uncertainty in machining operations in composites

Readout Provides 3D Capability For Manual CMMs