HIGH PRODUCTIVITY ON SEVEN CNC AXES

United Grinding?s Cylindrical Group offers the KRONOS S125 from Studer Mikrosa, the foundation for which is the thermally stable and vibration-damping mineral cast machine bed. The cross-slide systems for the grinding wheel and control wheel offer not only tremendous flexibility in grinding; they also give the KRONOS S125 the full functionality of a conventional centerless grinding machine with 7 CNC axes.

The KRONOS S125 is provided with a hybrid grinding spindle bearing for speeds up to 120 m/s. This can be used in conjunction with CBN high-speed technology to reduce cycle time and thus greatly increase cost-effectiveness. As is usual with Studer Mikrosa, the KRONOS S125 was optimised during its development with respect to stability and vibration behaviour and, after construction, was subject to modal analysis. This allows high productivity manufacturing of workpieces to the highest quality. Efficiency also has a lot to do with user-friendly control. Mikrosa grinding machines are equipped with Siemens state-of-the-art digital control and drive technology: the Sinumerik 840D control and Simodrive drive technology. These digital drives offer high accuracy and fast feed speeds. Operation, set up, changeover, truing up and programming for demanding grinding projects are all easy to learn. A special user interface was designed by Studer Mikrosa for the Siemens user interface and supplemented with an easily understood symbol image technology. Thus, even simpler programming is possible.

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