Retrofit control updates older grinding machines
April 2nd 2009 11:47 pm By Web Development in India
A grinder control platform from MRSE retrofits onto Cincinnati Milacron-Heald grinding machines to bring the machines up to date and minimise grinding cycle times.
Massachusetts Rebuild, Service and Export (MRSE) has introduced a grinder control platform package to be retrofitted to Cincinnati Milacron-Heald grinding machines.
The control platform uses an integrated digital servo system with a custom programmable automation controller to bring ‘new life’ to older Cincinnati Milacron-Heald machines.
The system is designed and manufactured to replicate, as close as possible, the Milacron 700/750 Series operating systems.
It also adds new capabilities that far surpass those of the older controls, said MRSE.
Capabilities include the following.
* A high speed, multi-tasking controller.
* Integrated motion control.
* A color touch screen operator interface.
* An intelligent motor control.
The result, said MRSE, is a control platform that is easy to install, easy to operate, and easy to maintain.
The systems powerful hardware, combined with MRSE’s custom grinding software, produces a state-of-the-art grinder control package.
MRSE told manufacturingtalk that the operator interface is simple and training for most first-time operators takes only a few minutes.
The aim is to minimise non-productive cycle time through the control’s quick set-up capabilities and features that allow grinding cycles to be optimised to save seconds in ID and OD applications.
MRSE can retrofit this control ‘in the field’ or incorporate it into the complete remanufacture of Heald grinding machines.