Product category:
Control systems, DROs, etc, for machine tools
News Release from: Anilam | Subject: Wizard 1000 DRO
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 February 2008
Turning, milling DRO is 2- to 4-axis
programmable
A 2- to 4-axis fully programmable unit for milling and turning applications is more powerful but easier to use than its predecessor yet costs the same.
The Anilam Wizard 1000 DRO is an advanced 2- to 4-axis fully programmable unit for milling and turning applications, is more powerful but easier to use than its predecessor (the Wizard 900), yet costs the same Anilam said that the Wizard 1000 is characterised by ease of use and intuitiveness, has extensive I/O capability and encoder inputs for four independent axes
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company told manufacturingtalk.com that the features makes the Wizard 1000 a true 2- to 4-axis DRO that is unrivalled on a cost-to-performance basis.
* Extensive memory and capability - the Wizard 1000 can store up to 1,000 blocks of information, which can include as sub-routines 10 PCDs (oitch circle diameters) with up to 99 holes each or 10 linear patterns with up to 999 positions.
The system can also accommodate data for 16 tools and 10 sub-datums.
System functionality also includes, for example, automatic trigonometry calculations and hole skewing routines.
The Wizard 1000 is of slimline design, having a diecast aluminium casing and plastic front cover.
Retrofit Products and Marketing manager at Anilam, Phil Goulding, said: "Anilam introduced the world's first programmable DRO in 1977 and it took every one else four years to catch up.
Even today with the vast number of CNC machines in use (many with our own controls) we should not overlook the benefits of programmable readouts".
He added: "The Wizard 1000 can easily achieve time savings of 70 to 80% on complicated milling and boring applications, yet costs less than a fifth of the value of a CNC system.
For all its capacity, I don't think we have ever seen an easier to use product".
* Anilam at MACH 2008, NEC, Birmingham, UK, April 21-25, Hall 5, Stand 5011.
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