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News Release from: Roschiwal + Partner Ingenieur | Subject: Electric tool changing system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 December 2005
Tools of 4kg automaticaly changed in
0.8s
An extremely flexible, space-saving electric tool changing system developed in co-operation with Miksch, is freely programmable and wear-free and integrates easily with machining centres.
At EMO, Roschiwal + Partner Ingenieur showed an extremely flexible electric tool changing system developed in co-operation with Miksch , Goeppingen, Germany High speed, very high flexibility, freely programmable and wear-free - all notable features of this concept
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Due to its space-saving construction, the changing system is very easy to integrate into machining centres.
To shorten manufacturing times and optimise costs, increased attention is being paid to non-productive time.
Unfortunately, up until now it has been necessary to accept limitations with regard to the flexibility of the process.
The tool changer presented here is no longer subject to these limitations.
As a result, fast tool changing times of 0.8s can be achieved with a tool weight of 4kg, while at the same time the system can be adapted quickly to each new situation simply by changing the software.
In later versions it is planned to store several programs in the memory, thus increasing flexibility even further.
Another special feature is the positioning of its drive motors at the rotating center of the tools.
By using the free space between the tools, space is no longer needed on the spindle side; this simplifies the construc-tion of the spindle axles.
The demand for 'plug and play' has been met here both in the drive technology and in the control concept.
The drive power comes right out of the electric socket, so to speak.
The system can be interfaced to any desired machine controller via Profibus.
The customer's controller receives feedback about where the system is located, but everything else is processed in the sys-tem's own controller.
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