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News Release from: Walter GB | Subject: Woodtronic Rapide circular saw blade grinders
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 August 2002
Software speeds up saw blade grinding
routines
Developments in machines' control software have made saw tooth production routines on a new range of circular saw blade grinders up to 30 per cent faster.
Walter GB of Redditch has announced that saw tooth production routines on its new range of Woodtronic Rapide circular saw blade grinders are now up to 30 per cent faster due to developments in the machines' control software In addition, optional cross slide functionality on the machines' saw blade indexing unit enables tooth pitch variations to be automatically calculated very quickly, thus reducing set-up times when machining batches of blades of varying diameter
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 20 Jun 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Designed as replacements for the highly-successful CNC 6F and 5D saw blade grinders, the Woodtronic Rapide models are the result of six months' development and reflect Walter's belief that innovative software holds the key to its continued global market leadership.
With six programmable and interpolated axes, the six-axis Woodtronic Rapide 6F is designed for grinding tooth flank contours.
The Woodtronic Rapide 5D accommodates teeth faces and tops.
Both machines can handle circular saw blades of 80mm to 850mm diameter, up to 12 mm thick and with tooth pitches of 4 mm to 125mm.
Grinding spindle drive on both machines is 1.1kW producing spindle speeds of 3,000 rev/min and cutting speeds of 26m/sec.
The use of linear guideways and ballscrews coupled with three-phase servo motors having closed loop positional control ensure consistent high-precision grinding.
The Woodtronics are supplied as standard with a series of software programs covering all tooth blade geometries - including the Brunswick geometry, where all types of deflection shoulders and chip grooves can be ground - and Walter's Free programming package as part of the user-friendly Walter Window Mode.
This allows operators to quickly and easily create programs for any tooth shape and combinations of tooth shapes within the specified diameter.
Woodtronic specification and flexibility can be further improved with the Loader.
This promises unrivalled non-stop production through its ability to hold up to 60 saw blades of 150mm to 600mm diameter (680mm, optionally) for the automatic grinding of blades in any pre-selected order.
The machine/Loader can be pre-programmed without interrupting a grinding operation, thus minimising downtime and increasing utilisation and output.
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