This video shows my modified Sieg X3 machining steel with a 12mm end mill. I have fitted a Promica CNC kit which was modified so that the Z screw is now on the outside of the column. The base and the entire column were filled with epoxy granite to improve rigidity. I also added double ball nuts on all the axes. The original motor was replaced with a .75 KW 3 phase induction motor driven from a variable frequency drive. The parts shown are for a ball turning attachment for my Colchester lathe
This video shows my modified Sieg X3 machining steel with a 12mm end mill. I have fitted a Promica CNC kit which was modified so that the Z screw is now on the outside of the column. The base and the entire column were filled with epoxy granite to improve rigidity. I also added double ball nuts on all the
This week we walk through design philosophy, CAD, CAM and machining a set of Monster Jaw softjaws to hold shoulder bolts that need trimmed and chamfered.
I previously made a fixture for this job which was poorly designed. It was inefficient to use and was not able to securely, reliably hold the workpieces. Softjaws were the perfect answer!
Using the Tormach PCNC 1100, SolidWorks and SprutCAM made quick work of the job!
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This week we walk through design philosophy, CAD, CAM and machining a set of Monster Jaw softjaws to hold shoulder bolts that need trimmed and chamfered. I previously made a fixture for this job which was poorly designed. It was inefficient to use and was not able to securely, reliably hold the workpieces. Softjaws were the perfect answer! Using the
Waterjet – innovative cutting technology – Abrasive Waterjet technology is the most innovative of all currently available cutting technologies. Waterjet machines can cut practically any material, ranging from the very soft such as foams, gels, sponges, through to harder materials such as plastics, composites, rubber, leather, soft metals such as aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel and stainless steel, and ending with heat-resistant and hardened steels, ceramics and cemented carbides. Waterjet can also cut glass, stone, granite, marble and ceramic tiles which are among the hardest most brittle materials encountered in industry. The thicknesses of the cut materials reach up to 200 mm, which is inaccessible for the majority of other cutting technologies. One of the principle advantages of Waterjet machines is that the width of the cutting gap is very small, less than 1 mm, which allows cutting out of extremely intricate shapes and precision cutting of corners.
These machines are used primarily in metal and stone industries. Waterjets are further exploited to cut building components such as stairs, window sills, kitchen or bathroom worktops, elements of tombstones and monuments etc. The five-axis version allows the inclination of the head in such a way as to enable cutting with an inclined wall. Five-axis Waterjets are used in the metal industry, where chamfering is required for welding. The stream of water is combined with abrasive and can pierce through the hardest materials from the inside so that it may cut the object closed without a need to enter into the material from the outside, as is the case of cutting by wire.
Waterjet – innovative cutting technology – Abrasive Waterjet technology is the most innovative of all currently available cutting technologies. Waterjet machines can cut practically any material, ranging from the very soft such as foams, gels, sponges, through to harder materials such as plastics, composites, rubber, leather, soft metals such as aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel and stainless steel, and ending
Only a very few companies in South Africa are able to customise a CNC Router solution so that it meets your unique individual needs – and Advanced Machinery is one of them.
When Ampaglas, who form part of the Ampa Group, contacted us at AM.CO.ZA for a customised solution for routering the packaging layer boards comprising Polypropylene, we came up with an ingenious solution. Called the Twin-Station CNC Router, AM developed and delivered a specialised solution that meets Ampaglas’ unique needs over the course of a year.
The Twin-Station CNC Router uses an EasyRoute Control System with customised firmware to allow each station to function individually and this accordingly increases productivity dramatically by routering one side while it is loading the material on another side. In other words, the operator is able to move to the other side and offload the material while simultaneously loading new material onto the machine, as the machine is busy routering on the side previously reloaded.
Upon the delivery of this second generation Twin Station CNC Routing machine to Ampaglas, Advanced Machinery, the main company of AM.CO.ZA Group decided to make the Router available publicly as well. If your company needs a light weight, yet profoundly productive routing machine where the general cutting time for each individual board is less than one minute, and can even be less than 30 seconds, the Twin Station CNC Router is the perfect solution.
The Twin Station CNC Router forms part of the EasyRoute CNC Router series and can operate as a normal router when required, and comes with a vacuum bed manufactured of Bakelite, as well as a High Gantry on the Z-axis to provide a higher working area (which is standard on our EasyRoute CNC Routers). The Twin-Station CNC Router utilises four Servo Motors which provides a 40 meter per minute working speed and can achieve 0.05mm tolerance in the production environment with a 22 hour day, non-stop proven working record.
The innovative Twin-Station CNC Router works like this: After one side is finished routering and the gantry moves away, the operator is required to remove the completed board by taking it off, and then triggering the alignment pin by making use of the footpad for easy placement of the next uncut board. Once the new board has been placed, you simply need to press the station ready button, and the machine will automatically start cutting once the next station is completed. The vacuum pump will switch on and off automatically before starting and completing the routering.
EasyRoute CNC Router from AM.CO.ZA – the reliable and affordable CNC Router solution produced and available in South Africa
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Only a very few companies in South Africa are able to customise a CNC Router solution so that it meets your unique individual needs – and Advanced Machinery is one of them. When Ampaglas, who form part of the Ampa Group, contacted us at AM.CO.ZA for a customised solution for routering the packaging layer boards comprising Polypropylene, we came up
The Techserv Blue Marlin is a high quality CNC plasma cutter. Featuring brushless servo motors, planetary gearboxes, rack drive and linear slides on all axis. Utilising extruded and waterjet cut aluminium for all the dynamic elements, the Blue Marlin has a high cutting speed and very rapid acceleration, essential for cutting small round holes, coupled with our unique hole cutting algorithms, its performance is class leading. The zoned fume extraction bed with built in dross boxes only needs a small efficient fan to keep your workshop smoke free.
The Techserv CNC system is easy to use and packed with features to make running the Blue Marlin easy.
Features: dry run, dynamic reposition, jump to point, jump to point on screen, advance and reverse through nest, multi level zoom, plate align, fast pierce, optical line follower, backup, pick one part, auto nest, inbuilt generic shapes, array nest, auto height sense, auto plasma setup via DCC, plasma errors on screen, marker options, laser setup, remote control, diagnostics, etc
The Techserv Blue Marlin is a high quality CNC plasma cutter. Featuring brushless servo motors, planetary gearboxes, rack drive and linear slides on all axis. Utilising extruded and waterjet cut aluminium for all the dynamic elements, the Blue Marlin has a high cutting speed and very rapid acceleration, essential for cutting small round holes, coupled with our unique hole cutting
