MACHINEMATE
Applications
Several stories have
been written about successful
applications using a
MACHINEMATE
control.
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3-head Vertical
Turret Lathe
Retrofit
Retrofit of huge
Rafamet KC250 VTL
with 3 turrets.
The 1982 machine had
been manually
operated but with
the retrofit it
became full CNC. (570KB)
American Hustler
Lathe
Lathe retrofit was
done as a control
cabinet replacement
(existing drives and
motors are reused).
This cabinet was
designed to work
with any of the
American Tool
products (Hustler,
Eagle, Challenger).
(260KB)
Brown and Sharpe
VC1000 and VC1050
Control Retrofits
Brown and Sharpe
machines with GE
1050 control
retrofits.
Drives and motors
were reused as well
as much of the
existing machine
hardware to minimize
the control
integration time and
cost. (570KB)
Eliminating
Maintenance on Old
Grinders
Tschudin grinder
with Marposs gauge.
The Marposs gauge
and control cabinet
was reused but the
old drives and
motors were replaced
with new Indramat
SERCOS drives and
motors. (640KB)
General Motion
Replacement of Allen
Bradley 8200 control
(and the old
drives/motors) on a glue-dispensing
machine for an
automotive
application. (280KB)
Giddings & Lewis
410-102 Mill
Retrofit
Retrofit of a G&L
410-102 mill that had the
GE 2000 control,
that had been
retrofit years ago
to upgrade what had
been built as a
manual machine.
Drives and motors
were reused as well
as much of the
existing machine
hardware to minimize
the control
integration time and
cost.
(960KB)
Giddings & Lewis 515
VTL Retrofit
Retrofit of a G&L
515 VTL that had the
Westinghouse PAC
2000 control. Drives
and motors were
reused as well as
much of the existing
machine hardware to
minimize the control
integration time and
cost. This VTL has
twin turrets so the
CNC runs two part
programs (one for
each turret)
simultaneously. (730KB)
Gleason
777 Gear Hobber Retrofit
Retrofit of a Gleason
777 Gear Hobber that had the
Allen Bradley 8600 control.
This retrofit used
the Electronic Gear
Box feature in our
new
MACHINEMATE
CNC
but it reused the
existing DeviceNet
Flex IO modules and
the existing
Indramat drives and
motors. (600KB)
Retrofit of an ITI
Grinder
Retrofit of an ITI
Grinder, built in
1981, that had the ITI 300 control.
Existing drives and
motors as well as
the Y-axis linear
scale were reused. (70KB)
Kearney & Trecker
Horizontal Mill
Retrofit of an MM180
that had a K&T C control
(the original axis,
spindle drives and
motors were reused).
(510KB)
Field rebuild of a
Matsuura Machining
Center
Retrofit of Matsuura
MV1000 that had a
Fanuc 3000C control.
The drives and
motors were replaced
as part of the
machine rebuild.
This machine has
twin spindles but
the control runs
just one part
program. (550KB)
Monarch VMC150
Retrofit of Monarch
VMC150.
(160KB)
Pratt & Whitney
Vertical Mill
Replacement of the
Teammate control on
a PW Trimac XV
machine. The control
cabinet replacement
design used
compatible
connectors to
expedite the
replacement. (430KB)
Tschudin Grinders
Tschudin grinder
with a Marposs gauge.
The Marposs gauge
and control cabinet
was reused but the
old drives and
motors were replaced
with new Indramat
SERCOS drives and
motors. (910KB)
W & S Lathe
(330KB)
Retrofit
Kits from the
Machine Tool OEM
Builder
This sales flyer
involves a retrofit
kit by an OEM using a
MACHINEMATE
control.
Cincinnati-Lamb
Retrofit Kit with
MachineMate
This kit replaces
the Arrow control
(from Control
Techniques) (160KB)
Newsletter
Articles about
CNC
Applications
The
MACHINEMATE
newsletter will
sometimes include a
brief article about
a CNC application.
Sometimes the
newsletter article
became a longer
story, leading to
one of the articles
above, while in
other cases there
was not enough
substance to the
story to warrant a
multiple page
article in a
separate pdf.
Issue 13 (70KB)
– ITI grinder
retrofit
Issue 10 (90KB)
– three
applications: laser
cutting, lumber
processing, serial
communications for
axis control
2-page Flyers for
Specific CNC
Features
These 2-page sales flyers
describe certain
features for an
application using a
MACHINEMATE
control.
Punching-Nibbling
Software
This software option
supports a
punch/nibble
application (40KB)
Laser Cutting with
Distance Control
This particular
customer made use of
several software
options for a laser
cutting application (40KB)
Applications of
the MACHINEMATE
CNC but under a
different
product label
These articles are
from the Power Automation
web site. PA is
our counterpart
in Europe; our relationship
with PA is described
on our
Heritage page.
These applications
of the
MACHINEMATE
CNC control were
done with the PA
model name on the
control, for the
European market
rather than North
America.
Making the
Impossible
Possible,
21-axes machine
for the
manufacturing of
turbine blades
(1100KB)
Case Study: Smooth
up to 1 G, Open
Control System based
on Windows at
the heart of a fast
water jet cutting
machine. (120KB)
Report: Quality
and Speed,
CNC
makes possible:
Perfect aluminum
decoration parts
for sports cars.
(360KB)
