Flexability. What you can do when you dont think inside the box

Just a quick run through of the machines I have repaired in the last year.

AASA
Aida
Amada HFA-700
ASC Machine tools
ATP
Awea
AXYS 6000
Balestrini MIA PO 1136
Berges
Biesse Rover 336
Biesse Rover 346
Bobst
Boucherie TM-2RCNC
Brandt Optimat K066
Brother TC-211
Busellato Jet4002 XL
Busellato smaster h-150
Cefla Easy 2000
Celaschi
Cincinnati Saber 750
Citizen F20
Citizen L16
Citizen L20
CMS NCPF1
CMS NCPF102
CMS PF R4
CMS PF112-R4CU-RR-HMRR
Crawford Concept
Daewoo 10HC
Daewoo ACE-H100
Daewoo Puma TT1500SY
Deawoo 12L-B
Digital Tool
DoAll
Doosan Puma TT1500SY
Fadal 914-15
Fadal VMC-15
Flader 300/VS
Heesemann
HH Roberts
Hitachi H-cut2030Q
Hitachi Seiki Hi tech turn 25S
Holzma HPL33/38/22
Hymmen
IMA
INDUSTRIAL TIMBER TECHNOLOGY LTD Pallet nailer
Japack
Kapp AS-305-T
Kataka
Kearny & Trecker
Kira KV-3MC
Komo
Komo Protec Excel4016TC
Koppers
KRB Machinery
Lucas Horizontal mills
Makino MC65
Mayer PS9Z
Mazak 18MS MkII
Mazak AJV 35/60
Mazak PFH-4800
Mazak QT15N
Mazak QT18N
Mazak slant 40N
Mazak SQT 18M
Mazak v-414
McNight
Miyano BNE-34S
Mori Seiki MV40
Mori Seiki NV5000
Mori Seiki SL1
Mori Seiki SL-2H
Mori Seiki SL4
Nardini
Oberlin
Okuma LNC-8
Okuma MC-4VA
Onsrude hot press
Premier 540-2
Rosso
RYE Qmaxi3015
Rye qm2512
Samco
Selco NWA
Shoda Maxim
Shoda NC516PSU-2126
Star VNC-20
Sun Tools
Takatori Intech
Takumi
Techno Isel
TM Opti-Kap 3002
Torwegge
Unimack
Unique Machine & tool / Jenkins
Unison Breeze
United die cutter
VanDorn 250
Victor V-center 4
Wadkins CA12009
Weeke BP-12
Wemhoner
Wista WS160V
Wista WSK1060
Wista WSM160
Wotan B105-MNC

Plus some custom built machines by builders who have gone out of business or were built by the customer them selves but the engineer is longer with them

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The Power of DNC

We find many customers who have CNC equipment do not use their equipment to it's fullest capability. Just recently I had a customer with a Shoda router with a Fanuc control. This customer was writing his CNC programs by hand on the operator panel and then copying it to a spiral notebook by hand, because the control only had enough memory to hold half a dozen programs.

I asked him if he'd considered using DNC, and he'd never heard of it.

DNC stands for Distributed Numerical Control, and basically it's a remote storage center for CNC programs. Normally, the way it is configured, you have a PC running a DNC server package (WinDNC is a favorite of ours) and a serial cable connection back to the CNC controller on the machine.

Once you have it configured, the operator can call up any one of hundreds (or thousands) of programs that are stored on the computer, and the computer streams the program back to the CNC control via the serial cable. no more writing it by hand on the control, with it's clunky interface.

We set this customer up with a DNC server, and tied it into their LAN so that the developers can write the program on their computer, and transfer it to the DNC server over the ethernet network. then all the operator has to do when he gets an order is call the correct program out to the CNC and run it.

It saves massive amounts of time where the operator was recreating or reentering a program by hand (taking 15 minutes or more) when the DNC transfer is over in seconds. Over time that builds up to a definate improvement in production times and quantity of product produced per day.

You can also connect multiple machines to a single DNC server. Theoretically, you can run an entire factory floor off the same server, as long as you have enough serial ports to make the connections. Products like RocketPort add extra serial ports to the server. I've set up DNC servers to connect to over two dozen machines at once, with all of the CNC machines on the factory floor storing all their programs in a central location that can be easily backed up.

New technology allows many new ideas built on this subject. Serial tunnelling over TCP/IP allows you to connect to a DNC server that is offsite somewhere else on the LAN or the Internet, and wireless radio to serial devices do away with the clutter of cables running over the factory floor.

There are many, many things you can do with this technology. Give us a call and we'll discuss a solution for you.