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Each FMS vise can be vertically assembled thanks to extra keys on the base and with the use of a purpose base plate to be ordered extra (Art.827). FMS vises could be back to back or side to side or cross assembled. By the way, FMS jaws never stick out from the base.
Of course solid Multilfex visecubes bodies for Horizontal Machining centres could be also supplied as standard items, which offer the possibility to reduce the number of set up given that, they allow to machine workpieces not only on the front side, but also on their lateral sides during the same work cycle.
Specifically designed for Horizontal machining centres are cubi morsa Vise Towers or Vise Cubes: a solid structure allows, with the max rigidity, to get, in a vertical way, all the types and options already seen horizontally.
In such way all six sides of a typical prismatic workpiece can be machined in only 2 clampings. All this also increases the accuracy of the operations.
Of course even single Multiflex vises can be vertically assembled with proper reference points and supports. Vertical Machining Centres can be equipped with dividing tables in order to get the same result too (lateral sides operations). |
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Tombstone Fixtures
- Hydraulic - 3000 to 5000 PSI
- Pressure Maintained with Accumulator
- 2, 4 or 6 Sided Tombstones Available
- Modular Component Designs
- For Horizontal Machining Centers |
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OK-VISE rotary columns are made of aluminium and they come with steel made corner clamps. They work as a trunion unit between indexer and a tail support. This new system makes efficient use of machinable area a reality, ultimately leading to savings in tool changes, less operator interventions and extended cycle times. Most important feature is a possibility to use subplates resulting to a remarkable cut down in machine stop times which is critical especially in the vertical machining centers.
Parts fixturing probably represents the best value in today´s metalworking technology, if you calculate the cost of a CNC machine tool, the cutting tools, tool-holders and tool-changer with both the programming and the design software and compare these investments to the cost of your workholding equipment. Fixturing normally costs only a fraction of the amount the others cost. Yet, the potential for time savings and process improvements offered by a good fixturing solution are substantial.
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- modular clamping and positioning system for machining centres and flexible production systems.
- 4 clamping stations enable 3-sided-machining.
- adaptation to the machine (palett / traverse paths / workpieces) available as special solution. |
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Craftsman Tools manufacture a complete range of cube type workholding, either from our large standard stock range of plain faced cubes, or bespoke designs to meet your exact process requirements.
Each cube allows you to load your horizontal machining centre pallet with the maximum number of components. This maximises the productivity of both single and twin pallet machines.
All of Craftsman Tools’ Cubes have the following design features:
Highest quality clos grain cast iron
Dimensional stability
Base and faces fully finish machined
Base mountings to suit any machining centre
Permenant datums
Craftsman can also supply your cube pre-drilled to suit existing fixturing, provide standard fixture plates, or design and supply a complete fixturing package to your exact requirements. |
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To support and complete the Gerardi Modular Workholding System a more and more strategic and important role is played by the range of Modular Tubstones and Sub-plates.
They are manufactured in the most different shapes and versions, anyway always provided in one solid cast iron cast G30 and with double stress relieving heat treatment. Just recently they are available in Aluminum too.
The shapes available are the following:
Square cubes
Rectangular cubes
Crank-webs
Angles
Plates and subplates
Shelves
On specific request
As versions and finishing following types are manufactured:
Rough milled cast irons (5mm stock)
Rough milled cast irons with tailor-made base face
Finished Tombstones, accuracy ±0,01mm
Tumbstones for modular plates
Grid Tumbstones with calibrated holes and solid threads
Grid Tumbstones with Ø12 or 16mm hardened bushings and elicoils in inox steel
Grooved types
Taylor made
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GibbsCAM TMS (Tombstone Management System)
Tombstones are a very productive means for machining multiple parts, greatly extending the time a machining center can run without operator intervention. GibbsCAM TMS (Tombstone Management System) streamlines multi-part setups to move more material through a machine tool while dramatically reducing the overall time required to create error-free machining processes.
Is it more efficient to keep the tool in the spindle and index around the tombstone or would it be better to finish all operations on one face of the tombstone before indexing to the next? GibbsCAM TMS makes it easy to try a variety of strategies to find the optimal strategy for any group of parts.
Perfect for lean manufacturing environments, or for job shops that want to implement lean principles, tombstone machining automates the output of a continuous flow of parts. The simplest strategy is to arrange the same part across multiple locations and sides of a tombstone and machine them one after the other by simply repeating the CNC program. With each rotation of the tombstone, a fresh group of parts is presented for machining.
With only a few mouse clicks, parts and their associated fixtures are located on the tombstone. GibbsCAM TMS offers numerous options for automatically arranging parts on a tombstone face with the choice of duplicating the same configuration on all faces of the tombstone or creating custom configurations for each face.
For parts that require different operations using a variety of tools, a more complex strategy can be defined that optimizes tool changes and minimizes rotations of the tombstone. Different faces of the same part can be programmed, at different Z-levels, on each side of the tombstone or mix different types of parts. GibbsCAM TMS handles the simplest to the most complex tombstone configurations.
Operations can be added or cleared to modify the sequence of operations on each side of the tombstone to accommodate certain exceptions. For example, features can be selectively excluded on the sides of parts that face other workpieces instead of the open side of the tombstone where the spindle can reach. These operations can then be addressed later in another setup. Separate clearance values control the safe distance for the tool when moving from part to part on one face of the tombstone and the safe distance when indexing from face to face on the tombstone.
When GibbsCAM TMS is combined with GibbsCAM Machine Simulation, a dynamic rendering of the complete setup-tombstone, parts, fixtures, and machine tool component-shows all inter-operation and intra-operation moves. Different strategies and their cycle times can be compared and adjusted quickly and easily.
After various scenarios have been tested and the user is completely satisfied with tool movement, tool changes, sequence of operations and index moves, GibbsCAM TMS will generate a complete post processed set of G-code for the entire tombstone of parts. GibbsCAM TMS also provides support for the posted output of subroutines, canned cycles, and B-rotation positions. |
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