Leveraging the productivity of internal grinders with sensor based controls.
Normal force sensing CNC for internal grinders. Faster Cycles - Hi-Precision.

PC-CONTROL RAISES GRINDING MACHINE PRODUCTIVITY
MONITOR GRINDING WHEEL SHARPNESS
GRINDING FORCE SENSORS
TROUBLE SHOOTING GRINDING PROBLEMS
SEMINARS ON GRINDING
INTERNAL GRINDING--COMPENSATE FOR DEFLECTION ERRORS
INTERNAL GRINDING--ELIMINATE IN-PROGRESS GAGING
INTERNAL GRINDING--MICROANGLING ELIMINATES TAPER ERRORS
                   ELIMINATES SPARKOUT TIME -> FASTER CYCLES
INTERNAL GRINDING--ADAPTS TO WHEEL WORK CONFORMITY
           YIELDS MORE PARTS PER WHEEL
INTERNAL GRINDING--ELIMINATE ID SIZE ERRORS DUE TO ODD VARIATION C/C++ PROGRAMMING TO GET THE BEST FROM YOUR GRINDING MACHINE

Save $$ on your grinding operations by automating the grinding process.  That means getting better control of the grinding process variables, i.e. wheel sharpness, threshold forces, system deflection, stock variations, runout variations, changes in wheel conformity, and wheelwear.

PC-CONTROLS interfaced to various sensors have the power to raise grinding productivity.  By compensating for system deflections high precision can be achieved without using In-Process gaging, permitting the use of larger wheels on internals, and employing simpler SIZEMATIC cycles.  In-Process Gaging requires operator attention as wheel conformity changes to maintain proper grind rate at SIZE point.

PC-CONTROLS coupled with MICROANGLING eliminate bore taper due to grind force.  By angling the wheelhead axis slightly, the cutting surface of the wheel is maintained exactly parallel to the Z stroke direction.  The result is a straight bore under the grind force.  No sparkout time is required to straighten out the bore.  Wheelwear is more uniform, thus requiring less truing.   Faster cycles.

PC-CONTROLS are able to monitor wheel sharpness, and indirectly the sharpness of the dresser.  They can give the current wheel sharpness on each grind cycle showing changes in wheel structure as the wheel wears.  The wheel sharpness is the most important variable in the grinding process and causes many problems.

PC-CONTROLS provide the ability to adapt the cycle parameters as the wheelwork conformity changes from NEW wheel to WORN wheel.  In many cases the NEW wheel can stand higher forces than the WORN wheel.  As a result, 25% increase in productivity can be achieved by interpolating parameters from NEW to WORN.

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