The future development direction of CNC tool grinder

Machine tool manufacturers continue to push new products to help tool makers and regrind mills to increase productivity and reduce costs. In order to improve the utilization of machine tools and reduce labor costs, automation has been increasingly valued. At the same time, through the development of software, the machine tool can broaden the operation functions, and can arrange the production schedule economically in the case of small production batches and short delivery periods. In addition, the power of the machine tool is increased so that it can adapt to the diverse needs and widen the range of specifications of the grinding tool.

The development of CNC tool grinders in the future is mainly reflected in three aspects:

I. Automation: When a tool manufacturer produces a new tool, the efficiency is high due to the large volume. However, there is no such condition for the tool dressing factory. Only the automation is used to solve the efficiency problem. The tool grinder does not require the machine to be operated unattended, but it is hoped that an operator will be able to take care of multiple machines to control costs.

Second, high precision: Many manufacturers have to reduce the operating time as the primary goal, but other manufacturers put the quality of parts in the most important position (such as high-precision cutting tools and medical parts manufacturers). With the improvement of grinding machine production technology, newly developed machine tools can guarantee very strict tolerances and exceptional smoothness.

Third, the development of application software: Now the factory hopes that the higher the degree of automation of grinding, the better, regardless of the size of the production batch, the key to the problem is to achieve flexibility. His recent work has focused on the creation of an automatic loading and unloading system for knives and grinding wheels to make the grinding process unattended or to minimize care. The increasing importance of software is due to the fact that there is a reduction in the number of high-level workers who have the ability to manually mill complex tools. In addition, hand-made tools are also difficult to meet the cutting speed and accuracy requirements of modern machine tools. Manual grinding reduces the quality and consistency of the cutting edge compared to CNC grinding. Since the tool is to be leaned against the support plate during manual grinding, the grinding wheel is directed toward the cutting edge, which results in edge burrs. The opposite is true for CNC grinding. Instead of supporting the plates when working, the grinding direction is away from the cutting edge and no edge burrs are produced.

As long as the three directions of the CNC tool grinder are well grasped, we can gain a firm foothold in the world tide.