Unmanned mill/turn centre package
March 1st 2005 Afifth Colchester Tornado has been bought by Roger Metcalfe of Cleveland Components. The ‘lights-out’ package gives an unmanned running capability and has enabled the company to secure a £40 000 a year contract that it would not have been able to quote for before the purchase.
Colchester Sales convinced Roger Metcalfe that he should think wider than two-axis turning and that for his type of parts the Tornado 120M would be the best solution, even though the mill/turn centre package was more expensive than a two-axis machine.
For unmanned running, the company can program the machine using ColCam off-line software, set up the tooling, tool monitoring limits and production scheduling software, program the Renishaw probing routines, load the press bar, press the button and let it go. More articles from Wildish Communications Ltd: | 
