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free up space required for internal grinding. Reference points from grinding wheels to dressing tool and workpiece can be registered very quickly with the help of Quick-Set, Studer’s software-controlled setup device.
ITS SPEED DRAWS YOU IN.
It’s easy to be lured in once you know that the TX-RV Pull Down Chuck is the first of its kind to feature quick jaw change functionality. And yes, being able to change all three jaws in less than thirty seconds is awfully impressive. But its greatest feature might be that no matter how many applications you present to it for high radial and axial accuracy, it’s going to keep its repeatability to within 0.0004”. Time after time.
ITS CONSISTENCY SEALS THE DEAL.
At a time where there’s no margin for error, you couldn’t ask for a better solution.
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“The Quick-Set programming allows us to grind any part as long as we have a program for it,” said Venu “Vinny” Gupta, Studer operator and setup man. “With Quick-Set, you put the part in, bring the program down, offsets up and run the part. I can change from one part to another in 30 minutes. This is especially true if we’re doing similar or a family of parts. Whether you’re running an S40, or S33, all the software is identical, so an operator can go from an S40 to the S33 with virtually no retraining. The Studers are a very precise and reliable machine. On surface fi nishes we can get 8, 6 or 4 micro—you name it, the Studers can deliver. Generally we’re getting a 6 micro requirement on surface fi nish.” Milwaukee Gear chose the S40 “largely because of Studer’s strong reputation for quality, precision and repeatability,” said Leone. “What really swung the decision was the Quick-Set package, which allows us to set up and start running a job sooner. Keep in mind we’re a job shop. We aren’t running the same product line day after day as you might fi nd it in the automotive industry. We have lots of setups and part turnovers. Because of our small lot sizes, setup and changeover are not just measurements in time, but an indicator of our overall effi ciency. That’s what sold us on the purchase of the S40 and later the S33.” “The B axis on the S40 can swivel in any direction with a positioning resolu- tion of 0.0001° to grind tapers, angles, contours and whatever you need, you can grind,” said Gupta. “We have two grinding wheels on both machines, so we can put different size wheels with different radii confi gurations, thus giving us considerably more capability and adding to our overall effi ciency.” “We produce gearing for the high- speed compressor industry, which is
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