Stellex Monitor Aerospace Inc. of Amityville, New York has an-nounced the completion of a total CNC retrofit on the fifth of their ten Cincinnati Milacren gantry-style milling machines, used in the production of various titanium and aluminum aerospace components. The turnkey retrofits were provided by the Siemens Machine Tool Business, located in Elk Grove Village, IL. Originally equipped with ACRA-MATIC "Big Blue" controls, these machines now have new Siemens digital servo motors and drives, Siemens SINUMERIK 840D CNC's, running on a Windows XP platform with true 3D five-axis cutter compensation and full five-axis real-time kinematic transformation. The results have already been documented, according to Stellex Monitor V.P. Gary Kahrau, to include reduced set-up time, improved surface finish, reduced secondary finishing operations and, thus, significant improvements in overall productivity at this leading builder of aerospace components and assemblies.
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