Two machines, one goal: different type grinders slash part cycle times in their own special ways

摘要

One company, two engineering groups. Give them the same challenge, and chances are they'll come up with two different ways of achieving it. In this case, the goal is to reduce part cycle times. One group decided to accomplish it through a multifunction machine design, while the other took a slightly different route and devised an innovative part-changing system. These cycle-time-slashing ideas come from Schaudt Mikrosa BWF, represented in the U.S. by United Grinding Technologies of Miamisburg, Ohio, and are found on two new grinding machines. The first is basically an I.D. grinder, called the Uranos M, and the other is a plunge-grinding machine named Kronos M.