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PROFILE
A Mills CNC custom-designed and built automated manufacturing cell is being installed
at Lenane Precision’s facility in Smithstown, Shannon, County Clare this month.
Words by Paul Fanning The completion of a
complex turnkey
project fi rst started in
early 2019 saw Mills
CNC deliver and
install a highproductivity
and
fl exible customdesigned
and built automated
manufacturing cell to Shannon-based
leading precision subcontract specialist
Lenane Precision.
The cell represents a signifi cant
investment for Lenane and, when
operational, will run 24/7 delivering
signifi cant productivity gains and process
effi ciency improvements to the company,
substantially increasing its
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competitiveness.
The cell, which comprises two Siemens
840D-controlled Doosan DVF 5000
(5-axis) machines and a Fanuc industrial
robot also features:
• A robot positioning track (also known
as a RTU – Robot Transfer Unit) that runs
between the two adjacent positioned DVF
5000 machines enabling the robot to
service both (i.e. undertaking part loading
and unloading operations).
• Integrated racking systems that hold
up to 36 x standardised sized pallets
(400mm x 400mm with up to 140kg
maximum load) onto which workpieces are
clamped and then loaded into the DVF
5000 machines, and machined
components are unloaded from the
machine and stored.
• 2 metre high safety caging/fencing that
encloses the robot track and that restricts
access to the DVF 5000 machines’ loading/
unloading operations.
At the heart of the system is a
sophisticated and powerful touchscreen
HMI that uses Mills’ proprietary SYNERGi
software to control the cell and that
provides a seamless interface with the
cell’s machine tools, robot etc.
Lenane Precision, fi rst established in
1994, is a company committed to
continuous improvement and regularly
invests in advanced machine tool
technologies.
Since 2012 the company has, almost
exclusively, become a Doosan machine tool
Jim Lenane, Lenane’s MD
ONE OF A KIND
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