Visitor numbers across the two-day
event exceeded 350; eight machine
tools and three collaborative robots
were sold; over one hundred signifi cant
enquiries were generated
Doosan tech on show
Andrew Allcock visited Mills CNC’s recent Open House event, which focused completely on Doosan
technology. New multi-tasking turning centres, large-capacity machining centres, turning centre-based
gear manufacture, cobots and automation were key elements of the October get-together
Automation cell – Mills CNC has employed a software writer to support its
automation efforts. A DNM 4500 vertical machining centre was served by this
FANUC robot-based, Mills CNC-engineered system fronted by a Mills CNC HMI
that allows easy step-by-step setting up of automated machine loading/unloading.
Data to defi ne such things as chuck jaws (robot and machine) can be called from
a database or entered into templates at the screen then stored for reuse. Called
Compact Cell, the system has fi ve drawers within which billets are held in standard
fi xture matrices (defi ned by the HMI system, based on entered billet dimensions).
Parts are taken from and deposited into drawers. They can be placed in a separate
inspection drawer at defi ned intervals or on demand, with tool offsets also
updateable from the HMI. Installations have been made
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