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Copilot moves to numerical transfer machines
The semi-automatic dimensional control software developed by Cetim-Ctdec can now handle up to 56 correctors simultaneously. Its first installation in this configuration has just been carried out in a company in Haute-Savoie (France).
15 seconds instead of 30 minutes! Alpentech, a company located in Haute-Savoie, has saved precious time during its adjustment phases with the installation of the Copilot Pro software on a 15-station numerically controlled transfer machine. This is a major advantage for the setters of the manufacturer of high-precision parts - in particular for the automobile sector – as they no longer have to manually calculate all the correctors to be applied to the machine. At present, Copilot Pro performs the computations and automatically sends the corrections to be made to the axes based on measurement information supplied by a three-dimensional measuring machine. In addition to the considerable time saving, the number of discarded parts has decreased and their quality has become even more consistent than before.
Automatic corrections
This performance is due to a new development of the Copilot Pro software. Whereas before the software was used to automatically apply correctors to single and multiple spindle lathes and machining centres, the semi-automatic dimensional control software developed by Cetim-Ctdec, an associated centre of Cetim, can now control up to 56 correctors simultaneously and is able to interface with numerical transfer machines. Subsequent to inspecting the part produced on a measuring machine, the operator starts computation to make the link between the interleaved chains of dimensions and the control of tool correctors. The information is automatically transferred to the machine. The tool helps to preserve and capitalise on the know-how of the setters, increase the opening time of the production tools, immediately detect drifts in the process and automatically correct them, reduce discards and monitor machining to permanently produce with optimum cutting conditions.
The Copilot Pro software stems from developments initially carried out with the University of Savoie and the Mont-Blanc Industries competitive cluster. Read more about this application on http://www.ctdec.com.
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