The Phoenix 280G is designed for bevel gear grinding for gears up to 280 mm in diameter.
High-speed direct-drive spindles combine with quick-change wheel, arbor and coolant header designs and automatic stock dividing (simultaneously with wheel dressing) to help provide faster floor-to-floor times. The Phoenix Monolithic column is cast from advanced polymer composite material to help achieve high thermal stability and damping characteristics.
The Phoenix 280G is equipped with a FANUC 30i or Siemens 840D CNC and features Gleason's user-friendly software. According to the company, Phoenix design simplifies installation, integration with robots and gantry-type automation and maintenance.
The 280G's automatic stock divider, mounted in close proximity to the workspindle, helps ensure consistently high gear quality. The unit automatically determines the tooth slot position of the pre-finished gear to provide accurate stock division, helping eliminate operator errors.
There are no rails, wires or pipes in the work chamber to collect SWARF, keeping the chamber clean for low preventative maintenance.
The machine offers rapid set-up and all major set-up items can be completed without tools, including the grinding wheel, coolant header and workholding. The coolant header has small blocks that can be swapped out by hand, while the grinding wheel can be released hydraulically.
A well-designed work chamber helps ensure optimum SWARF evacuation. The wheel dresser, for example, telescopes completely out of the work chamber to reduce the wiring/piping typically found there. The tool-less, quick-change coolant header design features a laser guidance device that makes part-to-part pipe alignment more efficient and repeatable.
For more information contact:
Gleason Corporation
1000 University Avenue
P.O. Box 22970
Rochester, NY 14692-2970
585-473-1000
sales-americas@gleason.com
www.gleason.com