Caron Engineering, Inc. will have live demonstrations of advanced machining solutions at IMTS 2016. Caron Engineering develops hardware and software solutions for more intelligent machining, focusing on unattended operation, machine process diagnostics, cycle time reduction and eliminating operator error.
Caron Engineering will feature a Tsugami B0205 auto-loading Swiss-type machine with FANUC robot unload and Keyence Laser measurement technology. The Tsugami machine will be outfitted with Caron Engineering's machine enhancement technologies to automate and help improve the machining process, while providing information about the cutting process and health of the machine.
During cutting, Caron Engineering's Tool Monitoring Adaptive Control System with multi-process monitoring capability (TMAC MP) will be optimizing the cutting process. TMAC can increase tool life by monitoring power, not guessing with cycle count or time in cut. With immediate machine stop and retract when a tool breaks to minimize damage, TMAC is designed for unattended operation.
The milling will be enhanced by TMAC MP's Adaptive Control feature. With adaptive control, TMAC learns the optimum power for each tool and continuously maintains a constant tool load. "This results in typical cycle time savings of 20% - 50%, longer cutter life and more machine uptime," said a company spokesperson.
Using the FANUC robot, the part will be unloaded. The part will then be placed in the Keyence Laser 2-D measurement Gauge. The Keyence Gauge will send the measurement data to AutoComp to process the data to determine if any tool offsets need to be adjusted to keep the part in tolerance. Caron Engineering's automatic tool wear compensation software (AutoComp), provides error free tooling control.
The Tsugami B0205 will also be operating with Caron Engineering's Smart Light system, to provide assessment of the part's progress. The CEI Smart Light system is a status light system. It offers over 1,000 programmable modes and six different color options, plus one user-defined color. The user can preconfigure recipes for basic light outputs, or use direct set protocol to change the light.
A DTect-IT vibration sensor will be attached near the spindle on the Tsugami to monitor bearing health for analysis. Caron Engineering's latest product DTect-IT monitors any area of concern on a CNC machine tool or fixture. It will run on any Windows PC with an available USB Port and graph the sensor data on the PC. DTect-IT can identify machine anomalies using vibration, strain and power sensors, combined with several monitoring modes including limit analysis, bearing analysis and fault detection.
In addition to the on-machine demonstrations, Caron Engineering will have multiple product kiosks set up demonstrating the full capabilities of all of Caron Engineering's products. The kiosk demonstrations will include Caron Engineering's Tool Connect system, a tool identification system that automatically transfers tool presetter data to the machine control, utilizing RFID tags in toolholders. This system has innovative operator screens and can be set up for any custom designed format.
For more information contact:
Caron Engineering, Inc.
1931 Sanford Rd.
Wells, ME 04090
207-646-6071
www.caroneng.com
IMTS 2016 Booth E-5636