Micro Grinder for Medical Device Industry
April 1, 2020
Glebar Company has announced its new CAM.3 micro grinder. "The CAM.3 represents the next generation in Glebar's 68 year history of providing precision grinding solutions to the medical device industry," said a company spokesperson. "The CAM.3 features faster speeds and feeds, larger diameter wheel, increased capability and connection to the IIoT. Applications such as medical guidewires with flats, multiple tapers, hex shapes and other complex geometries can be easily manufactured on the CAM.3." The CAM.3 offers additional capability suited for applications such as K wires, bone pins and other orthopedic and sports medicine implants, instruments and single use disposable products.
The CAM.3 can accurately grind lengths ranging from 0.005" to 0.375" in diameter. The 16" grinding wheel is mounted on a servo spindle with robust ABEC 7 spindle bearings with the capability of reaching over 20,944 surface feet. It can be fitted with a 6-axis robot within the enclosure, providing additional axis and automated capabilities. The work head can be tilted up to 5° to grind sharp corners and true threads. The dual carriage linear motor feed system powers the collets, which can spin up to 250 RPS for improved grinding performance.
Built on a 6,500 lb. mineral cast base for vibration dampening, the CAM.3 can repeatedly produce parts to sub-micron accuracy. The positioning of the work wheel, main spindle and collets can be programmed using the touchscreen HMI that features a large 16:9 aspect ratio. IIoT enabled sensors can be built in to monitor temperature, pressure and vibration of key mechanical components.
The enclosure includes safety interlocks and the machine is CE certified for the European market. The base includes embedded air and oil lines. The electrical enclosure includes a built-in AC cooling system. The CAM.3 comes with MTConnect capability, is OPC UA compliant and is ready for Industry 4.0. The CAM.3 controller can easily be expanded to add peripherals such as loaders, inspection gauges and other automation solutions.
For more information contact:
Glebar Company
565 East Crescent Avenue
Ramsey, NJ 07446
201-337-1500 / 800-235-5122
info@glebar.com
www.glebar.com
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