C.R. Onsrud's Industrial CNC X-Series is designed to cut through the common linear profile processing challenges, offering increased quality, faster turnaround times, and lower cost per part.
"When processing linear profiles, manufacturers often contend with non-value-added labor, material scrap, and unproductive times that delay getting parts out the door and negatively affect profits. C.R. Onsrud's X-Series CNC Solution is engineered to tackle these issues."
Problem #1: Misaligned Drill Holes on Opposite Faces
Manual fix:
- Running a larger drill bit or reamer
- Welding incorrect holes and drilling new ones
- Substituting a fastener that deviates from the design specs.
The X-Series CNC Solution: Built with a rigid steel frame construction, precision alignment, and extensive quality control during the build process, the X-Series enables:
- Consistently aligned holes drilled to exact specifications the first time and every time
- Proper alignment and stability throughout the cutting process
- Elimination of rework.
Problem #2: Profiles Buckle, Sag, or Move During Machining
Problems typically result from inefficient, unbalanced clamping forces.
Manual fix:
- Frequent and repetitive clamping and reclamping
- Frequent and repetitive repositioning of clamps
- Reduced processing speeds and feeds.
The X-Series CNC Solution: Engineered with a specialized, quick-change clamping system that applies precise holding force exactly where needed. The servo-positioned clamping system:
- Provides uniform pressure for reliable, precision cuts
- Easily accommodates a variety of profile sizes and geometries
- Automatically moves clamps into their preprogrammed position
- Temporarily retracts clamps to clear the path for the cutting tool
- Saves significant set-up time
- Includes datum point for accurate material placement.
Problem #3: Repairing or Replacing Finished Parts
Manual fix:
- Filing of sharp edges, buffing marred surfaces, straightening with a press-brake, or performing other secondary operations
- Attempting second operations in the field, delaying on-site schedule
- Sending parts back to the fabrication shop for repair or replacement, halting on-site construction
- Scrapping parts due to mismeasurement or inaccurate cuts.
The X-Series CNC Solution: In order to maximize efficiency and eliminate time-consuming set-ups, the X-Series is configured with 5-axis capability:
- Performs all operations — including milling, drilling, slotting, tapping, sawing, and trimming in a single set-up.
- Delivers precision angles, undercuts, and surface finishes at high speeds
- Requires no rework
- Eliminates processing errors that would typically require rework and scrapped parts.
Problem #4: Insufficient Chip Removal
Trapped chips can lead to:
- Swarf recutting, which shortens tool life
- Particles gouging or scratching the material
- Dimensional inaccuracies
- Gummed up saw blades and tools.
The X-Series CNC Solution: The machine's design and optional features effectively manage chip evacuation:
A bellows roof prevents chips from escaping out the top of the machine
Angled walls direct debris toward the chip and scrap conveyor
Air knives clean debris from the linear guide
Programmable air blast prevents chip buildup on tools
Optimal chip load directs heat into the chip, not the material or tooling.
Problem #5: Slow Production
Especially with manual processes, production can be slow. Time is wasted on:
- Handling material between stations
- Idling waiting on downstream operations to complete
- Searching for tools
- Slow cutting processes
- Inefficient workflows.
The X-Series CNC Solution: The American-made industrial CNC X-Series automates processes to provide:
- High-speed, 5-axis machining, optimized for linear profiles
- Consolidated operations in a single set-up, reducing material-handling time.
- Safe loading of material or unloading finished parts while the machine keeps making parts
- Doubles productivity with the addition of a second gantry within the same footprint.
With the X-Series, operators can redirect the hours saved to tasks that generate revenue.
Authored by C.R. Onsrud
For more information contact:
C.R. Onsrud
120 Technology Drive
Troutman, NC 28166
800-638-8185 / 704-508-7000
sales@cronsrud.com
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