#gfac #gfagicharmilles #agecharmilles #manufacturing #engineering #machinery #machining Innovative solutions in milling, electrical-discharge machining (EDM), laser texturing, automation and customer services were at the heart of GF Agie Charmilles’
(www.gfac.com) International Technology Show in Losone, Switzerland, last month. They showed how the group’s advanced-manufacturing technologies can help customers to improve their performance.
Each of the show’s four days began with an over-view of the group’s history of innovation and was followed by a key-note address from a customer, technical presentations, machine demonstrations, a ‘meet the experts’ session and a tour of the EDM manufacturing facility in Zandone.
The high-speed and high-efficiency five-axis milling machines highlighted at the event included the HSM 2000U LP, which has linear drives on all axes, and the HEM 500U, which is equipped with a newly developed rotary tilting table.
The EDM innovations in the spotlight included the CUT 200mS/Sp wire-cut machine, which features active thermo-stabilisation for best positioning accuracy, and the FORM 2000 VHP, which incorporates thermo-stabilisation plus a Z axis cooled with dielectric.
Meanwhile, GF Agie Charmilles Customer Services presented a number of advanced preventive-maintenance initiatives. These include: calibration by laser interferometer to guarantee maximum accuracy of a machine’s axes; geometrical control to prevent wear on machine components; and circularity tests with a ball-bar gauge to help diagnose machine performance issues.