JONES & SHIPMAN DEMONSTRATES MARKET- LEADING
PRECISION GRINDING MACHINES & ‘EASY CONTROL’ CNC AT MACH 2008.
Jones & Shipman, the UK’s foremost precision grinding machine manufacturer, is showing four market-leading grinding machines at Mach 2008. These are Suprema and Ultramat cylindrical grinding machines, a Dominator Creepfeed grinding machine and a TechMaster high-precision surface grinding machine. Three of these models also incorporate Jones & Shipman’s feature packed ‘Easy Control’, which is simpler to use, quicker to set, yet enables parts to be ground within the same cycle time as a conventional CNC.
The ‘Easy Control’ is built around a GE-Fanuc® Touchscreen and incorporates Jones Shipman proprietary software that removes the requirement for operators to input code, instead providing a highly flexible graphical menu driven program. Whilst offering faster turn-around and quicker set-up’s than conventional CNC, it still has all the functionality. Featuring 10th micron programming, standard cycles and even contour grinding, this control is available as an option in place of a conventional CNC on all current Jones & Shipman grinding machine ranges.
The idea of the Easy Control is two-fold: on one hand it brings traditionally manual machinists into the world of CNC technology without requiring any additional programming knowledge; and on the other hand it can be used to make complex and precise grinding operations far easier to execute than has previously been possible.
Jones & Shipman’s intention is to offer the ‘best of both worlds’, providing two to three day training courses, normally sufficient, either in Leicester or at the customers own address, that are intended to bring traditional operators - of any capability – to the point where they are completely comfortable using the controls.
The two cylindrical grinding machines on show at Mach 2008 are from the Suprema and Ultramat ranges. The Suprema exhibited incorporates a Universal Wheelhead and has a grinding capacity of Ø300mm x 650mm between centres. Models are also available in 1m and 1.5m table capacities. Whilst this model with its universal wheelhead allows for internal and external grinding, plain straight approach and angle head options are also available; all achieved with very low capital outlay, ensuring fast payback for users.
Commenting on the Suprema, Mike Duignan, Sales and Marketing Director for Jones & Shipman, said: “The Suprema is one of our best selling machines, offering precision at a highly competitive price level. Like all of our machine ranges, here in the UK it benefits from local access to our sales and technical support centre. Our grinding experts and software team can provide invaluable guidance on operating software, and on getting the best from our machines.”
The Ultramat machine is designed for the higher volume production environment, such as aerospace and automotive, as well as high-precision sub-contract machining for biomedical and motorsport engineering. The machine offers 650mm or 1000mm between centres. Options for this machine range include conventional or our ‘Easy’ CNC, angle head, external only or a programmable turret wheelhead with multiple wheels, full in-process gauging, probing & flagging, autoloading and articulating arm CNC form dressing.
Surface grinders will also feature strongly on the Jones Shipman stand (5350) including an example of the well-known, Award Winning, Dominator Surface, Profile and Creepfeed range this time a model 624 with CNC control and a heavy duty TechMaster 844. This TechMaster is a larger machine designed for use in toolrooms and mould making facilities; it offers 800mm x 400mm grinding capacity with a vertical capacity of 400mmm under the grinding wheel. The TechMaster is highly accurate, very stiff and has a high metal removal rate.
Complementing the Jones and Shipman exhibits will be a display of Gear, Rotor and Thread ground components all produced on the World Leading and Award Winning Holroyd high speed Helical milling and Helical Thread and Gear grinding machines. Also featured will be a display of the all-new 5 axis Edgetek XL superabrasive grind-mill machining system with its 20 paired station toolchanger. This enables wheel stacks and coolant halos or milling/drilling tooling and coolant halos to be exchanged together, allowing high speed grinding of multiple features on complex components such as nozzle guide vanes for the aerospace and power generation industries.
About Jones & Shipman and the Precision Technologies Group
Jones & Shipman, is part of the Precision Technologies Group of companies, together with its sister companies Holroyd and Edgetek. The Group is firmly at the forefront of high precision machine tool design, build and supply. It’s machines produce ultra precision components in a diverse range of industries including aerospace, medical, mould tool & die, power generation and high end automotive. In addition the Group has developed some of the most sophisticated, bespoke software in the marketplace boasting a simple rapid set and intuitive user interface. This allows customers to operate more efficiently and effectively with faster turnaround between jobs.
Jones & Shipman are also exclusive distributors for Favretto one of Italy’s foremost manufacturers of large capacity surface and profile grinding machines, a relationship going back for almost 30 years. Favretto produce an extensive range of Single and Double column models with capacities up to 16000 x 3000 x 2000mm and Rotary table models in capacities up to Ø3100 x 1550mm all with conventional CNC or proprietary digital electronic control.
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