Jones and Shipman, the UK’s foremost precision grinding machine manufacturer, will show four market-leading grinding machines at Mach 2008: three with ‘Easy Control’ CNC
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 the Jones and Shipman 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 programme.
Whilst offering faster turn-around and quicker set-ups 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 and 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.
The Jones and Shipman 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 300mm 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 and 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 and 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.
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