A Necessary Calibration Tool For Precision Machine Tool Manufacturers

A precision CNC machine tool from castings, parts processing, assembly to molding... Each stage requires testing and calibration to ensure the overall accuracy of the machine.

A precision CNC machine tool from castings, parts processing, assembly to molding... Each stage requires testing and calibration to ensure the overall accuracy of the machine. At present, the industry manufacturers through laser calibration equipment such as laser interferometers, after the completion of the assembly of the machine tool correction and compensation has long been nothing new, and gradually become standard equipment. However, in the assembly process of machine tools, most manufacturers still through marble squares, thousands of meters and other traditional tools for testing. These traditional methods have long kept pace with the efficiency of modern smart factories. Test results are also often vulnerable to environmental factors, resulting in inconsistent data.

Xiamen Dajin Machinery Co., Ltd. has been strict control over the quality of machine tools for many years, they first chose Renesau XK10 laser calibration to improve the overall detection efficiency, as well as effectively reduce labor costs.

Industry challenges: Limitations of traditional tools.

How to ensure the accuracy of the machine in each assembly process is a challenge that manufacturers have been facing. Traditional methods are to use tools such as a thousand-meter, marble square and self-lying instrument for testing and correcting, such as the straightness of the guide rail, the plane of the casting, or the parallelity between the guide and the rail, and so on. The biggest drawback of these traditional methods is their inefficiency and their great limitations in their use.

For example: customers need to move the corresponding size of the machine size of the marble square to be measured, meaning that the handling may cause personal injury, but also need a lot of space to store the square, in the set-up and operation often need experienced personnel, otherwise the test results will be inconsistent, the thousands of meters are touch detection tools, plus taking into account the operator's experience and other factors, in the detection will accumulate a lot of errors. The self-lying meter is relatively simple in measuring single-axis straightness, but it is time-consuming to set up multi-axis measurements such as parallelism. These problems can be easily solved by using the Renesau XK10 laser calibrator.

The operation is simple.

The Renisau XK10 is a versatile laser calibrator with an instrument that measures straightness, verticality, plane, parallelity and machine leveling, as well as evaluates the spindle direction and coaxiality of the rotating parts of the machine. The laser transmitters, receiving modules and display equipment of the calibrator are all wireless communication, making it more flexible to set up measurements. The XK10 display device is designed to look like a small tablet computer that allows users to collect, analyze, and record data. Each measurement project has a step-by-step approach that guides the user step-by-step through the measurement process with intuitive graphics and real-time readings.

Mr. Huang Zhifeng, director of Xiamen Dajin Ii Department, said: "When we look for suitable corrective instrument products in the market, compared with Renisau and self-lying instrument manufacturers, found that XK10 has obvious advantages, whether it is the graphic design or report of the operating interface is very intuitive, operators know what to do next, do not need to remember cumbersome steps, which really brings great convenience to our work." In addition, the XK10 standard set of fixtures and magnetic seat is also very useful, greatly reducing the calibration time. "

Increased efficiency.

Production efficiency is one of the most important issues of concern to machine tool manufacturers, as the testing department of machine tool quality control, the testing work should not only be done quickly, but also accurately. At present, most of Dajin Group's models are used in assembly XK10 calibration, including vertical processing center, horizontal processing center, CNC glong gate processing center and CNC crib.

Mr. Ma Feng, Manager of Xiamen Dajin Product Protection Department, said: "From parts processing, machine assembly to machine testing, our Dajin Group produces CNC machine tools using Renesau XK10 laser calibrator, compared to traditional testing tools, the overall detection efficiency increased at least twice as fast." In the past, the detection of a 20-meter long long-door processing center, measuring straightness, flatness, verticality and parallelity alone requires two employees and takes more than 4 hours. With the introduction of the XK10, it took less than two hours for one of our employees to operate alone, which meant more flexibility in the allocation of personnel. Portability is also an advantage of the XK10, where the operator can do the inspection on his own with the XK10 toolbox, while also saving us money on a large marble square. In addition, the XK10 in measuring long-distance machine tools can highlight its advantages, in the past when we detect long-stroke machine tools, the need to carry oversized very bulky marble square, is indeed a headache. The XK10 has a measuring range of 30 meters, making it easy for us to complete multiple measurement projects with one instrument, which is simply not possible in traditional ways. "

Market acceptability.

Renesau's corrector products have been well evaluated in the market for many years, and laser interferometers like the XL-80 have long been the industry's benchmark. The latest XK10 laser calibrators are no exception. Compared with traditional methods, XK10 digital detection data can be traced back to international standards, reducing human error and making the results more accurate and repeatable. "The Dajin Group has been using Renesau's calibration instruments since more than 20 years ago, and in addition to the latest XK10, several XL-80 laser interferometers, QC20-W club instruments, and rotary shaft gauges are in use," Ma said. Renishaw is highly recognized by our customers in the machine tool industry and testing our machines through XK10 also helps us win the trust of our customers and avoid unnecessary disputes when the machine is accepted. "