Bar-Fed Mills
Bar-Fed Mills are unique machine tools with unique programming requirements. These machines are literally “machine shops in a box.”
They are ideal for parts in the 15 to 80 mm diameter range and thus are well suited to the medical device, aerospace, fluid power and
other critical tolerance markets that require small parts. A Bar-Fed Mill is a machine tool that at its heart is a Vertical Machining Center,
with the important exception that a bar-feeder, similar to that found on a production lathe, is used to introduce the stock into the
working environment. The machining table found on a traditional VMC is essentially a second spindle on a Bar-Fed Mill where work can
be handed off after being completed on the primary spindle. As a result of this important change in architecture, these machines are
able to achieve the continuous production of a bar-fed Turn-Mill or Swiss-type lathe, while offering all the machining benefits of a VMC
such as large tooling carousels, milling horse power and other benefits. PartMaker offers a dedicated, specialist solution to automate the
programming of these unique machines. PartMaker’s solution for Bar-Fed Mills includes a user interface specifically dedicated to their
unique programming requirements, a highly realistic 3D Full Machine Simulation and robust, well supported, user customizable post
processors.
“PartMaker is a very powerful yet easy to use tool for allowing us to harness the capability
of our Bar-Fed Mills and program them in a productive manner. The ease of post processor
customization has enabled us to output edit free NC code direct from PartMaker. The ability
to do complex surfacing and simultaneous 5 axis machining sets Delcam’s solution apart from
others.”
Craig Michaud, Engineering Manager - Implants
Seabrook International
Do you need a complete solution to program your Bar-Fed Mill?
PartMaker’s Patented Visual Programming approach makes it easier to program parts complex
parts on a Bar-Fed Mill with number of turned and milled features. PartMaker makes special
provision to support the unqiue programming requirements and architectural features of today’s
complex Bar-Fed Mills.
PartMaker supports the programming of virtually every Bar-Fed Mill on the market. PartMaker’s
Bar-Fed Mill post processors have been developed for each Bar-Fed Mill model based on the
machine’s specific architecture and machine control, assuring you that the software will generate
accurate NC code for your machine.
PartMaker’s 3D Simulation has been developed to simulate the kinematic motion of Bar-Fed
Mills including support for such unique Bar-Fed Mill features like inverted sub spindles and
programmable sub spindle vices. PartMaker’s Full Machine Simulation simulates the operation
of your Bar-Fed Mill in a very vivid, photo-realistic 3D simulation to detect any errors or colliisions
before sending a program to to the machine.
Compatibility:
•t Willemin-Macodel
•t Bumotec
•t Chiron
•t Star
•t Mori-Seiki
•t Mazak
…and others
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