Thursday, April 06, 2006

Five-and six-axis CNC tool grinder—TTB Engineering/Novatech, booth B-6546

The TGC five- and six-axis CNC micro precision tool grinder has a grinding wheel turret arrangement that allows for up to 15 grinding wheels. The grinder is capable of grinding tool diameter ranges from 0.0008″ to 0.551″. Menu-driven software from Numroto and NTI is said to cover the entire cutting tool spectrum from drills and milling cutters to profile tools, including cylindrical or tapered tools with square, corner or full ballnose ends. The machine comes with either a GE Fanuc or NUM control, and it can be configured with auto loading.