RoboDrill Machining Center helps eliminate bottlenecks

RoboDrill Med Cell is a complete pre-engineered, fully-integrated production machining cell that automates loading and unloading of medical device parts. The FANUC RoboDrill machining center is at the core of the system. The Med Cell has full 5-axis machining capabilities and is ideal for medical machining applications including short run production of parts in a variety of materials from stainless steel to titanium.

The compact Med Cell is designed for simple installation, fast setups and changeovers, operator safety, and production flexibility. Featuring an integrated macro chuck, the Med Cell enables different parts to be mounted on the same universal chuck base for maximum versatility. The Med Cell is easily configured to handle virtually any part that will fit in its 6" vise or chuck. The workpiece is pallet mounted, ensuring that parts remain perfectly aligned when moved through other production operations. The Med Cell incorporates a compact, custom engineered drop trunnion rotary table that positions the table faceplate close to the RoboDrill table surface, providing increased rigidity and enhanced accuracy.

With a fully integrated FANUC 6-axis robot, the Med Cell automates loading/unloading and minimizes or eliminates a long list of production problems. The high-speed 6-axis FANUC LR Mate 200i C Robot comes complete with grippers, a teaching pendant, and several easily customizable programs. The package also includes fully-interfaced inbound and outbound conveyors and guarding that are customized to receive the integrated macro chuck, enabling full lights-out automation.

The heart of the Med Cell is the RoboDrill vertical machining center, which is designed for years of continuous, full 5-axis machining via powerful CAMplete software (optional) for today’s exotic materials and designs. RoboDrill offers a 14-tool (21-tool optional) tool changer, 10,000rpm or 24,000rpm spindle, torque up to 56ft/lb, rigid tapping to 5,000rpm (8,000rpm optional), accelerations (in X, Y, and Z axes) to 1.5G, rapid traverses to 2,125ipm, feedrates to 1,181ipm (2,362ipm optional), high-speed reverse tapping, thread milling, 1,000 registerable programs, and 54 work offsets. In addition, the industry-standard FANUC 31i control is operator-friendly and easy to use. The Med Cell can also be modified for use in turning applications in conjunction with a Nakamura CNC lathe. An optional graphite machining package is also available while a vision system can also be added to identify parts of differing sizes.

Methods Machine Tools, Inc.
Sudbury, MA
methodsmachine.com