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Manufacturing
CNC Machine Control System
| Product used
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MOXA
C320 |
| Country: |
USA |
| Company: |
Spectrum CNC Technologies |
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Conventional Numerical Controllers (NC) use a process defined
by instructions typed on cards that are read sequentially by an
external card reader. But the process is not very flexible—when
the manufacturing process changes, it is necessary to make an
entirely new set of cards. Alternatively, the control process
can be input from tapes, but because of the limited speed of the
tape reader and the manual operations that are required, this
is still not fast enough, and is not suitable when multiple NCs
operate concurrently. What is needed is a fully automatic operation.
The modern NC is equipped with a computer communication interface
(normally a serial port) that makes Computerized Numerical Controllers
(CNCs) easy and flexible to use. The company mentioned here uses
a PC running Windows 95 that is installed with MOXA C320. Not
only can the C320 control up to 32 FANUC CNC machines at the same
time via a high-speed communication interface (460.8 Kbps max.),
it can also swiftly transmit massive amounts of CAD/CAM data to
32 CNC machines concurrently. The company greatly appreciates
C320’s expandability, allowing external serial modules to be located
as far as 100 m from the C320 control board (the PC). This feature
not only simplifies layout, but also reduces cost.
Overall Benefit:
Streamlined process; increased efficiency
More Applications:
- Milling Machine Control System
- Wire cutting Machine Control System
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