Improve your machine tool performance

As energy costs spiral upward, effective energy management has become a critical factor in modern production and management decisions in Asia. CNC machine tools are an essential element of many production facilities, typically accounting for around 15% of a plant's production energy consumption. Mitsubishi Electric CNCs are already renowned throughout the world for their low energy consumption. But the company has combined its e-F@ctory concept for improving the performance of the manufacturing enterprise with the eco-F@ctory initiative for improved energy performance across a plant's manufacturing operations. The result is the e&eco-F@ctory vision – an extension of the seamless data transfer around the enterprise to cover real-time information about both plant floor production and energy consumption.

As energy costs continue to go up, and companies face increasing pressures (and in many cases taxes) to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint, effective energy management has become a critical factor in modern production and management decisions. Looking at the challenges concerning energy savings, it is clear that energy efficiency is a key factor to reduce cost and to increase competitiveness. But increased energy efficiency does not have to come at the detriment to improved performance. Along with their market leading energy saving performance, Mitsubishi Electric CNCs deliver high speed machining precision and excellent reliability, all in extremely compact packages.

For example, the improved torque characteristics of the servo motors used on Mitsubishi Electric CNCs deliver significant reductions in power consumption, while compact high-tech components and world-leading Mitsubishi Electric power devices play an important role in energy conservation, providing highly reliable and efficient power and motor control systems and cooling elements. All of this is combined with an advanced CPU and optical servo networks that ensure the delivery of fast, accurate machining and more efficient production. Nanometer-scale numerical control technology is incorporated, further exemplifying the company's position as a leader on the technological frontline.

Saving energy is not about looking at any single item on the plant floor, but rather taking an enterprise-wide approach and even focusing on the wider process chain to make the most efficient use of resources. But by adopting Mitsubishi Electric CNCs and integrating them as part of the e&eco-F@ctory concept for advanced production systems, users can take advantage of best-of-breed technology and significantly reduce their energy consumption at the same time.

High-accuracy machining with complete nano control enables all processing in nanometers, from NC operation to servo processing. This advanced machining control technology supports next generation ultra-precision machining. High-quality machining with balanced accuracy and speed ensures high machining stability and quality with virtually no effects resulting from cutting shape or speed. Smooth surfaces can be achieved even when small steps exist in a path, and machining time can be reduced by 5 to 30% relative to conventional systems. Complete nano control enables high-speed and high-accuracy machining at a maximum fine-segment feed rate of 168kBPM. (BPM: Block per Minute) High-grade 5-axis machining control technology is performed at the speed of the table coordinate system so that the tool centre point traces a straight line. This function contributes to high-accuracy machining on the machining surfaces.

High-speed and high-accuracy tapping is used for controlling the spindle and servo, enabling accurate tapping. Note that this function is available with MDS-D/DH and MDS-DM (one axis only). When a possibility of interferenceHombre