GF Machining Solutions’ System 3R Transformer Automation is engineered to grow in line with the business needs and — ultimately — ensure a greater return on the capital equipment investment of customers.
Extreme flexibility is the heart and soul of the Transformer, a scalable Automation system based on standardized modules. The Transformer allows users to begin with one or two machines and later add machines and magazine capacity, to finally extend the Automation to include up to 12 machines in a single cell.
Open architecture The machines in a Transformer cell can be of the same make and type, or the cell can just as easily incorporate different machining technologies and come from different manufacturers. Open architecture is one of the system’s clear advantages. The customer can select the machine or machines that best meet their specific manufacturing requirements and the Transformer — custom configured— complements that choice. Flexibility and productivity remain in constant focus.
Mounted on pallets The Automation system handles workpieces and/or electrodes that are mounted on pallets (i.e., based on a reference system, more commonly known as tooling). System 3R offers a wide range of tooling systems that provide solutions to palletize workpieces from small to large or in combination of different systems in the same Automation cell by using chuck adapters. In addition, the Transformer can handle different tooling systems, so it can be configured even if customers already have a tooling system in place in their workshop. Customer-specific solutions are a key ingredient of this system.
Additional in-process accessories
- Multiple loading station that can be used without stopping production,
- A draining station for emptying workpiece cavities after machining,
- A washing machine for cleaning your workpieces,
- Coordinate measuring machine (CMM) integration for pre-setting and/or parts inspection.
Fully automated The Transformer also offers user-friendly cell management software to guarantee consistency. All production data is entered in a structured manner or imported through a data exchange interface for major enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and the System 3R CellManager handles everything in the cell, from automatically loading the jobs into the machines to recording the machining time of each job.
GF Machining Solutions 1217 Meyrin 1 Geneva/Switzerland T +41 22 783 31 11 F +41 22 783 06 12 www.gfms.com
Agie Charmilles Sales Ltd, Headquarters Via dei Pioppi 2, 6616 Losone Tel.: +41 91 806 90 30 Fax.: +41 91 806 90 33 www.gfms.com/ch info.gfms.ch@@georgfischer.com
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