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Wasino Corp. USA GLS-135AS CNC Optical Profile Grinder - The Ultimate Toolroom Grinder!

Imagine what your toolroom staff could do with a grinder that could grind anything that doesn't need a flute, faster, more accurately and easier than ever before. Within days of installation, a new operator can be making circular form tools ten times faster than current methods allow. A tool that is more precise and has a superior finish. On top of that, the operator now has time to run other machines!

The Toolroom "Technology Gap"

• Reliance on wire EDM & CNC tool & cutter grinders for all or most form manufacturing has created a "Technology Gap."
• The use of CNC optical profile grinding is very well accepted throughout the world.
• There is a wide assortment of non-fluted tools that do not fit a CNC tool & cutter grinder or wire EDM. Tool makers are forced to "shoe horn" a wide assortment of non-fluted tooling onto these machines.
• Wire EDM machines DO NOT provide a ground finish & DO require a programmer.
• Both wire EDM & CNC tool & cutter grinders require extra set-ups for inspection

Building a High-Tech Toolroom:

• The Wasino GLS-135AS is the perfect tool around which to build a high-tech, operator empowered toolroom. It can handle any toolroom application that doesn't require flutes.
• The GLS-135AS is the perfect tool for grinding circular form tools. The complete command of CNC, semi-automatic & manual operation, match perfectly the simple to complex form grinding requirements involved.
• The GLS-135AS accelerates toolroom production while producing more accurate tools with better finishes. This translates to longer tool life, higher speeds & feeds & increased productivity.

Current Difficulties in Making a Circular Form Tool:

• Technology is 30 years old & the skilled labor force is typically twice that.
• Screw machines are still the most productive way to make many parts, so the need for properly ground circular form tools with superior finishes, is here to stay.
• Current manufacturing methods are extremely manually "pecking out" radii, repetitious trips to the comparator, & the use of multiple types of grinders.
• Reliance on technology has gutted apprenticeship training programs.
• Machine tools are becoming dilapidated & parts are no longer available.
• Many optical profile grinder OEM's are no longer in business.

Wasino GLS-135AS Features:

• World's Best OPG Projector--The Operator Can SEE! Visual operator based program creation system. In-process visual offsetting.
• Parts can be inspected on the machine. Wheel breakdown can be compensated for, eliminating hours of wheel dressing.
• "Teach and Grind" Software--Fast enough for one part--Easy to program.
• FANUC CNC Controller--Quality & conformity.
• Taper Interpolation--Reduces set-up time.
• Traditional Manual Operation--Added versatility---CNC tool & cutter grinders do not have this capability.
• Cylindrical Grinding Unit--Designed specifically for GLS-135AS. Wide tool size capacity: 8 inch OD, 8 inch between centers.

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