Walter Helicheck Tool Compensation Meets Aerospace Demands For Complex Cutting Tool Forms

Chatham,MA - An innovative cutting tool measurement/grinding compensation program that enables batches of complex profile cutters as used in the aerospace sector, for example, to be consistently machined to +/- two microns has just been announced for the Walter Helicheck range of tool measurement machines available from Körber Schleifring UK of Honiley near Kenilworth.

Walter's compensation program differs from alternative systems in that it is fully automatic (rather than being guided manually) and is therefore quicker, is operator-independent and it carries out a full profile scan of a tool's cutting edge rather than simply a selection of points.

The result is that following Helicheck comparison of the first-off tool to original specification – which can be expected to be accurate to +/- five microns - the program will then automatically update the Walter Helitronic grinding machine (either via direct link or memory stick) to enable the machine to consistently produce a batch of tools with complex forms using the same grinding wheel.

Part of the Walter machine comprehensive tool measurement software suite – which includes Teach-in mode, ViaScan, ViaFit and DXF generator, the new compensation programme also complements Walter's Quick-Check Modular, Quick-Check Turbo and Quick-Check Grinding Wheels routines available on the Helicheck range of Pro, Plus and Basic machines.

SOURCE: Körber Schleifring UK