OPEN MIND: Reduced CNC power consumption
Did you know that more efficient CAM cycles can drastically reduce the CNC power consumption also?.
When considering a CAM system, you may immediately think of cycle times and compare how efficient the different CAM systems are at reducing machining times, but should this be the only factor you consider? With the current price of energy, this must be a large portion of your outgoing costs, so what if you could reduce your energy bills significantly?
It is obvious that shorter machining times, means that the energy used to machine the part will be less also, that is logical. But, did you know that more efficient CAM cycles can drastically reduce the CNC power consumption also?
For this reason, I want to share with you some information about a machining benchmark that OPEN MIND Technologies UK conducted a few years ago onsite at a prospects facility, comparing hyperMILL® against another popular CAM system.
Below are the statistics of the time savings and benefits of hyperMILL® – it was interesting to see the breakdown of just how many areas hyperMILL® outperformed their existing CAM system.
These statistics are all based upon the customer part used for the benchmark.
Energy Consumption
The customer requested a comparison of the energy required to drive the spindle between hyperMILL® and their existing CAM system:
- Existing CAM system = 39kW to drive spindle
- hyperMILL® = 3.5kW to drive spindle
- Energy Saving: 35.5 kWh
Toolpath and tooling savings
- Saving were 50% and over
Competitor way
- 5 tool sizes
- 43mins per slot
OPEN MIND way
- 2 tool sizes
- 21mins per slot
The information is taken from the roughing operations only.
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