Helitronic Essential entry-level tool grinder launched by Walter Ewag
Walter Ewag UK, part of the United Grinding Group, has introduced of the entry-level Helitronic Essential for the five-axis grinding of carbide, HSS, ceramic and cermet tools from 1 to 16 mm diameter.
With a twin-spindle grinding head accommodating up to six grinding wheels, the Helitronic Essential's Fanuc CNC utilises Walter's Tool Studio 'what you see is what you grind' software. Together with 'Feedrate Optimiser', non-productive and overall processing times can be minimised, says Walter Ewag.
At every point, feed rates are set using user-specified wheel load and actual wheel load – low wheel load actions are therefore made faster and, importantly, moves that exceed desired wheel loads are slowed down. According to Walter Ewag, time savings of 40% or more are possible.
