Fully automatic parts production for Harrison XT manual/CNC lathes

Operations Link’ allows fully automatic parts production on Harrison's Alpha XT manual/CNC machines. To be incorporated on all newly-supplied Alpha XT machines, it is also offered to existing XT customers free-of-charge as an easily-installed update. The four-version Alpha XT range is equipped with Fanuc’s latest Oi TC Mate control which allows 40 advanced, individual machining cycles to be programmed and stored, using the system’s Fanuc TurnMate i conversational shop floor programming. With ‘Operations Link’ these cycles can be linked together to create a fully-automatic and continuous machining sequence from start to end, without the need for the lathe operator to tend the machine or switch between cycles. The second major benefit of ‘Operations Link’ is that multi-cycle programmes can be transferred via a memory card and stored on a PC for future use – or, crucially, for off-line programming/simulation of complex parts and safety-checking prior to machining. Furthermore, up to five of these complete programmes can be stored on the Alpha XT’s Oi Mate control itself.