Cincinnati Profiler

For many years the Cincinnati Profiler was utilized at the Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. at Stans in the tooling of aircraft parts. The machine was equipped with 3 milling spindels and three separate tool changers. The construction was geared towards «low feed rates – high cutting depth». The goal of the reconstruction was to increase machine-dynamic and with the addition of controlled milling heads to achieve more flexibilty for the multifaceted editing issues.

The machine was broken down into parts by our specialists , the old milling components, tool changer(?), controls etc. removed.

The joist (Girder)was elevated by way of connections followed by the establishment of geometry for the base machine. We converted the rack and pinion drive of the portal (X-Axis) from rack and pinion- to ball circulation spindle drive. The lenght of each spindle is ca. 59.05‘.

Our newly constructed Z sliders were added to the basic sled of the Y-Axis and fitted. The propulsion of the Y-Axes happen over a fixed ball circular spindle and driving nuts. The Z sliders are outfitted with a ball circular spindle as well as a counterbalance each. The solidly built Z valve plates form the basis for the addition of the new 2-Axis Fork milling cutters.

DThe two milling cutters were each equipped with a milling spindle at 100kw power. Two new tool changers were integrated into the newly designed and manufactured moveable housing. The control of the entire machine occurs over a Siemens 840D control with the appropriate Software packages.

The working area is monitored by a video camera system (camera follows the course (progress) of the tool. The shavings are being removed from the machine by way of new scrape - and screw conveyors.

In addition the machine is outfitted with a new high-pressure cooling system and mist extraction. We are happy to inform you about the details of this project in a personal discussion.