Walter now offers a completely new type of loading system for new machines of the types Helitronic Mini Power, Helitronic Diamond Evolution and Helitronic Essential. The new space-saving and cost-effective automation solution – Top Loader – is integrated directly into the machine, therefore requiring no additional floor space and no restriction of the working envelope of the machine.
The Top Loader is equipped with a swivelling arm having a single gripper, and uses the standard Walter robot pallets – one for the blanks and one for finished tools. Depending on the tool diameter, these pallets can be loaded with up to 500 tools. A tool change takes only 27 seconds. The set-up of the tool pallets is completed automatically through an electrical teaching routine (patent pending) for ease of use and simplicity of changeover.
For more information, visit: www.grinding.ch