Feasibility Study of Prototype Multispindle Lathe

威克曼考文垂有限公司正在寻找建立一个原型多轴车床，将能够生产不同的部分从同一酒吧股票。这与现有的机器相比具有明显的优势，现有的机器具有较长的设置时间（4-16小时），并且仅适用于大批量零件。样机将能够生产小批量，高价值的零件，最小的设置和工具所需的时间。这将是在英国生产的同类型机器中最先进的。可行性研究的重点将是配置一个“现成”的控制器，该控制器将需要为原型的更复杂操作而开发。它还需要进行编程以便于使用，因为这种独特的原型预计将在医疗，航空航天，石油化工领域找到具有不同经验的操作员的应用。

Wickman Coventry Ltd are looking to build a prototype Multispindle Lathe that will be able to produce different parts from the same bar stock. This has a distinct advantage over current machines that have long set up times (4-16 hours) and are only suitable for high volume parts. The prototype machine will be able to produce low volume, higher value parts with minimal set up and tool time required. It will be the most advanced machine of its type produced in the UK.The focus of the feasibility study will be configuring an "off the shelf" controller which will need to be developed for the more complex operation of the prototype. It will also need to be programmed for ease of use as this unique prototype is expected to find applications in the Medical, Aerospace, Petro Chemical sectors with operators of varying degrees of experience.