Recommended Products

Erickson Machine Tools' service technicians would recommend the following products for your facility.

Calmotion provides the ability to add USB connectivity to your CNC equipment

Calmotion is an industrial automation company focused on delivering unique value add solutions to manufacturing and engineering professionals.  Calmotion delivers unique value add solutions, including a variety of USB controllers and indexers to provide the ability to add USB connectivity, use USB flash memory, and potentially reduce set-up time by eliminating dual programs for indexing and machining. EMT can update the functionality of your older CNC equipment with today’s USB technology with Calmotion products.  

Possible solutions, depending on your machine, and control, include:

USBCNC-FAD - USBCNC controller for Fadal Machining Centers with CNC88 control. Add USB connectivity to any version CNC88 control. All control operation done through the CNC pendant keypad and monitor. Installs in under 10 minutes.

NEW 5C USB Indexer - Reduce set-up time by eliminating dual programs for indexing and machining. The USB indexer runs a single program from a USB key, automatically executing rotary moves while sending CNC data via DNC. Write one program, save on a USB key and plug into the USB indexer. The USB indexer does the rest. The indexer can also be used as a USB memory manager for CNC's as a stand alone unit. The 5C rotary uses top quality components and features gear sets using throated helix gear design for maximum contact area. Both front and rear bearings use tapered roller design to handle greater axial and radial loads. O-ring seals provide maximum protection against leaks. Made in the USA.

Call Rick Weeks, Application Engineer, at 800.247.3905 for assistance in determining the best Calmotion product to add USB capabilities to your machine(s).

Clamprite^® Spindle Drawbar Force Gage

The first thing to wear out on a CNC Machining Center is often the drawbar!  Belleville springs provide the only force that holds tools in the spindle while cutting, and they are often the first to wear out on a CNC Machining Center. 

Drawbars can have over 140 Belleville springs in the stack. Just the slightest wear on each spring will have a big affect on clamping force, causing chatter, bad finishes, reduced cutter life, and scrapped parts.

Left unchecked, a tool may eventually pull out during a cut, damaging the spindle, cutter, arbor, and fixture. Machines are never the same after a crash.  

Problems with repeatability, bad finishes, and short cutter life can be frustrating and difficult to diagnose. Up in the spindle and out of sight, drawbars seldom get the attention they deserve. To check it requires a special tool designed just for that purpose. Previously these tools cost many thousands of dollars, but now you can check your spindle for a fraction of that cost. 

The Clamprite Gage simulates a tool in the spindle, and checks the drawbar in less than a minute. It has no batteries, clumsy cables, or delicate electronics.  The pressure gauge reads directly in pounds/force, so there are no conversions or calculations.  Hundreds of shops in the U.S. and around the world use the Clamprite Gage. Customers often say it paid for itself the first time they used it.

Find out if your drawbars Clamprite. Call Dave Lockhart today at 800.247.3905.

More information is also available at www.clamprite.com.