See it for yourself in September at IMTS 2022 in Chicago; the performance that can be achieved when software and hardware comes from a single source. We will demonstrate the capability and performance of producing forming tools on our automated all-rounder Multigrind® CU Machine.

Forming Tools: Best future prospects with technology from Haas Multigrind® grinding machines.

Forming tools are expensive, often made from carbide and tool steel. Carbide grinding is often the first choice today because customer requirements have increased and continue to increase in terms of complexity, dimensional accuracy and reproducibility. Apart from that, production must also be significantly more economical.

The forming process is a question of the application of force. A tool is pressed into the source material with massive force until the desired profile is formed. Forming tools are subject to strong dynamic stress and high levels of wear, especially at certain critical features of the forming tool. If wear and tear can be significantly reduced and service life extended, this will have a direct impact on tooling costs.

The Multigrind® CU: A grinding machine that withstands.

The Multigrind® CU is designed and built with the highest level of rigidity, stability and accuracy, and this is the perfect platform for machining of precision forming tools. All machine axes are aligned symmetrically and their supports are partially cast into the mineral composite machine base. Overhangs of force, vibrations and thermal expansion, which can have a negative impact on the grinding process, are reduced to a minimum. This is the perfect basis for high cutting performance.

Everything is possible: producing contours, grinding squares, interpolating run-out, grinding alignment surfaces, tip radius and chamfers - even complex forming tools can be machined in just one clamping with the well-known Haas Multigrind® precision.

Multigrind® Styx: A visualization tool that shows where to go.

As a visualization tool, Multigrind® Styx shows the final grinding result. All grinding processes and the workpiece data are displayed with pixel accuracy without blurring. Any errors can be recognized by the operator before the machine is started and easily corrected. Multigrind® Styx is an integrated, cloud-based component and an ideal addition to the proven Multigrind® Horizon user interface. More performance, more economical, less computing power. New, brilliant, and productive. Save even more time and money before the grinding operation starts.

Multigrind® Horizon: Software sets new standards for flexible, user-friendly work.

Our Multigrind® Horizon Software is the most important component in your grinding machine. It thinks along instead of prescribing and turns the grinding machine into an individual specialist. As a forming tool manufacturer, you benefit directly from the maximum flexibility, the endless possibilities and outstanding precision. For example, different forming tools, such as stamps, can be processed randomly in one job. The orders can be read and programmed in the web shop and processed in the spirit of Industry 4.0. Thanks to individual combinations and parameterization, you can manufacture exactly the forming tool you need at the moment - faster and more precisely than before. No matter how often a grinding process is repeated, the result always remains within the tolerance range even if the general conditions change, e.g. temperature fluctuations. The software and machine are in constant dialogue with each other, and deviations in the abrasive (grinding Wheel) are corrected in a timely manner. The closed loop enables maximum precision in series production down to a batch size of 1. In short: the Multigrind® Horizon sustainably increases and ensures the quality of forming tools.

Measurement process: The perfect manufacturing process can be reached by automated compensation measurement, through comparison of dimensional target and actual result, within and during the grinding process

Outstanding grinding performance in manufacturing of forming tools cannot be achieved without sophisticated measurement technology. Maximum accuracy in the micron range can only be achieved if all requirements are coordinated in a collaborative process. Linking of high-precision measurement technology and intelligent software takes place in a closed loop. The compensation measurement on the reference surface of the workpiece is carried out by touching the sensitive measuring probe. The measuring machine imports real data and measurement results into the Multigrind® Horizon software, which processes the data extremely quickly. The results of the continuous compensation measurement of the workpieces are used for the automatic fine correction of the grinding path and then precisely adjusted. Even minimal deviations from the target dimension are detected and compensated with micron precision. The quality remains constant and error-free, from the first to the hundredth workpiece.

Multigrind® Multimation: When turnkey grinding is no longer enough.

The developments of recent years clearly show that the requirements in grinding are constantly increasing. However, this does not simply apply to the complete machining of complex workpieces, but above all to the upstream and downstream processes of production. The key to success here, too: The software. The decisive factor here is the interface. And this is where Multigrind® Multimation will take over control in the future.

Multimation enables manual and automatic workflows, completely customized, just as customers need it. And without any losses in process times. The interface to the ERP system, customized of course, just like the process. Located in the company network and always there.

The advantage is obvious: It will be much easier than before, because the mapping of the setup processes was inconvenient up to now. With Multimation, the entire manufacturing process can be mapped and controlled. Process components such as manual scanning, automation solution and cleaning system or labeling machine, etc. can be digitally removed and added as required. Good for productivity, individual process components can be bypassed with Multimation in the event of a malfunction and can be controlled again after the malfunction has been rectified. Intervention in the job or order lists thus becomes standard practice, resulting in a significant reduction in downtime.

We are looking forward to your visit at IMTS.
You will find us in the North Building Level 3 at booth 237505.