Posted on 2/3/2016
February 2015 – Sunnen introduces digital control of spindle speed, power-stroke speed and extra strokes on its new SH-2000 job-shop honing machine, designed as an affordable and flexible tool for bore sizing/finishing on a wide variety of parts. The new Siemens PLC/HMI brings efficiency advantages to a machine platform proven to have wide appeal in operations where parts, material types, and setups must change frequently and efficiently. The SH-2000 is ideal for medium to high production of parts with bore diameters from 1.5 to 102 mm (0.060" - 4") in power-stroke mode. It is capable of processing an exceptional variety of part sizes, configurations and weights with its standard universal honing fixture or optional application-specific fixtures. The 2.25-kW (3 hp) spindle drive delivers 200 to 3,000 rpm, adjustable in fine increments. The 0.75-kW (1 hp) stroker drive produces stroke rates of 60 to 350 SPM, with stroke lengths of 6.8 to 170 mm (0.236" to 6.7"). Power stroking ensures constant stroke length...
The new PLC control enables capabilities such as in-cycle speed changes, "slow extra strokes," ASC before cycle start, ignore ASC (automatic size control) alignment error, ignore oversize workpiece and stroke count honing. Machine diagnostics are available via the control. The new digital honing indicator switches from inch to metric with a touch of its screen.
The SH...