CENTRUL DE STUDII ȘI CERCETĂRI PENTRU DEFORMĂRI PLASTICE

MACHINES-TOOLS AND AUTOMATIONS SYSTEMS

        The Numerically controlled machine tools laboratory is equipped with the vertical machining center, CNC milling type, Haas MiniMill. The machine-tool is equipped with state of the art CNC controller and 10 tools magazine with automatic tool changer.




        ​​​The laboratory is endowed with the combined milling and 3D scanning Roland Modela MDX 15 processing equipment, with piezoelectric scanning sensor.It is fitted both with a scanning head unit and one milling head unit, which can be easily exchanged between them. Depending on the unit at a time, the device can be used either as 3D scanner or milling machine.
        ​Within the laboratory, researches upon the accuracy of manufacturing equipment are unfolded. The laboratory owns a Renishaw QC 10 device. Using a high-precision inductive sensor and a specific software package allows the determination of circular interpolation errors and the measures which have to be taken for reducing them.

        ​​​​In the laboratory there is also the machining center with 5 axes numerically controlled, General Numeric 5AX. This is a machine-tool with numerical control made in modular construction, equipped with the Linux CNC open architecture software controller.
        ​​The laboratory is equipped with hardware devices which allows the development of flexible, modular automation systems for manufacturing processes. These includes, among other, programmable logic controllers (PLC).
        ​​The PLC's within the laboratory are mainly Siemens Simatic S7 300, S7 1200, S7 200, Allen Bradley Rockwell Micro 850Omron CPM2A and CP1E types, but also TelemecaniqueBernecker & Reiner and Moeller.

        ​​​​​Researches upon motion control systems are a main subject, in order to develop modular, reconfigurable computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.  
        ​Some of the experimental layouts which are used for this purpose is the three axes motion control system consisting of Bernecker & Reiner permanent magnets servomotors, equipped with shaft encoders, servodrivers and programming software. The system has a specific industrial CNC controller architecture, but unlike this, it has an open structure, allowing the test and implementation of various control strategies.
        ​For the study of computer aided manufacturing techniques (CAM) and also for programming and operating the above mentioned machine-tools, the laboratory owns specific software packages, sucuch as: Roland Modela 4.0FastCAM (energy beam processing), SprutCAM (milling and turning operations), NC Tuner (CNC programs optimization) and CIMCO Edit (making, editing and simulating NC programs).