Having retired after 58 years of machine shop experience, starting with CNC in the 60's up until the 2020's, I can say this is the fastest thing I've ever seen. This program has been tweaked to the limit. There is no wasted time cutting air. The part is indexing and the tool is moving into position at the same time with almost no clearance. The first few parts took a LOT longer than this demonstration. I have seen a lot of wrecks in my career; this machine has the potential to make some spectacular wrecks.
Honestly, that has to be the fastest machine I have ever seen. The better part of a day to program, an hour or two to proof the program, 4 minutes for opp 1. Amazing machine. Makes my HAAS look like a snail, although I have to admit I currently lack the sack to push it that hard.
Also the Hass mill probably has a slower spindle for heavy roughing with larger diameter tools compared to the hsm and adaptive toolpaths with the brother
Agree. Last work i did have 17s at worst, because of two magazines who can handle short or long tools and all 120 pockets in use.. The wasted money. About 6min total tool changing time in 35min program.
All day every day! We have run over 7 million parts in 3 Brothers over 8 years, 161million holes. Yamazen repair guy was here 3 years ago and replace one "Z" motor.... that's it. Super reliable!
My wife has a Brother sewing machine. It not only has an integral menu of different stitches, but it can be programmed to do complex embroidery. An interesting technology crossover.
what is difference between fanuc 5 axis programming vs. brother 5 axis machine programming??? does brother controller supports all cycles of fanuc?? does brother support all codes of fanuc??? will all program from fanuc will suport brother controller??? does g43.4 and g68.2 is running in brother controller for 5 axis???
Nice job. Very fast and good toolpaths. Surprised you chamfer the tapped holes after tapping and not before though? Also first op is torqued up but not the second. Obviously the loading of the part for the second op is not that critical. I assume you could probe the part if you wanted to?
It is amazing how the BT30 tool holder remains intact while under such pressure during the milling roughing cycle. Could you tell us what type of endmill did you use?
As a Speedio machine user myself I am a little concerned about the cutting parameters used in the demo. Maybe it is not a very good idea to push the machine to the limit every now and then.
Pretty fast, hands down! Though, the way the metal of the part rings and the way it cuts so easy I would think it is rather 7075 Aluminum. Normally at these spindle speeds and feeds 6061T6 has the tendency to stick to tools even under full flood.
Hello, I'm an engineer myself. I would like to know what CAM system do you use and what manufacturer of equipment and tools do you prefer? I prefer siemens nx walter, mitsubishi and isсar
Hello there! Here in Asia Japanese makes are preferred for their excellent quality. You may wish to have a look at Yukiwa Seiko's G1 series tooling systems - www.yukiwa.co.jp/e/ts/index.php. Brother has an extremely robust partnership with Yukiwa.
i use siemens nx as well. we have out machines probe the part on each setup. this types of setup in the video wouldnt fly for our 0.0002" tolerances on aerospace parts
Looks like the drill is Ø3.7 which probably means the tap is an M4 roll tap. I recently made around 300 of these also in aluminium and I didnt chamfer before - no problems. But yeah; You could make the M4s as the last operation after the chamfers.
having crashed several machines in my life time. If I ever have to operate this machine I would probably have several minor heart attack before the part is completed
Good God is someone who hasn't touched a CNC machine in the better part of 15 years... Can someone please explain to me what I'm seeing? I have no ideas machines could be like this. What's going on here what's the technology makes this happen? Last thing I owned and played with was a Haas mini-mill nearly fifteen years ago
Well - what youre seeing is "basically" another mini-mill but running on cocaine Nah, these Brothers are known for their insane speeds from the second the toolchange is made until its in contact with the part again. This isnt your best bet for an all-around machine if you do a lot of prototyping. Its a small footprint with great capabilities but you're limited, like the Haas mini-mill, in what sizes you can make your parts. If you have a company that has orders with very high quantities of the same part - afaik there's no faster machines on the market than Brother Speedio (Robodrill is another very fast milling machine). I do a lot of prototypes myself and I don't think I'd like doing it on a Brother Speedio. If I had a big order of the same part? Get a couple of Brother Speedio with a pallet system and just run lights out 🙂
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