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NEW CAD/CAM SOFWARE CHARLYGRAAL®V5 : OPTIMIZATION
AND SIMPLIFICATION
Faithful
to its on-going innovation policy,
Charlyrobot markets the new version of its CAD/CAM
software called Charlygraal®.
For more than 20 years, this software named
charlyGRAAL®V5 has been the result of Charlyrobot
commitment close to manufacturers who wish to design
and realise simply and quickly 2D and 3D parts
whatever they are prototypes, mass-product or
tooling .
This software experiences some sensitive
evolutions.
First of all, charlyGRAAL®V5 owns an incorporate
interface.
CAD, 2D CAM and 3D CAM data are now merged and saved
in one file.
The machining follows automatically any adjustment
on plans; the machining is readily associated
with the designs.
In addition to the usual CAM machining mode of
creation, Charlygraal®V5 allows to associate a
machining type to each plan (or tracings) of
the designs, that simplifies repetitive or similar
works.
The 3D curve drawings function is very convenient to
do the finishing on thermoformed products. It allows
also cuttings on products with machining inclined
plane.
A new tool box and equipment allows the management
of truncated conic tools and thoric milling tools.
Its saving and exportation have been extremely
simplified.
As for engraving applications, the user can now
modify texts, their size or their font, in one
click.
These are automatically set up in respect to a
justification point.
Moreover this software owns a new module that
generates automatically plates of labels with
possibility to import texts from a spread sheet or a
word processor.
CharlyGRAAL fifth version includes so many news and
improvements we can not all detail here.
Let’s quote randomly the new import of formats (IGES
for 3D machining, DXF for 2D, Excellon for
electronic drilling), the machining rerun from a
given point, the possibility to name over different
tracings, or the multi-users with Windows XP and XP
Pro.
Obviously Charlygraal®V5 gives all its power with
the new range of Charlyrobot compact CRU milling
machines range.
With Charlygraal®V5 Charlyrobot is once again able
to offer a real 2D/3D machining solution among the
simplest and the most economical ones on the market.
This version matches totally with the previous
versions as well as with the already installed
Charlyrobot milling machines in order to allow
equipment improvements. Data
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An economical solution for medium format machining
Charlyrobot divulges its new CNC milling machine,
the CR40/1500.
This milling machine offers an important machining
surface of 1520 x 1020 mm and a feedrate up to 6
meters per minute.
Supplied with a high frequency spindle and a driver
software the CR40/1500 is without doubt the most
economical cutting and medium format engraving
solution on the market.
And for the same price, its 280mm travel in Z gives
you access to 3D creations.
The numerous available options make the CR40/1500 a
particularly versatile equipment.
On top of the high frequency spindles with an
automatic tool changer we can quote the vacuum table
which allows to maintain the parts without clamping,
the micro-lubricant allowing to gain a better
quality of surface and to make the life of tools
longer for the machining of non-ferrous metals.
The CR40/1500 is designed on a mobile gantry
architecture and on a steel/aluminium structure.
This milling machine integrates guides by double
prismatic rails with ball recirculation shoes on
each of the axes and also a central ball screw
diameter 25 mm with a thread of 10 mm in order to
guarantee an amazing accuracy and robustness for a
milling machine of this size.
The protection of axes and greasers on guide shoe
and drive ball screw bushing allow to decrease the
maintenance to its simplest expression and to
guarantee smoothness reliability even with a
intensive use.
The installation and bringing into service have been
studied to be the simplest possible.
Moreover the mass-delivered tool sensor ensures easy
tool changes and fast reliable machine zero point
pick-up.
Lastly the CR40/1500 is the first milling machine
created by Charlyrobot to be equipped by the
new-born CNC controller called CNR3.
The logical monitor integrates a FPGA and a DSP
running at 150Mhz.
These specifications allow to reach very short
interpolation times which increase the dynamic
qualities own to Charlyrobot milling machines.
Therefore the CR40/1500 is probably lead up to
become the bench-mark equipment for sign makers,
engravers, display and POS furniture manufacturers,
packaging professions and for all industrial cutting
applications.
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Charlyrobot launches 3D mini-milling Charly4U
Charlyrobot of France is launching its new
generation of Computer Numerical Control (CNC)
mini-milling machines, for compact 3D milling,
called Charly4U. Charlyrobot has been a leading
manufacturer of milling machines for more than 20
years. The company has local partners in the UK but
is looking for distributors in the Nordic Region.
Charlyrobot will be showcasing its technology at the
Euromold trade show in Frankfurt in early December
2004.
Thanks to
Charly4U, Charlyrobot is strengthening its leading
position in the mini-milling machine market. With
more than 700 units sold and distributed each year,
Charly4U is fast becoming a manufacturer's reference
and a logical choice in the field of compact CNC
milling.
As the
first machine in its industry segment to be based on
a steel framework, the Charly4U provides excellent
rigidity for the perfect machining of soft metals,
such as aluminium or brass, as well as soft
materials, such as plastics or resin. With a
movement of 310mm x 220mm x 160mm, the Charly4U can
be used for all 2D and 3D industrial applications in
a range of areas, including cutting, engraving,
re-machining, jewellery, modelling, electronics,
moulds, prototypes, prototype tools, and industrial
design, among others.
The new
milling-machine developed by Charlyrobot is a
multipurpose machine with a long list of options -
high-frequency spindle 1.1Kw, engraving spindle with
tracking nose, micro-lubrication, and
servo-brushless drive. It is equipped with a
standard tool sensor for easy, rapid and reliable
origin positioning. Maintenance is reduced to its
simplest form, with a suction connector on the 'Z'
axis as well as built-in lubrication of ball screws
and guide shoes.
Charly4U
is economical, easy to use with fine-machining
processes, and has an innovative design. The
Charlyrobot range also includes an A2 format: the
Charly2U with a movement of 600mm x 420mm x 280mm.
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About
Charlyrobot
Charlyrobot is looking for local distributors in
Poland, Saudi Arabia, Scandinavia, Spain, and in the
United Arab Emirates. The company will be present at
the Euromold trade fair in Frankfurt (Germany) from
1 to 4 December 2004 (Stand #C14, Hall #9.1).
Charlyrobot is based in Savoie (in South-Eastern
France). Since 1981, the specialist engineering
company has designed and produced a new generation
of machines, praised by industrial users as well as
engineering schools and related institutions.
Charlyrobot's position is firmly established and
widely recognised across several markets -
especially fast prototyping, machining systems, CNC
and CAD-CAM machine tools.
The
partnership developed with each customer means that
top-quality onboard solutions can be designed,
guaranteeing a high level of flexibility and
productivity. Many of the best-known companies and
industrial groups have chosen Charlyrobot technology
and machines for the applications that they need,
including PSA, Valeo, Siemens Automotive, Rossignol,
Steelcase Strafor, ESSILOR, BMW, BASF, Electrolux,
Thales Avionics, TAG Heuer, Rolls Royce, Dassault
Aviation, and Bosch.
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