• Super Technologies Private Limited

Mechatronic Solutions for Machine Tools

Super Technologies offers dedicated Mechatronic Solutions for Machine Tools from Cedrat Technologies, France, for machining and production application. SPT are Servo Piezo Tools for fast position of tools in turning operation. They can move the lathe cutting tool with stroke up to in 500µm. This SPT module includes a position sensor and is driven by a powerful drive and control electronics allowing the precise control of the tool on a several hundred hertz frequency bandwidth. Applications of SPT concern oval piston machining, aspherical lens machining, and free-form optics. VTH are Vibrating Tool Holders for vibration assistance in machine tool and production applications. VTH is developed for vibration assisted drilling perform chips breaking as well as faster and better quality holes. Produced small chips are easily ejected from the hole reducing/eliminating the need for lubrication. To achieve such results VTH provides an electrically controlled axial vibration to the drill bit. The forced vibration features a stroke up to 150µm and an 8 kN blocked force in a bandwidth up to 400 Hz. This vibration can be produced to the drill when rotating at speed up to 6000rmp. VTH can withstand large parasitic forces and torques in static and dynamic operations. VTH has been developed in collaboration mainly with ARTS, CETIM and G2ELAB in the context of AVIBUS FUI project coordinated by Cedrat Technologies. Applications of VTH are drilling of titanium alloys, composite materials and metal-composite sandwiches. Other customised Vibration Assisted Machining (VAM) modules have been successfully developed by Cedrat Technologies. More generally, the company can easily develop customised mechatronic systems for specific requirement.