Automated Production of Lights-out Machining

As workshops seek to expand their production capacity, they are increasingly turning to light processing rather than adding machines, staff or shifts. By using overnight work hours and weekends to produce parts without the presence of an operator, the shop can get more output from existing machines.

In order to succeed in increasing efficiency and reducing risk. It needs to be optimized for light-off production. This new process may require new equipment, such as the addition of automatic feed, automatic feed, automatic feed manipulator or pallet system and other forms of machine loading and unloading operations. In order to be suitable for light-off processing, cutting tools must be stable and have a long and predictable life; no operator can check whether the cutting tools are damaged and replace them when needed. When establishing an unattended machining process, the workshop can meet this demand by implementing a tool monitoring system and the latest cutting tool technology.