As well as showcasing two new-to-the-UK Walter Helitronic tool grinders – the Helitronic Mini Plus and the Helitronic G 200 – Walter Ewag UK’s open house (Warwick, June 27-29) will host daily series of workshops/demonstrations of some of Walter’s money-saving and user-friendly technologies for fast and effective tool production and regrinding, as well as inspection.

The three-day event will highlight: rewards of integrated measuring; benefits of non-contact laser contour checking; remote service; and how Helitronic Tool Studio software can simplify and speed up grinding/erosion times.

Walter heralded a step change in the fully automatic measurement and digitisation of tools when it launched the Walter 3D laser sensor, which enables the Walter Helicheck Pro and Plus tool measurement machines to scan with four times the resolution than previously possible and to process that data four times faster.

Suitable for inspecting high-performance tools where cutting edge geometry, pitch and spiral pitch vary widely, the 3D sensor can replace two separate machines traditionally used for measuring such tools – perhaps a combination of conventional and laser checking. Easily and quickly programmed using wizard routines, with resulting short set-up times, the 3D sensor effectively ‘visualises’ the workpiece as a point cloud (in differing formats) and enables various measurements to be undertaken on the 3D image.

When the resulting image is ‘placed’ on the tool’s three-dimensional design drawings, or a master part, any deviations are clearly visible (via the integrated 3D Viewer) as 3D comparisons of point cloud and target model, including surface reconstruction.
The result is that tool measurement has never been more accurate or faster, reports the company.
To register call Phil Morris on 01926 485047, 07714 826832