The new Vollmer CSF860 side grinding machine and CS860 face and top grinding machine both made their worldwide exhibition premiere at the GrindingHub exhibition in May, superseding the company’s CHD 270 and CHF 270 saw blade processing machines.

“The base, the housing and many other elements are completely different to before, but components that have proven their stability and accuracy over many years remain,” explains product manager Thomas Wenger. “We’ve designed both new machines with the same kinematics, housing, structure and polymer concrete base, so we can have a modular foundation. This makes the machine easier for the operator to handle as there is greater synergy between the CS and CSF machines, creating uniformity with regard to loading, setting-up, ergonomics and programming.”

He adds: “This uniformity of technology was our target, adopting the same CNC, operating philosophy and the latest drive technology. In the past, we used some servomotors with standard synchronous motors. Now, all motors, grinding spindles and axes are servo-driven. We have seven motors on the CSF side grinder and eight on the CS face and top grinder. This includes linear CNC axes plus three CNC grinding spindles on the face/topper and two CNC grinding spindles on the side grinder. The servo-driven grinding spindles provide a higher quality saw blade and we can now conduct different in-feed and cutting speed rates on each tooth. This improves the surface quality of the cutting edge and brings more flexibility into the grinding process.”

With any new concept, the team at Vollmer aims to achieve four key delivery parameters for customers: increased flexibility, productivity, reliability and quality.

“We met the goals by creating more stable processes in the new machines to provide better grinding results at the cutting edge,” says Wenger.
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