According to the feedback from our customers, the most important features of a CNC machine include the speed of work, reliability, and a high-quality resulting product.
The speed of work equals economic benefits. The more products the machine manages to produce per unit of time, the faster it pays off.
The reliability indicator is also directly related to profit – the longer the router lasts and the less breaks during operation, the more profitable it becomes. Each breakdown is a production downtime and loss of money, as well as loss of business reputation if you disrupt the delivery timeframes of the product to your customers.
If we talk about the quality of theCNC router, it is determined by the accuracy of positioning and repeatability. Let us clarify these concepts.
The higher the repeatability and accuracy of positioning, the higher the repeatability and accuracy of the manufactured product.
Positioning Accuracy
Each point on the work field of the router has its own coordinates. Positioning accuracy means how much the actual coordinate reached by the machine matches the one specified in the program.
Repeatability
If we direct the machine to the same coordinate from different points of the work field, then each time we will get a slightly different result. This is unavoidable on any CNC machines due to mechanical errors. But a good CNC machine will have a low positioning error.
The processing accuracy of Wattsan CNC routers is 0.05–0.01 mm.
Engineers at the factory check and configure CNC router machines prior to dispatching them to our customers using the Renishaw Ballbar system, a high-precision equipment that analyzes repeatability, positioning accuracy and other operation parameters of the machine.
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