The customer's requirements were to machine both the first 5 sides and the 6th side with a 5-axis clamping device. With the zero-point clamping system gredoc NRS on the machine pallets, Grissemann has as little programming effort as necessary and as much flexibility as possible, as the clamping devices can be positioned very simply and quickly always to the same dimensions on the machine pallet.

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GRESSEL was able to meet these requirements because our 5-axis clamping device SC5X is suitable for both 5-sided and 6-sided machining or machining of unmachined and finished parts. In addition, the jaws can be changed over in a matter of seconds with the quick-change jaw system.

Since the shortage of skilled workers is noticeable, the company will focus only on automated machines in the future in order to have the highest possible machine running time. This can be further optimised with multi-part machining using various GRESSEL clamping solutions such as multiple vises, pyramids and tombstones, which again results in a significant increase in the spindle running time. Pallet automation is suitable for complex and/or heavy workpieces as well as for small and medium series.

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Here you can see the pallet automation at Grissemann Maschinenbau GmbH.