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ShadowMap CL - Machine-tool Error Reduction System

Source: Shadow Automation, Inc.
Are your machines imperfect, but repeatable? Do you fine-tune your CNC machine-tool programs by adding or subtracting a few thousandths of an inch to the programmed coordinates?
Are your machines imperfect, but repeatable? Do you fine-tune your CNC machine-tool programs by adding or subtracting a few thousandths of an inch to the programmed coordinates?

Now you can have this done for you automatically, reliably, and consistently with ShadowMap CL. With an independent 3D volumetric laser measurement matrix, your computer can quickly adjust every part program to reduce the errors of every machine, in seconds.

Key Benefits

  • Reliable, documented process
  • 3-axis and 5-axis supported
  • NIST traceable calibrations

ShadowMap CL reads industry standard APT CL machining programs, along with the error map of the machine to run the program, and then a new APT CL program is created with all of the coordinates adjusted correctly. Use your existing post-processors and communications methods.

Errors exist in every machine, even fresh from the assembly line. Twenty-one different errors are associated with 3-axis machines. Simple linear calibration and correction is not enough to ensure accuracy. The charts available above show the results from a twenty year old machine.