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Article: GE Fanuc aims to supply capabilities and controls. (GE Fanuc Automation North America Inc.)
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- Tooling & Production
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
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Everywhere you look, GE Fanuc is helping to push the envelope in manufacturing with its innovations in industrial controls.
For five years, the Charlottesville, Va-based company has been working with a team of companies to enhance new technologies in machine tool design for advanced machining systems. Using the latest all-digital CNC control hardware and software, along with high resolution linear feedback scales and lasers, these new machines can achieve contour rates up to 1500 to 3000 ipm while maintaining accuracy as high as 3 to 5 [mu]. Further, these machines can achieve acceleration rates up to 1.5 g's, which provides the ability to maintain exceptional ...