P.S. Auto Grinding Ltd.

Company Profile

PS Auto Grinding Limited offers Automated Grinding, Fettling and Cutting Solutions for Foundries for castings up to 325KG and 1.6M in Diameter for;

• Aluminium
• Iron
• Brass
• Bronze.

1. Featuring, specifically designed for grinding, shorter Robotic Arms that provide both the flexibility and robustness when manipulating castings up to 325KGs for 23 Hours per day, 7 days a week. Alongside this, the patented tilting mechanism for both the main wheel and the small fettling tool ensures that most, if not all, of a casting can be cut, ground or fettled in one fast cycle.
2. A Control System that was designed to be operated and programmed by non skilled foundry workers. Most castings can be fully programmed in just a few hours allowing foundries to quickly move from long to medium then to short production runs as required in as little time as possible. A typical changeover can be effected in 4 minutes.
    
3. A range of Diamond Wheels and Tools designed to work perfectly with Series 400 & 500. The net result is that foundries can now get 100% consistent results and foundries report that they can get up to 200,000 castings life(5-10KG with light/medium flash) from one diamond wheel making this a very cost effective solution.
4. A fully enclosed Grinding System with provision for Extraction. This has practically eliminated eye and finger injuries, and foundries no longer require to manage Vibration White Finger in their Fettling Shops.

1. PSAG will visit the foundry and investigate the current operation
2. PSAG will conduct initial viability tests from castings and produce draft financial comparison for foundry with potential savings, if any.
3. PSAG will trial actual castings and record timings, photographs and comments.
4. Financial comparisons with current processes will be firmed up with actual casting cycle times.
5. Quotation will be supplied and PSAG will ask customer to take reference visits or communication from any PSAG customer
6. If customer decides to go ahead final details will be concluded and delivery arranged.
7. Series 400 or 500 is installed in 1-2 Days and PSAG spend 3 days on site training operators, programmers and maintenance.
8. Final acceptance and payment is agreed after successful Production to pre agreed standards are completed.

USP

PS Auto Grinding offer Automatic Grinding Machines, designed by foundrymen for their own foundry initially, which have a unique design and performance unlike anything comparable on the marketplace.

Firstly, they have modified and merged the technology from Robotics to move and manipulate castings into an infinite range of positions ready for cutting and grinding. They have matched this with a unique and patented tilting, rather than fixed, grinding wheel mechanism which means, with a simple fixture to hold a casting in place, most castings can now be cut and ground much faster than hand grinding in one cycle. The design of the Robotic arms has been made much shorter and much more substantial than a conventional robots and this is what has lead to Series 400 & 500's excellent reliability record. 98% + uptime is recorded (April 2011) by customers, and the robustness to last 15 years plus with little variance on uptime or running costs is also being reported.

Secondly, all Series 400 & 500 Models come with a unique Control System. Designed to be programmed by the same workers that undertook the hand grinding previously, castings can be programmed by non skilled workers in less than 2 hours. No previous CNC or Robotic Programming experience is required-Guaranteed! The system is so flexible that many foundries have hundreds of fixtures and ready made programs to start production almost immediately. Changeovers from one program to another take on average 4 minutes making jobbing work, in particular, easy and more cost effective.

Lastly, PS Auto Grinding Limited has developed a range of Diamond Wheels and Tools that are designed to give optimum performance, long life and compatibility with the Series 400 & 500 machines for both ferrous and non ferrous materials. Unlike normal diamonds or abrasives which will wear and become smaller in diameter under use, PS Auto Grinding Diamond Wheels and Tools maintain the same diameter throughout their working life. This means that castings are ground exactly the same without any adjustment required. As well as this, the ability to design almost any special wheels or tools for any casting that PS Auto Grinding is presented with gives Foundries the ability to offer the very best quality at the lowest cost whether it is for long, medium or very short production runs.

Categories

• Knock-out, fettling and finishing (Ausleeren, Putzen, Rohgußnachbehandlung)
  • Fettling installations (Trenn- und Entgrateinrichtungen)
    • Deflashing machines (Entgratmaschinen)
    • Sawing machines (Sägen)
    • Gating and feeding systems separator machines and installations (Speiser- und Eingußabtrennmaschinen und -einrichtungen)
    • Abrasive cut-off machines and wheels (Trennschleifmaschinen und Schleifscheiben)
    • Fettling facilities, other (Trenn- und Entgrateinrichtungen, sonstige)
  • Grinding machines and accessories (Schleifmaschinen und Zubehör)
    • Grinding machines, automatic controlled (Schleifmaschinen, automatisch gesteuert)
    • Grinding wheels (Schleifscheiben)
    • Grinding technology, others (Schleiftechnik, sonstige)
  • Fettling tools and fettling accessories, general (Putzereiwerkzeuge und Putzereibedarf, allgemein)
    • Fettling chambers, fettling benches, fettling cabins (Putzhäuser, Putztische, Putzstände, Putzkabinen)
    • Fettling tools and sundries (Putzereihandwerkzeuge und Putzereibedarf)
• Surface treatment
• Industrial safety and ergonomics