Large, easy-to-operate,19-inch touch panels come as standard, while the LN Professional Artificial Intelligence program ensures ideal machining conditions at all times, enabling the AL40G and AL60G to be operated optimally by both beginners and experts alike.

In addition, the machines benefit from a highly rigid structure, with temperature sensors installed throughout the machine body, to minimise the effect of temperature changes during high speed machining.

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The new die sinkers provide improved machining accuracy, speed and quality, from roughing and semi-finishing through to finishing, as a result of a range of new technologies including the latest EDM controls and electrical discharge circuits.

One of the prime considerations in the design of the AL40G / AL60G was the development of an energy-saving, recycle/reuse, people-friendly, waste reduction and maintenance free eco-friendly machine tool — in-line with Sodick’s global policy of working to continuously improve its environmental impact ,which is central to the company’s development vision.

The incorporation of Sodick’s “SGF4” advanced electrical discharge control technology in which an “arc never occurs”, greatly improves die-sinking performance, increasing speed, reducing electrode wear and enabling an extensive range of machined surface qualities from satin to mirror surfaces to be obtained, by optimising the cutting technologies automatically.

However, this month they announced that they’ve started working with a new injection-moldable material called Limex. Developed in Japan, Limex is derived from limestone (rather than petroleum) mixed with polystyrene, the latter being a plastic that already plays nice with injection molding. Limestone is a globally abundant material; even natural-resource-poor Japan has 24 billion tons of the stuff, while nearby Taiwan has over 300 billion tons of it. The material is recyclable, developer TBM Co. says; creates less emissions than petroleum-based plastics; and works readily with existing injection-molding equipment, requiring no re-tooling.

Software, incorporated as standard, enables the SP power supply unit to directly and accurately import 3D solid model data, so positioning information can be input from the machining instruction by simply clicking the mouse on the solid model displayed on the operation screen, preventing human errors and greatly increasing operational efficiency.

Additional benefits of the new series include Sodick’s “LN Professional AI,” which offers a wide range of applicable cutting patterns to suit various machining requirements. For each machining pattern, optimum machining conditions and axis motions are available and NC programs are automatically generated by the AI database.

The AL40G and AL60Gincorporates the latest electrical discharge control technology, together with AI functions and a precision thermal compensation system.

Stop falling for fake renewable plastic hype! Lime is a mineral, not a plastic or resin. All they are doing is using it as filler. Guess what: calcium carbonate  (CaCO3), lime’s composition has been used as a filler for decades. Usually as a way to save money or for its properties. But you can only use that much dirt into a plastic before it breaks apart: limex claims it can replace 50% of the pellet’s weight with caco3. But caco3 has a density 3 times as heavy as polystyrene! Do the math, basically this is straight run of the mill styrene (hips) with 15% caco3 filler. Finding filler is never a problem: depending on price in the industry they use caco3, talc, titanium dioxide, really any inorganic scrap from coffee scraps to flax , and once a week an ID student solves the world’s problems by sprinkling some ground seashells / chicken feathers/  Rice husk /spent grains / cannabis byproduct into plastic and calling it renewable

Bandai is Japan’s leading toymaker, producing models from the Gundam series as well as for tie-ins with Marvel, Disney and the Star Wars universe. The toy giant had a net income of ¥242.8 billion (USD $2.2 billion) in 2019, and because their stock-in-trade is plastic, that means they bring a lot of it into the world.

The new SP power supply more than doubles motor control response speed, while the quality and speed of electrical discharge machining overall have benefited from the development of new controls and circuits, including: up to 50 % more cutting voltage on rough cutting (TMM4 circuit), increased semi-finishing speed (TPC4 control) and improved quality and speed of the finishing cut through accurate pulse control (BSN4 circuit).

These machines are equipped on the XYZ axes with Sodick’s high-output linear motors, providing excellent machining performance and maintaining high accuracy over long periods of time. The linear motors are driven by the newly developed SP power supply which enables highly accurate positioning and also doubles servo responsiveness compared to conventional technology.

The extremely rigid machine structure was optimally designed using state-of-the-art CAE analysis technology, while the incorporation of a new precision correction function, “TH COM”, minimises the effect of temperature changes within the machine, reducing the amount of thermal displacement by 50 % compared to a conventional machine.

What’s supremely ironic is Bandai’s choice of debut product for the new material. Limex will roll out this fall in Bandai’s imaginatively-named “Dinosaur Skeleton Plastic Model Tyrannosaurus” and “Dinosaur Skeleton Plastic Model Triceratops.” Plastic comes from petroleum, and petroleum comes from dead dinosaurs. Heck, aren’t these the two models in Bandai’s line-up that should be made from plastic?

Information from the AL40G/AL60G cutting technologies database is compatible with the new machines, to which the AL-G series adds a further new technology database with new generator features (not compatible with earlier models).

Optimised, high speed, high precision machining is achieved by the combination of integrated technologies including; discharge state detection, discharge pulse control and dynamically responsive linear motor technology.

Ease of access is provided by the three-sided, automated, vertical drop machining tank, which enables the incorporation of a wide variety of automation technologies.

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The new AL40G/AL60G series is equipped with Sodick’s independently developed lightweight, high rigidity ceramic sliders with low thermal displacement for the slide portion of the main spindle linear motor. The combined effect of this together with the high speed, dynamically responsive linear motor results in greatly improved straightness and a smooth drive, significantly contributing to increased speed and the stable machining of deep ribs. The high-speed jump effectively discharges machined tips, reducing abnormal arcs and the machining shape defects attributed to secondary discharge, thus greatly reducing the machining time.

In response to the increasing demand for automated systems, the new AL40G/AL60G series has been designed to support a variety of automation solutions. The new models incorporate a three-sided automated vertical drop machining tank and suspended operation panel, so that automation technology, from a simple automatic tool changer to a full-scale robot automation system, can be installed.