MILLPWR® Advantages

Powerful, Yet Easy to Use

From the moment you power up your MILLPWR system, you'll know that it was built with convenience in mind.  You'll appreciate the exceptional clarity of the large, full-color LCD display and how all the main functions are well organized and within easy reach. But the real convenience lies in MILLPWR's capabilities.  Use MILLPWR as a digital readout (DRO), as a programmable control, or both.  It's powerful enough to handle any job and easy enough for anyone to operate.  No prior programming experience is necessary.

Choose from preset milling functions.
Standardized menus make it easy for you to program common features like lines, arcs, pockets, bolthole patterns, islands and spirals.  To add a feature to your program, simply press a function key and then follow the prompts.  MILLPWR also includes an 'engrave' option for engraving alphanumeric characters vertically, horizontally, diagonally or along an arc.

 

Perform complex calculations. Use MILLPWR's built-in calculator to solve geometry and trigonometry problems.  Save time and avoid errors by transferring results directly into your part program.

Eliminate repetitive, tedious and time-consuming setups.
Use MILLPWR to mill arcs, blends and circles in any size, shape or pattern your print requires without setting up rotary tables or other devices.

You can also save time with MILLPWR's 'skew' feature, which enables you to set up a workpiece without aligning it perfectly parallel along the X- and Y-axes.  MILLPWR  will compensate for the angle offset from start to finish.

Save time with easy editing features.
Edit individual steps or merge whole or partial programs that you've already created.  Easily manipulate programs with 'repeat,' 'rotate' and 'mirror' features.  Other editing functions include:

• Explode - 'explode' a program step into several, more detailed steps for easier editing
• Reverse step - switch the begin/end points and tool offset of any step
• Reverse path - reverse a continuous tool path
• Change steps - change or edit the depth, offset and feed rate of several steps simultaneously
• Delete steps - erase single or multiple steps
• Copy/move steps - duplicate or rearrange steps

Reduce programming time with import/storage capabilities.
With MILLPWR's DXF file input feature, you can import geometry directly from a CAD file into MILLPWR resulting in faster programming and fewer errors.  After the file's been loaded, you have the option of saving it on MILLPWR's internal memory, on a 3 ½" floppy disk or on your PC (via an RS-232 port) for easy retrieval later on.

 

Preview each step with immediate-part-view graphics.  As you create a program, MILLPWR automatically shows you a graphic representation of each step.  Seeing the program as it develops makes it easy to correct trouble spots before you machine.

Versatile

Program milling and drilling depths.
With available motion for the Z-axis, now you can program MILLPWR to mill at or drill to a specified depth automatically. 

Mill and program simultaneously.
Use the 'teach' feature to create a program as you manually machine a part then run the program for every part thereafter.

Reliable and Accurate

Mill with precision.
MILLPWR is a closed-looped system with positioning feedback provided by ACU-RITE precision glass scales (2µm/0.0001" resolution).  Because glass is an inherently durable material, ACU-RITE precision glass scales resist changes in size, shape or density due to temperature and humidity variations.  Their stability ensures accuracy as fine as ±1.5µm (0.00006"), earning them an industry-wide reputation for excellence in measurement and positioning technology.

 

In fact, ACU-RITE precision glass scales include a fundamental measuring level 10 times finer than the nearest alternative encoder technology ensuring the most accurate positioning possible.

Built Shop Tough

Mill with confidence.
MILLPWR is a complete, durable system that includes ground and hardened ballscrews and powerful AC brushless digital servo motors.  The sturdy operator console features a 10" flat-panel, color LCD display; a built-in floppy disk drive; a remote stop/go switch; and all the required installation and mounting hardware.

Every MILLPWR system includes components that have been designed, tested and manufactured to withstand the elements of contamination found in even the harshest machine shop environment.  A conformal coating is applied to the reading head on each ACU-RITE precision glass scale to prevent coolants and other materials from eroding contact points between electronic components and the circuit board.  Die-cast metal enclosures, sealed keypads, and recessed interlocking lipseals further protect the system from metal chips and other contaminants.
 

Technologically Advanced
 

Count on ACU-RITE's precision glass scales.
ACU-RITE precision glass scales are built with optical-quality glass and a photoelectronic reading head that slides along the glass and illuminates a chrome line pattern etched into the scale.  Photodetectors read the pattern and send an electronic signal to the control thousands of times during every inch of travel.

Quickly reestablish workpiece zero.
MILLPWR  also includes Position-Trac, a unique feature that enables you to easily, quickly and accurately reestablish workpiece zero after power loss.

Position-Trac uses a precise, distance-encrypted line pattern that's been placed onto each ACU-RITE precision glass scale included with MILLPWR.  Proprietary software decodes the line pattern, which then allows you to accurately reestablish workpiece zero from any position.

Profitable and Affordable

Put MILLPWR to work for you.
Since its introduction, MILLPWR has increased the production and profits in tool and die facilities, job shops and manufacturing companies throughout the world.  Use the payback formula below to see how fast MILLPWR will pay for itself in your shop.