HEIDENHAIN Multi-Gauge and Multi-Display Setups
4 DRO Displays – 8 Gauge Installation
HEIDENHAIN ND7013 & GC2013
Fitted to a Train Wheel Cutting Lathe
EEC visited a customer to update a specialised cutting lathe. We fitted replacement HEIDENHAIN ND7013 & GC2013 systems sporting 4 displays and 8 gauge heads. The HEIDENHAIN multi gauge and multi display setup was installed on a train wheel cutting Lathe in East London. The original DRO and gauge system was many years old, ageing and developing faults and reliability issues. EEC Ltd visited to remove the old system and install new modern HEIDENHAIN DRO and gauge equipment using the latest technologies.
Here is a photographic account of the work.
Aerial view of the train wheel cutting lathe. Train carriages enter from left to right and are machined in-situ on the carriage
Test wheel for setting up
The business end: looking into the pit underground, with left and right cutting heads and extraction system
4 HEIDENHAIN Digital Readout (DRO) displays showing wheel wobble, wheel runout, depth of cut and back to back distance. Photo showing tolling for both left and right sides of the train
New displays mounted from the rear – giving tilt and swivel
Gauge head positions, MT 25B, MK 101, Specto ST3088
The Customer can now machine within their 0.3mm tolerances
Wheel runout and wheel wobble measuring head
