State-of-the-Art Modular

GRINDING SYSTEM - Designed as a future-safe, state-of-the-art modular system, the Studer Schaudt ZEUS M offers you the optimum solution for volume production grinding of camshafts, crankshafts and gear shafts, as well as electric motor armatures, steering assembly parts, eccentric shafts, tool holding fixtures, pump shafts, axle components, turbo rotors and others.

The ZEUS M is available as a single or two slide machine, depending on your specific application needs. The maximum grinding length is up to 950 mm with a maximum diameter of 435 mm, depending on the configuration and the application.

Designed and optimized specifically for the use of CBN.  Cutting speeds of 120 m/sec, rotating diamond dressing tools and superior machine stability make the Zeus S an ideal CBN machine.  And compared to conventional grinding approaches, CBN considerably increases the intervals between dressing and grinding wheel changes.

The machine base has been engineered in order to comply with the force range during the grinding operation. The use of concrete polymer ensures the necessary damping and temperature stability. In order to meet the higher requirements of the extended machine base of the two-slides version, the rigidity has been additionally increased by a steel / welding design.

Depending on the application task the optimum guide-way system can be selected accordingly. This could be the cost-effective linear anti-friction guide-way system for cylindrical grinding, the slide-way system or the hydrostatic guide-way with hydrostatically threaded spindle for camshaft grinding. For the two-slide versions the concept of the guide-way systems allows the movement of the two slides right next to each other with only a very small safety gap for the grinding wheel protection covers. As a result, even cams or journals positioned closely to each other can be ground simultaneously.

State-of-the-art Siemens digital control and SIMODRIVE axis drive components are at the heart of the new Zeus M.  Machine operation, setup, changeover, dressing and programming of even complex parts are easily accomplished through an innovative step-by-step, on-screen operator interface developed by Studer Schaudt.  The Siemens Sinumerik 840D control package features application-specific software routines.