Pro Series options

TurnPro Turntable

 Available as an option for the Craftsman, Pro and Industrial Series machines, the fully computerized TurnPro Turntable will open a world of dimensional abilities. The TurnPro Turntable is an automated, computer driven process which requires no user intervention once started. The TurnPro allows the user to create designs from as simple as a 180° turn to as complex as a different profile every 0.225°.

For example to create a symmetrical object such as a soda bottle, the designer will design a silhouette view of a bottle. This profile is then loaded into the software and the designer specifies how many times this design will be repeated around the circle. If the designer chose to have 40 facets on the bottle, this will create 40 small flat faces on the surface or a flat every 9°. The cutter will cut the first silhouette and the wire will pause at the end position, the turntable turns 9° and the silhouette is cut downwards as the wire returns to the starting point. Once the wire reaches the starting point it will again pause while the turntable turns 9° and the silhouette is cut again. This process is repeated until the complete soda bottle is cut.

One very productive application of the TurnPro is the production of caps and bases for columns. If this design is repeated 4 times (once every 90°) you will create a unique design with very little manual labor required.

In a similar yet slightly different procedure the TurnPro is also capable of cutting  non-symmetrical objects such as a banana, perfume bottle, cellular phone (see drawing on the right), etc. Similar to cutting a symmetrical object, the cutter cuts a silhouette design and pauses while the turntable turns. However on the return cut, the software reads ahead and has loaded the second profile shape (which may be different from the first) and cuts the second profile while returning to the start point. Again the wire pauses once it reaches the start point, the turntable  turns and the software has read the third profile and starts to cut this on the upward cut. This process is repeated until  all the profiles are cut. 

The TurnPro is a very powerful option that will undoubtedly set the precedent for others to follow.

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