Supertec chooses NUM technology for its CNC cylindrical grinding machines
Supertec Machinery Inc., one of Taiwan’s leading machine tool manufacturers, has chosen to base new versions of its renowned Plunge type of CNC cylindrical grinding machines on NUM’s Flexium+ CNC platform. Founded in 1954, Supertec Machinery Inc. has grown to become one of Taiwan’s top machine tool manufacturers. The company specialises in precision grinding automation and produces a diverse range of centreless, cylindrical and surface grinding machines. Based in Taichung City, Supertec operates sales and support facilities at strategic locations throughout Asia and Europe, as well as in the USA and South America. Supertec has traditionally used Fanuc CNC systems for most of its machine tools. However, when NUM added non-circular grinding functionality to its popular NUMgrind cylindrical grinding software back in June 2020, the company realised that this innovative CNC technology provided exactly what many of its customers needed on their cylindrical grinders. NUMgrind simplifies the creation of G code programs for CNC grinding machines through the use of a highly intuitive graphical human machine interface (HMI), and unlike conventional CAD/CAM workstation tools, it is designed specifically for use by shop floor personnel in a production environment. After evaluating the software, Supertec immediately raised a purchase contract with NUM. According to Betty Chu, Supertec’s Assistant General Manager, “NUM has an excellent reputation in the grinding industry. Much like Supertec, this has been earned over many years. And the latest version of NUMgrind, which accommodates non-circular grinding, is a natural fit for our CNC cylindrical grinding machines. We also now benefit from very responsive local support – NUM’s Taiwan facility is less than 15 km away from our factory.” Supertec’s Plunge type of CNC cylindrical grinding machines offer a choice of six capacities, covering distances between centres from 500 mm to 2,000 mm. The machines can also accommodate grinding diameters from 300 […]