WireFreeCNC® from CNC Computer Integrations

The WireFree Advantage

WireFreeCNC® products provide high speed, reliable Local Area Networking in the extremely noisy electrical environment of the modern CNC machine shop. If the WireFreeCNC® solution is capable in the most extreme of environments, it will also work in the "not so extreme" environments.

Once converted to a WireFreeShop®, CNC Computer Integration, LLC can supply a variety of applications that take advantage of its DRP™ (Data Relay Point) technology.

The WireFreeCNC® solution comprises both hardware and software components:

The WireFreeCNC® solution enables a company to access and obtain information at the machine level through the wireless Data Relay Point and display it through the WireFreeCNC® Event Server Software. Machine access enables information to flow up the corporation's channel providing:

Recognizing that the traditional approach of Ethernet or RS 232 wiring between CNC machine tools and front office applications is limited, CNC Computer Integration, LLC has pioneered the WireFreeShop®.

The WireFreeShop® products have been installed in tandem with CNC machine tools in shops operated by large companies such as Osram Sylvania and in manufacturing companies of all sizes across the globe. A wired machine connection inhibits companies from employing a flexible manufacturing cell, whereas a wireless solution is ideal for a flexible manufacturing cell whereby machines are constantly being relocated on the shop floor. What else?

• Manufacturing shops create a very high level of radio frequency (RF) interference. WireFreeShop® products work well in this environment. Using the 2.4Ghz range approved by the FCC for Wi-Fi transmission, WireFreeShop® products have been installed on Plasma cutters, Arc Welders, Wire EDM machines and a wide variety of CNC machine tools without ANY interference issues.
• Access Point with 8dB Omni Directional antenna. (Note no 110VAC power needed at ceiling location)
• No WIRES... makes for a very clean installation.
• CNC machines can easily be moved to facilitate cell manufacturing concepts.
• The systems and machines are protected from power surges that cause expensive downtime even including lightning strikes.
• Overhead cranes make it difficult or sometimes impossible to string wires.
• Wireless Radio signals are refracted and have good propagation in the shop floor environment.
• WireFreeCNC® device can be mounted internally on most CNC controls while keeping the RS232 port available for other uses.

Wirelessly Monitoring Machine Event's is the hottest new technology to reach the market.

Whether you need to monitor: Power On/Off, Cycle Start/Stop, Spindle On/Off, Feed Rate, Delay and Repair Time and other key factors for your business to increase productivity and lower production cost, our team can help.

Incorporate radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and you open the door to an entire new dynamic of machine integration and production tracking.

A typical installation would look something like this:

**Optionally a hub can be installed between the host PC and shop floor to accommodate multiple access points.

**Multi-honing the DNC computer and assigning the NIC to 192.168 network allows for maximum security and guards against any possibility of unauthorized access to the company network.

About WireFree CNC:

Founded in 2002 by John Carpenter, CNC Computer Integration,  LLC was the first firm to perfect wireless transmission of CNC and DNC programs on the electrically noisy shop floor. The proof is in the product. The ESI solutions page provides application articles

Many of the WireFreeShop® products are engineered and designed at the headquarters in Somers, CT with support organizations throughout the country.

WireFree devices are used to replace wired network connections in manufacturing plants. These plants usually use a wired Ethernet or RS232 connections to communicate data between master computers and the CNC (computer numeric control) machines which do the actual work. Once the WireFree products were developed, it became clear that a WireFree communications hub existed on the shop floor for the first time ever. CNC Computer Integration has been continually adding additional WireFree products to take advantage of its Data Relay Point™ technology . Today, the WireFreeShop® is a reality.

Companies that have utilized all or part of the WireFreeCNC® solution include:

To further discuss the benefits of deploying a WireFreeCNC® solution at your location, Contact ESI.

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