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Device Combines Ability to Add USB and Ethernet to Machines



Shop Floor Automations (SFA), an automation supplier for the CNC machine tool industry, has released a new hardware product to add USB and Ethernet connectivity to any machine.

The LAN-USB Connect has many notable abilities that will be desirable for manufacturers, said an SFA spokesperson.

"Users will be able to drag and drop files from and to the CNC data server, as well as utilize an Ethernet connection via the FTP protocol," the spokesperson added. "No logon is required, plus users may execute program commands via the device's pendant, 4-line, backlit LCD display. These functions are achieved with no special software required to install."

Network outage protection also occurs via local server to CNC connection that is independent from the shop floor's network.

The USB function of the device allows it to act as an interface between commercially available USB sticks and any CNC control with a functioning RS232 port. Machine programs can be sent from the CNC memory to the USB stick, or USB to CNC memory or can be drip-fed (DNC) from the USB.

Flexible CNC communication firmware is built into the unit. "This allows for connection to a large variety of machine tool controls," the spokesperson noted. "The device buffers (stores) the entire program at the machine, and acts as a dedicated computer that responds instantaneously to data flow changes from the CNC."

Positioning this device on the control allows the machine to run at its maximum baud rate. This will prevent a machinist from having to trek back and forth from the DNC PC to the machine in order to initiate machine operation.

More benefits to this device come with the financial freedom of keeping an older machine in operation longer, rather than retrofitting a machine with new controllers, or replacing a machine all together. The hardware replaces cost-prohibitive measures of adding OEM memory or USB to the machine in a proprietary manner from the machine tool builder.

The LAN-USB Connect works with a majority of CNC controls on the market with a serial port. For instance, it has been tested with Haas, Mazak, Hurco, Fadal, Mitsubishi, Mori Seiki, Okuma, Siemens and more. This device is also available in a "headless" version, as well as a low-cost wireless version.

For more information contact:

Shop Floor Automations Inc.

5360 Jackson Drive, Suite #202

La Mesa, CA 91942

877-611-5825 / 619-461-4000

info@shopfloorautomations.com

www.shopfloorautomations.com

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