Breton at GEAR FORUM & MECSPE - Parma

Good morning,
I wish to thank all those who attended GEAR FORUM and visited Breton stand at MECSPE in Parma.

I visited MECSPE last Thursday (March 21st) and I must admit that I didn’t expect to see so many people. Both the Pavilions 5 and 6 were crowded.

The vertical machining centre XCEEDER 900RT was exhibited at Breton stand while machining a bevel gear with helical teeth.

 GEAR FORUM took place on Wednesday and Thursday (March 20th and 21st) and was also visited by many people interested in the production of gears.
Mr. Corletto briefly introduced Breton, while Ms. Dotto explained the new Breton method for producing large-sized gears using CNC machines with 5 interpolated axes holding simple cutters available on the market.

Here you can find the complete presentation of  Breton GEARI I hope I gave you some useful information concerning our activity in the gear sector.
By-by
Sergio Prior

Read More

bevel gears, breton machining centre, breton vertical machining centre, cylindrical gears, face gears, herringbone gears, Maxima, skew-axis gears, titan, ultrix

As of today, gears are produced in a short while

Hello,
Sorry to insist on speaking about gears, but I’m sure that Breton system for the design, programming and production of gears is a real R-E-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N. 

To this end, enjoy this short introductory video.


Have a nice day
By-by
Sergio Prior

Read More

bevel gears, breton vertical machining centre, cylindrical gears, face gears, herringbone gears, high speed cnc machining centre, skew-axis gears

First impressions on BIMU 2012 fair

Good morning
Yesterday I visited BIMU in Milan and I must admit there was a breath of fresh air since I noticed more visitors and a greater interest with respect to the 2010 edition.
A lot of people visited Breton stand (Pavilion 9, stand D15) and were very interested in: 
the NEW Matrix 1000 DYNAMIC, 
NEW gear machining system, 
and in all the different workpieces manufactured by our machining centres we exhibited.
Here you can see some pictures I’ve just downloaded from my camera. 

 Matrix 1000 DYNAMIC

NEW gear machining system

Workpieces manufactured

Next week we will go more deeply into these issues.
Have a nice weekend

By-by

Sergio Prior

Read More

bevel gears, bimu 2012, breton vertical machining centre, cylindrical gears, face gears, high speed cnc machining centre

Breton ULTRIX grinding gear wheel

For more info click HERE

Happy holidays to all 
by-by

Sergio Prior

Read More

bevel gears, breton vertical machining centre, cylindrical gears, face gears, Gleason bevel gears, herringbone gears, skew-axis gears, ultrix

Thinking differently the gears manufacturing

Being able to cut high-precision tooth profiles is of primary importance in gear cutting. Traditional processes (using "gear hobbers") involve some fundamental limits, both in the design and prototype phase, as well as when cutting the gear.

These systems are competitive only for large production runs, but are unsuitable for the production of prototypes or for small scale production (often the case with big gears) as the tools are very expensive, with long supply lead times, and the geometric refinement of the toothing (done by applying geometric micro-deviations to the theoretical tooth profile) is usually an extremely time-consuming process.

5-axis machining centre aren't affected by these limits as they use standard (cylindrical, toric or spherical) tools, and the development/prototyping processing is done using very precise software of the latest generation.

Breton's experience with 5-axis machine tools, precision mechanics and in the aerospace industry, has helped the company make a name for itself in the gear-cutting sector as a reliable and decisive partner, offering professional and innovative services.

In partnership with KISSSOFT - a leader in mechanical engineering software - we've developed the Breton Gear Design, a third generation geometry tool, guaranteeing the greatest accuracy and reliability.

Breton also developed the Breton Gear Cam, a CAM tool, so you can use just the right tool and strategy for every machining process.

This has been the approach with the Ultrix (tilting turning bench), Maxima and Titan (gantry and large-size turning bench) numeric controls, for an integrated turning, milling and tooth-cutting process, with pre and post heat treatment of medium-large gears (up to 2500 mm for one-piece gears).

The solution developed by Breton makes it possible for gear designers to design and produce gears quickly, using traditional 5-axis numeric controls, with excellent results:
- cylindrical gears with straight-cut or helical-cut teeth
- herringbone gears
- bevel gears with straight-cut and spiral-cut teeth in the most common geometries
- face gears for orthogonal drive trains
- skew-axis gears

As in the past, Breton puts its know-how and experience at the customer's service, developing innovative solutions destined to leave their mark in time.

For more INFO write at mail@breton.it. 

We’ll get back to you promptly.
Thank you for the attention and best regards.

By-by

Sergio Prior

Read More

bevel gears, breton machining centre, breton vertical machining centre, cylindrical gears, face gears, herringbone gears, Maxima, skew-axis gears, titan, ultrix