Gordon Engineering Corporation
NewPoint CNC Drill Point Grinders
The NewPoint CNC Drill Point Grinders are unique tools for efficient and precise resharpening of high-performance drills. They offer speed, simplicity, and cost savings not available from any other kind or brand of tool grinding equipment. Key features include:
A Unique Grinding Process: All surfaces and features on a drill are finished with a single, standard grinding wheel. Special wheels, and wheel dressing, are things of the past. Perfect shapes, finishes, and matching of features, are automatic and effortless. Typical grinding cycles are under two minutes, complete; and results are commonly better than even brand new drills..
Instant Setups and Changeovers: Using standard collets and grinding wheels, and a control specifically designed for drill sharpening, the NewPoint grinders can be set up in seconds, rather than minutes or hours. Standard drills, or custom user modifications, are selected from a library, and are managed without CNC programming, using simple, menu-based controls. The specially designed "True Geometry Format" (TGF) software is Windows-based, and is intended specifically for operation by shop-floor personnel.
Extensive Tool Libraries: The standard NewPoint software provides exact geometries for the most popular drill brands and styles, all developed and tested in real-life applications encompassing tens of thousands of drills and millions of holes. Customization of shapes for special needs or difficult materials is as easy as selecting the standard library shape desired, and then altering as needed with TGF simplicity. Grind 2-flute, 3-flute, or custom drills with ease, and without writing or verifying complex CNC program code.
Total User Control: Stock removal amounts, feed-rates, wheel setups, and all aspects of the machines' operation, are managed with menu-driven ease, and are stored in libraries for instant recall.
On-Board Video Inspection: The on-board video package allows in-place inspection of drill points at high magnification, before drills are removed from the machine. Wear-spots not quite cleaned up, shapes to be adjusted, and the exact condition of an entire drill point, become immediately visible, and easy to manage and perfect. Time and money are saved, and quality is instantly improved.
Unparalleled Speed and Economy: To grind drills in minutes, rather than waiting days or weeks for an outside source… to grind drills perfectly, rather than settling for sub-standard performance… to have total control of your tooling… to keep drilling machines running at peak efficiency… to save money and time… those are just some of the many ways the NewPoint grinders can reduce costs and increase profits in any drilling application.
Gallery of Sample Drill Points