Precitech Nanoform 250 ultra

The UPx CNC control system is engineered around the QNX real time operating system.

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The UPx control system is built around the QNX real time operating system-widely recognized as the premiere, true real time Operating System.

QNX is a microkernel based, hard real time OS used where safety and robustness is needed. Spacecraft, nuclear power plants and medical instruments rely on its stability, speed and fault tolerance.

Precitech has exploited QNX in its UPx controller. The servo loop is actually closed in software, running full 64 bit, double precision calculations. This allows us precision orders of magnitude greater than DSP based controllers without any proprietary hardware.

Because Precitech develops its own software, the UPx is capable of much more, for example, adaptive control algorithms impossible to implement on board-based DSP controllers. Precitech can react to special requests in a timely manner, tailoring the systems to specific needs with providing the fastest block execution rate in the industry.

The UPx control includes tools and diagnostic aimed at decreasing set-up time. These include:

FFT Display: This helps identify machine or environmental vibrations that might compromise surface form and finish.

Integrated Spindle balance aid.

Optical and LVDT tool setters.

Integrated gage amplifier: Useful as a general purpose tool for part centering, feature measurement, etc.

Tool Path Display: This provides a 'sanity check' to insure your program is doing what you expected.

UltraComp: This is form measurement and correction package. Also useful for data analysis offline since the data can be saved in many formats.

The touch-screen allows quick navigation thru a well thought out interface developed for the user by listening to how operators would like it to function. There are no multi-level menus - everthing needed is always visible.


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