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CNC router with automatic tool changer
Powered by an HSD FS915 5hp spindle, ShopBot’s Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) is available on the company's full size PRSalpha Gantry CNC tools. An ATC automatically changes cutters between tool paths and eliminates the need for the CNC operator to change and zero tools individually. The ATC allows the PRSalpha to do the full job, ShopBot says, even when different tooling is required to make different types of cuts – like cabinets and furniture – or where different bits are needed for roughing and finishing passes – like signs and complex 3D carvings. The company adds that a machine equipped with an ATC can perform operations normally done on other pieces of equipment, eliminating the need for additional machines in the shop.
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