R.P. Machine Named Five Star Machine Tool Retrofitter by GE Fanuc Automation

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GE Fanuc Automation Americas, Inc., a unit of GE Infrastructure, has announced new Machine Tool Retrofit solutions, which help machine tool users leverage existing equipment assets to cost effectively improve productivity and quality, and increase competitiveness in today’s challenging business environment. Available through GE Fanuc and GE Fanuc-certified retrofitters, these Machine Tool Retrofit solutions revitalize mechanically sound machines with new controls, existing-control enhancements, and digital drive technology.

"An aging, unreliable, or feature-limited CNC can increase the costs associated with machine maintenance and downtime," says Douglas Peterson, vice president, CNCs and lasers, GE Fanuc Automation. "By retrofitting a new state-of-the-art control to an existing machine, companies can breathe new life and enhanced productivity into an otherwise mechanically soundãand high valueãmachine. Fortunately, machine tool users have a tremendous opportunity to achieve productivity similar to new machine levels through quick, cost-effective retrofits."

Available now, GE Fanuc’s Machine Tool Retrofit solutions combine consultative expertise from a world leader in CNCs with state-of-the-art technology, fast implementation, and training. Retrofits from GE Fanuc offer machine tool users a multitude of benefits. New controls not only improve performance but also reduce mean time between failure with quicker access to spare parts. Additionally, the GE Fanuc retrofit brings improved communication capabilities through Ethernet-ready controls, allowing machine tool users to connect into manufacturing and business networks for greater access to data and improved decision making. New controls permit optional add-on features, giving machine tool users the ability to modify equipment as machining needs change.

"As a result of a retrofit, end users can spend less time with setup, programming, and maintenance, and machine assets have greater uptime and output," Peterson adds. "A retrofit offers these immediate benefits and positions the machine tool user for long-term reliability and higher productivity."

In addition to offering Machine Tool Retrofit solutions, GE Fanuc has introduced the new Five Star Machine Tool Retrofit Program, which certifies retrofit providers’ technical and project-management capabilities, matches retrofit projects with qualified best-in-class providers, and helps to ensure that machine tool users can maximize the productivity and efficiency benefits of existing-equipment retrofits. R.P. Machine Enterprises, Inc., has been named a Five Star Machine Tool Retrofitter.

GE Fanuc Automation, a joint venture between GE and FANUC LTD of Japan, delivers automation hardware and software designed to help users reduce costs, increase efficiency and enhance profitability. With solutions and services catering to virtually every industrial segment, GE Fanuc Automation provides a diverse array of capabilities and products, including controllers, embedded systems, advanced software, motion control, CNCs, operator interfaces, industrial computers, and lasers. Headquartered in Charlottesville, VA, GE Fanuc Automation is a part of GE Infrastructure and combines the diverse global strengths of the GE family with the local presence customers need to design, develop and maintain their automation investments.

For more information contact Alicia Bowers at (410) 242-0300 or send e-mail to alicia.bowers@gefanuc.com. Visit online at [www.gefanuc.com]. R.P. Machine can be reached at (704) 872-8888 or sales@rpmachine.com. The company’s Web site is [www.rpmachine.com].