General Questions
Q: Why should I buy from Burny / AMC?
1. Proven Product Offering-For over 40 years, Burny / AMC has been supplying control and drive equipment to shape-cutting markets. Burny / AMC is known worldwide for designing and manufacturing highly dependable control solutions.
2. Ease Of Use-All Burny / AMC® Controls are designed to improve the cutting operation. At Burny / AMC, we believe that only through simplified and intuitive products can productivity be increased. Burny / AMC PRODUCTS have a short learning curve, resulting in more profitability and minimal training requirements.
3. Technologically Advanced, Yet Reality Based-At Burny / AMC, we leverage the most advanced technology platforms to produce performance-enhanced, cost competitive products. At the same time, Burny / AMC does not lose sight of the primary function of our products-to cut a part. Burny / AMC PRODUCTS offer more for your money than any other, and we continue to provide solutions to business challenges. Whether it is providing management reports over a network or cutting one the 50 standard shapes from our controller library, you can count on Burny / AMC to get the job done.
Q: Why retrofit?
In most cases, the physical structure of machine has useful life but the drives, motors, gearboxes, and controllers need to be updated. Burny / AMC offers a complete retrofit support solution ( product/installation/service) at a fraction of the cost of a new machine. By retrofitting your machine, you will increase productivity and improve machine performance.
Application/Product Specific Questions
Q: Why do I need a numerical control?
Numerical controls execute part programs, serving as the primary human-machine-interface (HMI) to the cutting operation, and by sending commands to the drives and process equipment, coordinating machine motion.
Q: What is a tracing system?
Burny / AMC has developed an advanced video imaging pattern tracing system (CCD) for capturing a full-size part program drawn on paper. The pattern tracing system follows the path of the line, allowing the torches to either simultaneously cut the exact part from material at the same time as the video imaging system captures the identical shape of the part; or it can memorize the shape for cutting the part program at a later time.
Q: What is a drive system?
Servo amplifiers and motors are the "driving" force behind a cutting machine. The drive system interfaces with the CNC controller to mechanically move the machine along the cutting path.
