Recently, the technical service team of ARTECH CNC COMPANY (hereinafter referred to as "ARTECH CNC") was invited to the factory site of a customer specializing in foam model production to carry out the installation, commissioning, and operation training of the milling Robot Arm. Addressing the processing characteristics of foam materials—light weight and easy deformation—the team completed the entire process of the equipment from unpacking and assembly to foam model trial production in just 48 hours through customized commissioning and parameter optimization. This helped the customer break through the bottlenecks of traditional manual production, rapidly improve the processing efficiency and precision of foam models, and won high recognition from the customer.

It is understood that the customer is an experienced enterprise in the foam model manufacturing field, mainly undertaking orders for foam models such as architectural sand table models, film and television prop models, and industrial product prototypes. Previously, limited by manual cutting and ordinary equipment processing, it faced problems such as insufficient precision of model details, difficulty in realizing complex shapes, and long production cycles. The ARTECH CNC milling Robot Arm purchased this time is specifically designed to solve the pain points of foam model processing—it has flexible processing capabilities and precise control performance, which can adapt to foam materials of different densities (such as EPS and EVA foam), easily complete the milling and forming of complex curved surfaces and fine textures, while avoiding common issues like edge chipping and deformation in foam processing.

To ensure the seamless integration of the equipment with the customer's foam model production line, ARTECH CNC established a special technical team before the project launch, which conducted an in-depth survey of the customer's factory to understand the foam model production process: from raw material cutting dimensions, model design drawing specifications to finished product precision acceptance standards, the team confirmed core needs one by one and formulated a targeted installation plan. For example, it pre-adapted special milling cutters for foam and preset low-speed, high-torque processing parameters to prevent foam melting caused by high-speed cutting; at the same time, it prepared auxiliary accessories for foam debris collection to meet the environmental protection requirements of the customer's workshop.

At the installation site, the technical team strictly followed ISO equipment installation specifications and foam processing safety standards, and advanced the work in phases: first, they completed the precise alignment of the milling Robot Arm's main body and base, and calibrated the equipment level using a laser level to ensure no vibration during the robot arm's operation, thus avoiding deviations in foam model processing; then, they focused on commissioning the low-speed stability of the servo system, calibrating the robot arm's repeat positioning accuracy to ±0.005mm to ensure that the fine textures of foam models (such as architectural window grids and prop patterns) could be formed accurately; finally, they connected with the customer's model design software (such as CAD and SolidWorks), completed the data integration between the equipment and the design system, and realized an integrated process of "direct import of design drawings—automatic milling by the robot arm", eliminating the manual programming link.

During the commissioning process, the customer put forward a personalized demand of "needing to quickly switch between foam models of different specifications (from 1-meter large sand table components to 10-centimeter small props)". The technical team optimized the equipment's program switching logic on-site and added 3 sets of customized processing parameter templates for foam models of different sizes. During the trial production phase, the robot arm operated continuously for 8 hours, successively completing 5 large architectural sand table foam components and 20 small film and television prop models. The precision of the finished products fully met the customer's acceptance standards, and the processing efficiency was 3 times higher than that of traditional manual work, far exceeding the customer's expectations. In addition, the team also conducted a "special training on foam processing" for the customer's operation and maintenance personnel, covering key points such as foam material clamping techniques, milling cutter replacement cycles, and foam debris cleaning methods. They demonstrated on-site how to adjust parameters to avoid foam edge chipping, ensuring that the customer's team could independently complete the processing, operation, and maintenance of various foam models.

"The ARTECH CNC team not only has high installation efficiency but also understands the processing pain points of our foam models!" said the customer's production manager. He stated that the smooth commissioning of the milling Robot Arm is expected to shorten the foam model production cycle by 40% and reduce labor costs by 30%. In particular, it enables the enterprise to undertake more high-difficulty foam model orders with complex shapes, laying a solid foundation for expanding the business scope.

As an enterprise focusing on the R&D and service of high-end CNC equipment, ARTECH CNC has always taken "customer needs as the core" and provides customized equipment solutions based on the material characteristics of different industries (such as foam, metal, and plastic). At the same time, it has established a nationwide 24-hour technical service response mechanism, which can provide customers with full-cycle services from equipment selection, on-site installation to after-sales maintenance. The successful completion of this milling Robot Arm installation task for the foam model customer has once again confirmed the company's strength in the field of automated equipment services for segmented industries. In the future, ARTECH CNC will continue to optimize industry-specific customized solutions and help more enterprises in fields such as foam model manufacturing and precision manufacturing achieve automated and intelligent upgrading with more professional teams and more efficient responses.