Roland Offers SRP Player Pro for MDX 3D Milling Machines

By DE Editors

Roland DG Corporation (Hamamatsu, Japan) announced the new SRP Player Pro, which is designed for use with the Roland MDX series of 3D milling machines, and allows professionals to optimize Roland's Subtractive Rapid Prototyping (SRP) milling technologies. The surface-based CAM software is for professionals involved in product design, including prototyping, production engineering, jig creation, and customized part and mold production.

SRP Player Pro is designed to produce data accurately, and can generate the optimum toolpath for each application from surface or polygonal data. It offers a new automatic smoothing function that can produce flawless shapes with both smooth, accurate, curves and sharp edges, and it also provides easy-to-use, intuitive operation throughout the design and workflow processes, the company says.

SRP Player Pro software is compatible with previous Roland 3D Milling Machines, including the MDX 650 and MDX-500.

And for industrial applications, Roland 3D Milling Machines include two recent additions: the Professional MODELA PRO II MDX-540 and the Desktop MODELA MDX-40, which the company says can quickly and inexpensively produce prototypes and parts for small-lot production in any lab environment.

MODELA PRO II machines can mill a variety of materials including non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, brass and copper, plastics such as ABS and acetal, and chemical woods and resin. The MODELA PRO II series includes four models: the MDX-540 standard model, the MDX-540S precision model, and the MDX-540A and MDX-540SA models, both of which include an Automatic Tool Changer (ATC).

With an optional rotary axis unit installed on S and SA models, the MDX achieves efficiency by operating fully unattended — milling all four sides of a prototype, from roughing through finishing, without operator assistance.

For further details, go to Roland DG Corporation.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company's website.