Ceramic? Silicon? Quartz? Glass? Tungsten? - whatever the hard or brittle material, slicing and surface grinding and vertical profile grinding machines perform consistently and accurately.

Chevalier (distributed in the UK by Dugard Machine Tools) offerthe essential hi-tech grinding machines for high-precision andefficient performance across a large range of industrialapplications. Ceramic? Silicon?

Quartz?

Glass?

Tungsten?.whatever the hard or brittle material, the Chevalier range ofslicing and surface grinding machines and vertical profilegrinding machines are designed to perform consistently andaccurately.

For example, take the FSG-H818CNC or the B818CNCmachines.

Both are high efficiency, high precision multipurposegrinders particularly suited to intricate profiles and moldcomponents such as those required in for aerospace, automotive,electronic, medical and defence applications.

Both provideexcellent rigidity and precise positioning with full Fanuc OMautomation - and both offer outstanding versatility for all typesof grinding (multilevel surfaces, punch, slice, plunge, pitch,side-wheel, profile, form, index and creepfeed).

Or there are theFSG-2040TC and 2060TC column type, high precision three-axissurface grinders.

These programmable machines provide rough orfine grinding for mass production.

The precisely balanced spindlemotors are air cooled to ensure accuracy and the wheelhead isfinely positioned to ensure downfeed repeatability to within0.002mm.

For two-axis, submicron surface grinding Chevalierprovide the ULTRA-H612CNC or the ULTRA-B612CNC.

Both of thesemachines provide mirror sufacing (surface roughness) to within0.25mm; a positioning accuracy to within 0.5mm and a grindingaccuracy to within 1mm.

The extra long guideway design of thespindle seats on these machines provides high rigidity and helpsto overcome the cutting resistance.

An optional linear scalesystem can be mounted on the column to compensate for pitch errorand to ensure accuracy.

For a smaller, multifunction surfacegrinder, Chevalier offer the SMART-H818 which is designed to meetthe needs of novice and experienced CNC operators alike byproviding the simplicity of a manual grinder and thesophistication of a CNC machine.

Without requiring complexprogramming codes, the SMART-H818 can still be programmed inG-code format or can download from a CAD/CAM system.

The tablespeeds vary from 0.02 - 25m/min.

Meeting the financial needs ofthe industry today - 'Cost is the major issue intoday's industry,' says Eric Dugard, Managing Directorof C Dugard.

'Our customers need accuracy, reliability,performance and high productivity - but at the right price.

Toenable them to achieve this we offer a range of innovative andpractical rental schemes and finance packages to help them spreadtheir investment over a period of time.

We also provide fullinstallation, support and maintenance packages - plus extendedwarranties - so that our customers can choose the option thatsuits them.

Flexibility is the key word in order to meet the everevolving needs of our customers.' 'As ourcustomers' requirements become more and more sophisticated,Dugard offers them the very latest in technology (both in themachines themselves and in the control systems) to help them stayat the forefront of today's industry.

At the same time, wemaintain our fundamental policy of providing affordable qualityplus performance.' CD-ROM catalogue - Eric Dugard adds,'Many of our customers have been requesting our new CD-ROMcatalogue of products.

This is a recent innovation for Dugard andit was particularly well received at the recent MACH 2002 show.While our website already provides up-to-date details on ourproduct ranges, services and financial packages, many customersprefer to use our CD-ROM in order to browse through our ranges(off-line) at their leisure.

This is just another way in whichDugard continue to make it as easy as possible for our customersto access the information they need.'