Machining Skis with Control Technology from Schleicher

Berlin: Equipment is a major factor for all skiers, whether amateur or professional. Of course the gear has to be maintained regularly and adapted to changing snow conditions. The Italian firm Mantec offers an innovative technique that makes the complex process of stripping and waxing a thing of the past. Mantec’s machines – equipped with Schleicher controllers – grind tiny, absolutely precise profiles into the ski’s running surface. The skier chooses from a range of patterns to adapt his sporting equipment to the respective snow consistency, competition conditions and other factors and optimize performance.
 
The Controller Solution Schleicher Electronic offers high-performance control technology, tried and tested in specialied applications such as the case described here.. In Mantec ski grinding machines an XCx 300 controls the motion of the grinding wheel and the ski in three axes. This controller combines NC functions with a PLC to IEC 61131-3 in a cost-effective and flexible solution. [more]