The key to environmental performance is “power regeneration,” which is applied in a wide range of fields such as electric vehicles and trains. The spindle is the key to processing with a machining center. During processing, the spindle repeatedly accelerates and decelerates rotation many times, but SPEEDIO reuses the energy generated during deceleration as electric power through “power regeneration technology.”

An IPM motor is used for the spindle motor. Compared to a normal induction motor, it efficiently and instantly starts up. Because it has a high-efficiency motor with high torque in the medium to high speed rotation range, it realizes both work efficiency and energy saving. In addition, low power consumption is achieved by energy-saving equipment such as energy-saving pumps, LED interior lights, and reduction of air consumption.

Brother has also developed an NC device (a device that numerically controls operation) in-house. This device thoroughly eliminates wasteful operations and wasteful time, which shortens work time to contribute to energy savings for the entire manufacturing site. In addition, a variety of functions such as auto coolant off, auto machine lights off, and auto power-off are installed to ensure power saving.