Turning Machines

Multi-Spindle Production Center

The eight-spindle Mori-Say TMZ 867 CNC multi-spindle multifunction production center can accommodate barstock as large as 72 mm in diameter and can operate as an open-front chucker. The multi-spindle offers high precision CNC production capability to a range of part sizes that, until now, required other types of machines, such as rotary transfer machines, the company says. Provided with a double Siemens 840 D CNC, the machine offers as many as 72 CNC axes and can perform almost any metalcutting operation on precision parts including drilling, tapping, milling and hobbing.

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Automation

Multi-Spindle Offers Eight Independent Spindle Speeds

The MultiSigma 8 脳 24 produces complex parts in one setup. Eight independent spindles allow for high flexibility, while an integrated robot allows for the automatic unloading of parts into a pallet. The machine is supplied with the latest motorspindles, featuring synchronous motors.

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Turning Center with Collet-Ready Spindle

The RS 51 MSY turning center with live tooling, C axis, Y axis and subspindle offers exceptional vibration control, thermal stability and accuracy, the company says. The turning center has a collet-ready spindle that uses a range of the company鈥檚 precision workholding devices and is designed to be hard-turning and hard-milling machine that economically produces complex hardened parts in a single setup. All RS Series models (RS 42, RS 51 and RS 65) feature the Eppinger Self Alignment (ESA) top-plate tooling system, allowing highly accurate tool positioning and directing cutting forces to the machine base, the company says.

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Turning Machines

Multitasking Turning Center Offers Twin Spindles

The Johnford HT-30-2SD high precision, CNC turning center is built for industries that require the productivity of a two-spindle turning center. This 45-degree slant-bed machine features a 30-hp, double-wound main spindle that delivers high torque at low rpms. There is also a 15-hp, double-wound subspindle.

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Turning Machines

In-Machine Robot Provides Gantry System Alternative

Fortune International offers its VT series lathes with an integrated robot in place of a tailstock, a configuration that is said to significantly reduce part-changeover time compared with an external gantry robot.

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Automation

Automated Turning For Small And Large Batches

The VL-Y from Emag is fully equipped with a Y axis (50-mm travel); a chip conveyor; a machining area extraction unit; a fluid-cooling system for spindle motor and turret; and automation equipment for loading and unloading workpieces. The machine features a recirculating workpiece storage conveyor on which 鈥渃arrier prisms鈥 deliver raw parts and collect the finish-machined components from the pick-up spindle. The pick-up station is located behind the machining area, so the operator can continue removing finish-machined components and inserting new raw parts into the carrier prisms at the front.

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CNC Turning Centers

The Ecoca SJ-20 from Absolute Machine Tools is a high-precision CNC turning center designed for robust cutting performance and operational flexibility. The center is cast from Meehanite with a rigid, 45-degree slant-bed design. Precision linear ways provide stiffness and high rapid feed rates while ensuring accuracy, the company says.

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Turning Machines

A Different Type Of Twin-Turret Lathe

The vertical-bed design used on this twin-turret lathe offers accuracy advantages for turning shafts.

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Turning Machines

Multi-Spindle Features Improved Usability, Maintenance

To meet the evolving demands of high speed machining, Davenport Machine鈥檚 enhanced Davenport HP focuses on usability and maintenance. For easier interaction, the Man Machine Interface (MMI) is mounted on a waist-high pendant system that allows the operator to use the interface at the front, end or back of the machine. The sound enclosure has more windows, which increase visibility while the machine is running.

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High-Speed VTCs

GBI Cincinnati鈥檚 SMS CNC, high speed vertical turning centers are said to be ideal for mixed volume, short-run operations as well as dedicated high-volume applications. With a swing of 650 mm and a maximum turning diameter and height of 610 mm and 505 mm, the SMS AC-600 combines high-performance turning and large machining capacity within a compact 1,700- 脳 1,600- 脳 12,942-mm footprint. X-axis travel is 306 mm and Z-axis travel is 505 mm.

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