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High performance prismatic CNC machines unveiled

High-performance yet cost-effective CNC moving column machining centre and bed-type milling and boring machines will be unveiled at this year's EMO exhibition.

News from T W Ward CNC Machinery ( 6 August 2003)

Heavy duty HMCs offer even less down time

Breaking new ground for a machine tool company is a range of four axis heavy duty HMCs for the five-side machining of components weighing up to 8 tonnes and edge lengths up to 3000mm.

News from StarragHeckert UK (20 May 2003)

All sizes of horizontal and floor borers built

Horizontal borers and floor borers, the latter with X-axis up to 20m, can be equipped with automatic head changers and other systems, while manually operated machines are also built.  Brochure available  

News from C Dugard ( 6 May 2003)

M-C features a novel overhead gantry design

 User application article   A machining centre, processing work up to 10 tonnes, features a novel overhead gantry design, in which the CNC acts as a stationary table while the machine's axis is configered as a gantry.

News from H and H Machine Tools (21 March 2003)

High spec travelling column MC suits mould and die

High-frequency spindles of 60,000 revs/min, feed rates of 25m/min and acceleration speeds of 1.5m/sec2 suit a travelling column, fixed table milling machine to mould and die machining.

News from T W Ward CNC Machinery (11 November 2002)

CNC gantry miller improves fast turnaround times

 User application article   A new CNC gantry mill is achieving high accuracy and already fast turnaround times have been improved further on large machined items up to 5m in length, says a West Midlands subcontractor.

News from Viking Machine Tools ( 5 November 2002)

High speed, heavy duty CNC millers make debut

High-speed version of a travelling column CNC milling machine, with a head changing unit is the first in a range that features linear ways.  Brochure available  

News from C Dugard (31 October 2002)

Long bed centre has tool change shuttle magazine

In the design a traversing column machining centre with 3600mm of X-axis travel, a novel tool magazine shuttle serves the machining head, without the head having to return to load tools.

News from DMG (UK) ( 9 October 2002)

Medium and heavy duty CNC millers offer options

A series of new CNC milling machines also offer a range of innovative high-speed spindle and machining head options.

News from T W Ward CNC Machinery ( 2 October 2002)

Bridge-type VMC design offers more Y-axis travel

Larger Y-axis strokes than is usual on the average vertical machining centre are offered by a UK agent, which is bringing in a range of attractively priced Italian bridge-type models.

News from OCN and PPL Services (17 September 2002)

Options offered for effective 5-axis machining

With X, Y and Z axes travels up to 2500mm by 2500mm by 1600mm, table-type horizontal boring and milling machining centres offer cost-effective five-axis machining of prismatic workpieces.

News from T W Ward CNC Machinery (15 August 2002)

Large defence industry fabrications machined

Two large and powerful gantry-type machining centres have been recently installed in the UK for machining large welded constructions for the defence industry.

News from Unisign (22 July 2002)

Bridge-type VMC is competitively priced

Latest bridge-type, vertical-spindle machining centre offers manufacturers in the aerospace and tool making sectors in particular a competitively priced production facility.

News from Geo. Kingsbury Machine Tools (27 May 2002)

CME CNC millers suit mould and die machining

Universal bed-type and travelling column CNC milling centres and high speed, 5-axis bridge-type machining centres, manufactured by CME, Spain, are now being marketed by Ward Hi-Tech.

News from Ward Hi-Tech ( 9 May 2002)

Horizontal miller-borers offer five-axis machining

Table-type horizontal boring and milling machining centres offer a range of technology options for the cost-effective five-axis machining of prismatic workpieces.

News from T W Ward CNC Machinery (29 March 2002)

Large miller installed at short notice

 User application article   When a fabricator won a Swiss cryogenic vessel contract it had to quickly install the appropriate machining capacity and a machine tool quickly installed a travelling column, floor-type miller.

News from T W Ward CNC Machinery (22 March 2002)

Large gantry miller has integrated spindle head

A Unisign gantry-type, travelling gantry miller is machining large steel frames for a German manufacturer of wood processing machines, Homag.

News from Unisign ( 7 September 2001)

Complex wing parts machined at high speeds

 User application article   Weston EU was looking for a universal machining centre to produce high machining accuracy, present the cutters at different angles and follow contour paths to machine complex wing sections.

News from Unisign ( 4 September 2001)

Long-bed machining centre is built for speed

A substantial three-way guideway system, which supports the longitudinal travel of a moving column, provides theSVL5020 long-bed VMC with plenty rigidity for the high speed milling.  Brochure available  

News from Fredk. Pollard and Co ( 7 June 2001)

Redesigned machining centre has high capacity

Unisign has introduced its prototype, high capacity Unipro 5 machining centre which differs from the company's existing vertical spindle Univers designs.

News from Unisign (12 January 2001)

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