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News Release from: Cincinnati Machine | Subject: Machining centres at MACH 2008
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2008
Horizontal machining centre is highly
rigid
MAG Huller Hille's extremely rigid NBH 5+ horizontal machining centre is constructed from a heavily ribbed, one piece casting with high clamping characteristics.
The MAG Group said that the UK's 2008 MACH machine tool exhibition will see machines from all MAG Group members displayed on one stand MAG Cincinnati will demonstrate its FTV 840-2500 fixed table, travelling column vertical machining centre (VMC) and its CFV 5Si 5-axis VMC whilst the MAG Huller Hille will show its NBH 5+ horizontal machining centre (HMC) in the UK for the first time
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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* Rigid HMC - the MAG Huller Hille NBH 5+ horizontal machining centre is constructed from a heavily ribbed, one piece casting with high clamping characteristics to make the NBH 5+ an extremely rigid machine.
The NBH 5+ has a 360 deg rotary loading station and four 90 deg indexing positions with optional hydraulic clamping.
The NBH 5+ HMC is a compact machine tool with a generous working area: an 890mm by 800mm by 900mm working envelope in X-, Y- and Z-axis and 800mm swivel range, The pallet system has a 500mm by 500mm clamping surface and automatic pallet changer (APC) time is 11s.
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VMCs can be tailored for specific purposes
New cast iron structure features a range of vertical machining centres, available in four model designations and three performance packages, to tailor machines to different applications.
Five-axis VMCs feature high precision tilt head
A range of 5-axis fixed table VMCs has a high precision spindle head that features up to +/-95 deg tilt in the A-axis and full 360 deg contouring in the C-axis - ideal for machining complex parts.
VMC offers full 5-axis/5-sides machining
Vertical machining centre with a 5-axis rotary table comfortably machines workpieces up to 400mm in diameter and 300mm high, and has up to 150 deg tilt capability.
The NBH 5+ is also an exceptionally productive HMC, having a feed range of 0 to 50,000mm/min and feed force of 5, 5, 7kN in X-, Y- and Z-axis that works with a rapid traverse rate of 50m/min and 30 rev/min in the H- and B-axis.
Appearing on the stand with the NBH 5+ will be the highly productive and rigid MAG Cincinnati FTV 840-2500.
Incorporating a 40 series spindle taper with a standard 8000 rev/min and rapid traverse of 40m/min, the FTV 840-2500 is a production machine.
Constructed upon the Fixed Table (FTV) concept with a travelling column, the working envelope in X-, Y- and Z-axis is 2540mm, 815mm and 800mm respectively.
It allows users multiple set-ups on the machine at any one time.
Alternatively users can machine large components for, say, the aerospace industry.
The FTV will be conducting multiple machining set-ups to demonstrate the productivity benefits that can be realised from multiple part machining.
Heavy duty milling on multiple steel parts at MACH will show the exemplary rigidity of the FTV 840-2500, said MAG Cincinnati.
There is also the CFV 5Si VMC that delivers full 5-axis, 5-sided large capacity machining capability.
At MACH, MAG Cincinnati will show the CFV 5Si machining an aluminium impellor blade for the aerospace sector.
The CFV 5Si is capable of producing components up to 400mm in diameter and 300mm high and uses a 5-axis integrated rotary table with a tilt capability up to 150 deg and spindle speeds up to 20,000 rev/min, The linear guideways combined with high-rigidity cast frame structure minimise chatter and vibration, said MAG Cincinnati to manufacturingtalk, to give the user exceptional repeatability, accuracy and surface finish.
Available with a choice of leading CNC control systems to deliver positioning and simultaneous 5-axis machining, the CFV5 will be exhibited with HSK63 spindle and Heidenhain iTNC530 CNC.
Additional vertical machining centres to be exhibited with live demonstrations will be the MAG Fadal VMC 3016FX and VMC 4020FX.
At MACH 2008 both machines will highlight the capabilities and user friendliness of the Fanuc 0i CNC.
The quality of the range is exemplified by beta i drive motors for high torque and acceleration performance plus Steinmeyer ETA ball screws that reduce heat friction by up to 70% compared to competitor machines.
Both machines are equipped with an automatic tool change (ATC) capacity of 21 tools, spindle speed of 10 to 8,000 rev/min and a 40 spindle taper as standard.
There is a choice of Fanuc 0i or Fanuc 18i CNCs.
Designed to deliver a high level of accuracy, the FX range has a positional accuracy of +/-0.005mm and axis repeatability of +/-0.0025mm as standard.
To guarantee rigidity and high quality surface finishes when machining difficult materials, an optional high torque 10,000 rev/min spindle can be acquired to combine with the great damping and stiffness of the Cast Iron boxway.
The VMC 4020FX will be machining a steel mould and die demonstration to highlight the rigidity and high quality surface finishes available when machining difficult materials.
The VMC 3016FX will be conducting heavy steel removal rates at velocity to allow potential customers to witness why the FX range is the solution of choice.
* MAG Group at MACH 2008, NEC, Birmingham, UK, April 21-25, Hall 5, Stand 5336.
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