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News Release from: Colchester-Harrison | Subject: CNC turning centre with Y-axis
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2005
CNC lathe performs orbital milling
Orbital milling, off-centre drilling and tapping, the machining of hexagons and engraving will demonstrate Y-axis use on the latest six-axis CNC turning centre.
Orbital milling, off-centre drilling and tapping, the machining of hexagons and engraving will be performed on the latest six-axis Colchester Lathe Tornado T8MSY from Colchestersales to demonstrate the advantages of its Y-axis cross-feed to the 12 station all-driven turret at Productivity Partnerships 2005 Productivity Partnerships, staged at 600 Centre in Shepshed near Loughborough between 8 and 10 November, 2005, will be the first UK showing of this high performance turn/mill centre that made its world debut at the European Machine Tool Exhibition EMO 2005 in Hanover, Germany in September
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 5 Jul 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The machine has a 22kW main spindle with 5,000 rev/min drive and a 7.5kW, 5,000 rev/min subspindle with fully programmable B-axis and automated synchronised part transfer for 'single hit' production cycles.
Chuck size is 170mm and bar capacity 66mm diameter with maximum turning diameter of 300mm by 540mm turned length.
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Two two-axis 'lights-out' turning cells have very quickly taken a central role in a GBP 500,000 automated machining initiative designed to present cost-effective manufacturing techniques to SMEs.
Of major importance to its high metal removal capability is the rigidity created through the patented 'Duo-Stable' advanced construction techniques employed by Colchester Lathe which integrates a cast iron bed with a polymer concrete filled machine base.
Together this technology is some 300% more effective than a conventional cast iron frame.
This construction also provides vastly improved thermal characteristics giving far more consistent machining cycles.
At Productivity Partnerships, 23 of the UK's leading machine tool and equipment suppliers will be involved to provide practical demonstrations of the latest production engineering technology against a backdrop of targeting profitability.
The three-day event will have more than 30 machines under power and also from the Colchestersales stable will be a Colchester T4 Tornado demonstrating ease of programming through the latest Fanuc 21i control with Manual Guide i conversational assist software.
The top-selling Colchester MultiTurn 2000 will also be under power giving bespoke demonstrations to visitors on high productivity single and repeat machining cycles involving direct from drawing dimensional programming, electronic hand wheel turning, canned cycle input and CAD/CAM data input.
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