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News Release from: Mori Seiki UK | Subject: Mori Seiki NV5000 vertical machining centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 February 2005
Powerful VMC benchmarks tooling
Supplier of tool holders, rotary tables and measuring equipment has acquired a rigid and powerful VMC to provide detailed comparison data for its own and competitive products.
Nikken Kosakusho UK, based in Rotherham, has installed a Mori Seiki NV5000 vertical machining centre from Pollard to enable it to benchmark its products Nikken supply tool holders, rotary tables and measuring equipment built to exacting specifications, and needed a rigid and powerful machine tool to complete its extensive testing programme
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 May 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The object of this evaluation was to provide detailed comparison data for its own products and for competitive products to enable customers to make an informed purchasing decision.
Additionally, the company's customers frequently demand to see how the equipment performs on their own components with their own tooling, so having a high quality machining centre able to cope with a wide range of requirements was of paramount importance.
The Mori Seiki NV5000 has been designed for rigidity, utilising both dynamic and static analysis to achieve the optimum frame design, while the direct drive spindle enables full power to be achieved at all spindle speeds.
Tool clamping is 1.5 times greater on the NV5000 than the previous model, a key feature for Nikken when conducting its trials.
Tony Bowkett, Group Managing Director Nikken-Europe, said, "We are delighted with the improved performance we get from the NV5000.
It enables us to find the true potential of our equipment under extreme cutting conditions.
As well as enabling us to clearly demonstrate the capability of our products, it has proved to be an invaluable training aid for our engineers, allowing them to practice implementations under a variety of circumstances and offer a better service to our customers." * About Pollard - formed in 1911, Fredk Pollard and Co is a privately owned company, and is one of Britain's premier suppliers and manufacturers of high quality, high precision machine tools and workholding equipment.
It works in partnership with its customers using its engineering expertise to cost effectively implement high precision and leading edge technology solutions. Request a free brochure from Mori Seiki UK ...
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