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News Release from: Hurco Europe | Subject: Vertical machining centres
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 03 April 2006
Four vertical machining centres
introduced at MACH
Four Hurco machining centres, positioned between 'entry level' and 'mainstream' series offer a 14-18% lower price, and feature long Y-axis travel and the single-screen Ultimax control.
Four Hurco machining centres will be introduced at MACH 2006, representing a completely new layer in its product range, positioned between its 'entry-level' VM series and its mainstream VMX machining centres The new models will have a single-screen Ultimax control as fitted to the entry-level machines, rather than the twin-screen version on the company's higher-end VMX machining centres
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 2 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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However, performance will be only slightly different from that of the equivalent VMX, and the new models will have a spindle motor with higher acc/dec.
Compared with the VM range, key advantages are longer Y-axis travel and better swarf management.
The biggest benefit for some, however, will be the 14 to 18% price reduction compared with the VMX equivalents, according to machine size.
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Director of a toolmaking company says he has seen some jobs go through the toolmaking shop five times quicker since high-speed vertical machining centres were installed.
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At the show, the '42' size machine with 1066 x 610 x 610mm working volume will be shown fitted with an example from Hurco's new range of four rotary tables, which are also being launched in the UK.
They are available with 160, 200, 250 and 320mm diameter face plates and cost around 40% less than other manufacturers' tables that Hurco offers.
Conversational rotary programming is a standard feature on all Hurco machines.
In the prismatic machining area there will also be a 3-axis VMX24 machining centre with Nikken 5AX150 2-axis rotary table, capable of producing a complex automotive part by interpolating all 5 axes simultaneously, showing that it is not just Hurco's full 5-axis VTXU machine that can perform this type of work.
The turning display at MACH will feature the company's TM6 and TM8 lathes, which until now have been available only with slotted disc-type tooling in the turret.
Due to customer demand in Europe, especially for driven tool applications, VDI tooling is now being offered and the availability of these machines will be announced at the show.
It is anticipated that, following HURCO's successful launch of its 2-axis lathes in 2004, a new range with C-axis lathes with driven tooling will be introduced before the end of this year.
For manufacturers whose work spans both rotational and prismatic machining, HURCO will be offering at the show a cell comprising a VM1 machining centre and a TM6 lathe for the special package price of GBP 60,000.
Completing the exhibits will be the new RXP 500 vertical machining from Roeders, Germany, for which Hurco Europe is sole agent in Britain and Ireland.
The machine is driven by linear motors at up to 40m/min in each of its 500 x 400 x 240mm axes.
Of rigid, bridge type design, the 5.5 tonne machine is designed for efficient production of moulds from hardened tool steel weighing up to 400kg.
Helping to achieve very high machining accuracy and a surface finish that does not require subsequent polishing are spindle head counterbalance in the Z axis, as well as integral cooling of the linear drives and of the 42,000 rev/min / 14kW / HSK E40 spindle.
* Hurco Europe at MACH 2006, NEC, Birmingham, UK, May 15-19, Hall 5, Stand 5373. Request a free brochure from Hurco Europe ...
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