Product category:
Vertical machining centres (VMC)
News Release from: Geo Kingsbury Machine Tools | Subject: Kondia HS-1000 vertical machining centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 24 December 2002
Bridge-type VMC offers high speed
machining
A bridge-type VMC will meet the increasing demand for high-speed machining, in particular for toolmaking, but also for general production duties especially in aluminium.
Due to the increasing popularity of high-speed machining, in particular for toolmaking but also for general production duties especially in aluminium, the Spanish machine tool builder, Kondia, has introduced a new, bridge-type vertical machining centre Designated HS-1000, it has a high frequency, 24,000 rpm / 17.5kW spindle with air/oil mist cooling and bearing lubrication
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Aug 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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The 1000 x 600 x 510mm working envelope allows large components to be machined and high productivity is assured by cutting feed rates up to 30m/min.
X-axis motion is performed by the pneumatically counterbalanced head travelling on slideways mounted on the bridge, so the table only performs Y-axis movement.
Together with the heavily ribbed, cast iron construction, the configuration gives high rigidity and stability resulting in a positioning accuracy of 0.01mm (with linear scales) and a repeatability of 0.008mm.
The tool magazine has 18 stations for 40-taper (or alternatively HSK63) cutters up to 140mm in diameter, 280mm long, and weighing up to six kilograms.
Temperature controlled flood coolant, bed wash swarf flushing, spindle taper air blast cleaning and fully enclosed guarding are part of the standard package.
Various options extend the machine's capability and versatility, such as up to 30 bar through-tool coolant, tool and part probing, and 4th/5th axis rotary tables.
Control system is the Heidenhain TNC-426M or Fanuc 18iM.
A sister machine to the HS-1000, the HM-1060, is also newly available offering virtually identical specification except that spindle speed is 6,000, 8,000, 10,000, or 14,000 rpm delivered by a 7.5/11kW motor, either belt-driven or directly-driven according to the maximum speed.
For the 14,000 rpm option, a cooling jacket for both spindle and motor maintains thermal stability.
(This was Manufacturingtalk's Top Story on 22 December 2002).
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