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News Release from: Kasto | Subject: Prestige machining centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 23 May 2001
High speed M-C cuts light alloys and
plastics
The new Prestige machining centre for complex machining tasks in light alloys and plastics, manufactured by the Italian company, FOM Industrie, has been introduced to the UK.
The new Prestige machining centre for complex machining tasks in light alloys and plastics, manufactured by the Italian company, FOM Industrie, has been introduced to the UK by sole agent, Rivers Machinery Of versatile, light duty design, the machine is intended to provide high productivity for complex machining tasks on long, narrow components produced in light alloy, uPVC or plastic
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 31 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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A principal feature of the machine is a B-axis spindle mount that enables machining access to three sides of a workpiece in-cycle without repositioning.
Configuration of the Prestige is as a travelling column machine with the Y, Z and B-axis unit moving along the X-axis table on linear recirculating ball ways.
A modular build strategy provides four table lengths offering X-axis travel from 1000mm to 7700mm combined with maximum Y-axis travel of 486 mm and Z-axis travel of 272mm.
Workpiece clamping vices integrated onto the table have maximum capacity of 510mm.
Fabricated steel construction has resulted in a low mass design, reflected in rapid traverse speeds of 80m/min in X and 70m/min in Y and Z with 3m/s2 acceleration in all axes.
A helical rack with backlash-free double pinion drive is used on the X axis with recirculating ballscrews on Y and Z.
A 4 kW spindle motor offers speeds in the range 0 to 12,000 rev/min; an ISO 30 spindle is fitted, and tools are stored in a six station magazine integrated within the travelling column.
An additional three-position tool magazine is optional.
Maximum tool diameter is 150mm and maximum length is 160mm from the spindle end.
Control is by the PC-based Omega 811 CNC system which incorporates IDRA-CAM programming software.
This has been developed to make part program generation as easy as possible and incorporates graphic assistance via the 10 inch colour screen.
Included in the software are automatic optimisation features to minimise cycle times on components requiring repetition of operations.
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