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News Release from: TW Ward CNC Machinery | Subject: Hartford horizontal and vertical machining centres
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 March 2006
High quality machining centres are
affordable
Cost-effective horizontal and vertical machining centres are based around a cast iron frame construction with hardened and ground box slideways for high quality performance.
Hartford machining centres will be shown at MACH by Ward CNC of Sheffield, providing visitors with an insight into how cost-effective horizontal and vertical machining centres from the largest machining centre manufacturer in Taiwan, need not mean any loss of specification and performance Hartford's high-spec, but value-for-money machining centres are based around a cast iron frame construction with hardened and ground box slideways
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Soraluce machines add another dimension to heavy-duty milling applications.
A Kappa VMC-1300 vertical and a Laurel MVH-5 horizontal will be on show.
With a table of 1400mm by 610mm, the 24-tool Kappa 1300 has X, Y and Z axis travels of 1300mm by 61mm by 610mm and can accommodate table loads of 1,500kg.
Spindle speeds are 50-6,000 (8,000) rev/min from the 15/20kW motor.
A high power 26kW version is also available.
Featuring rigid tapping functionality and 20 bar through-spindle coolant, the machine - which has Hartrol-Fanuc AI100 (OiMC) CNC, also includes a fourth-axis interface.
Options include part probing and tool presetting probe.
The Laurel MVH-5 has X, Y and Z axes of 720mm by 700mm by 650mm and is able to accommodate workpieces weighing 600kg, plus 40-tool ATC and 30m/min rapid traverse rates as standard (40m/min option) and 12,000 rev/min spindle from the 11kW motor.
Ward CNC's MACH stand will continue the 'Japanese quality at Taiwanese prices' theme by featuring four Takisawa Taiwan lathes plus a heavyweight 4m bed Hankook turning machine.
In addition, details will also be available of Ward CNC's extensive Soraluce milling, Toshulin VTL and Union milling and boring ranges.
* TW Ward CNC at MACH 2006, NEC, Birmingham, UK, May 15-19, Hall 5, Stand 5068.
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