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News Release from: TW Ward CNC Machinery | Subject: Soraluce heavy duty CNC milling machines
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2007
Heavy duty milling centres have high
capacity
Four heavy duty CNC milling machines and machining centres combine high-quality build and technologically advanced features for large capacity, heavy-duty milling performance.
Four heavy duty CNC milling machines and machining centres combine high-quality build and technologically advanced features for large capacity, heavy-duty milling performance Ward CNC has introduced four Soraluce heavy duty CNC milling machines and machining centres to the UK market
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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* TA-25-A bed-type milling machine.
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* FR-12,000 floor-type milling machine.
* FV-6,000 floor-type high-speed milling machine.
Ward said, in a report to Manufacturingtalk, that the machines had been developed under the Danobat Group's IDEKO research and development.
The machines combine high-quality build and technologically advanced features for unmatched heavy-duty milling performance.
Their characteristic build qualities of stability and rigidity are based on their heavy-duty cast iron construction.
The Soraluce TA-25-A milling machine has a table of 2700mm by 1000mm, travels in X, Y and Z of 2500mm by 1250mm by 1200mm and has rapid traverse rates in all axes of 25m/min and feed rates of 5-10,000mm/min.
The machine is supplied as standard fitted with Heidenhain iTNC-530 CNC and digital motors, a 24kW, 4,000 rev/min automatic indexing head (2.5O by 2.5O) and 20-tool automatic tool changer (ATC).
The machine can be fitted with various other types of heads and high-frequency electro-spindles.
The TA-25-A milling machine offers users a high degree of flexibility in heavy cutting through to optimal fine finish machining.
Axis travels are from 2000mm up to 3500mm, by 800mm to 1250mm by 800mm to 1000mm in the ram.
* Soraluce SP-10,000 milling centre - the Soraluce SP-10,000 milling centre boasts similar traverse rates and CNC (with digital motors) to the TA-25-A.
The SP-10,000 has X, Y and Z travels of 8500mm by 2000mm by 1500mm.
It is equipped with a 30kW, 5,000 rev/min automatic indexing head for 0.001 deg by 0.001 deg movements in two indexing planes, which are vertical to the spindle and at 45 deg.
The versatility of this machine is such that it is capable of single set-up machining including heavy cutting through to semi-finishing and finishing.
Equipped with through-the-spindle coolant and 60-tool ATC, the machine can be supplied with high-speed electro-spindles from 18,000 rev/min to 30,000 rev/min.
* FR-12,000 floor-type milling machine - complete machining in one set-up,is one of the main features of the Soraluce FR-12,000 floor-type miller.
It has X, Y and Z travels of 12000mm by 3600mm by 1600mm.
Rapid traverse rates are 25m/min.
The CNC system is Heidenhain iTNC-530, which controls with digital motors and the 37kW, 4,000 rev/min orthogonal indexing head with two indexing planes.
The planes are vertical to the spindle and at 90 deg, with positioning every 1 deg.
The 80-tool ATC machine has a fixed horizontal boring head rated at 36kW, 4000 rev/min, and feed rates are 5-10,000mm/min.
* FV-6,000 floor-type milling machine, linear motor drives - the Soraluce FV-6,000 floor-type CNC miller has X, Y Z axes travels of 6000mm by 1700mm by 1000mm, and 60m/min rapid traverse rates.
It offers high-speed milling directed by a Heidenhain iTNC-530 CNC operating linear motor powered axes for cost-effective complete machining.
It has an automatic 'twist' head of 40kW/18kW, rated at 8,000/20,000 rev/min for 0.001 deg by 0.001 deg positioning.
These new machines are the latest additions to the comprehensive range of Soraluce milling machines available from Ward CNC.
Ward told Manufacturingtalk that they complement the company's extensive machine tool portfolios, which include the following.
* Hankook CNC turning machines.
* Hartford machining centres.
* Takisawa Taiwan CNC lathes and turning machines.
* Toshulin vertical turning lathes.
* Union boring and milling machines.
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