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News Release from: TW Ward CNC Machinery | Subject: Hartford Tornado HCMC-15-AG at MACH 2008
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 March 2008
Vertical machining centre is for heavy
duty
An open fronted, heavy duty, 15kW vertical machining centre has CNC with a series of easy-to-use cycles designed to simplify and speed up programming times.
Ward CNC will be showing the Hartford Tornado HCMC-15-AG open fronted, heavy duty vertical machining centre (VMC) at the UK's MACH 2008 machine tool exhibition The VMC has a table of 1650mm by 820mm/2000mm by 920mm to accommodate 2,200/3,000kg loads
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 13 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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It has travels in X-, Y- and Z-axis of 1500mm by 820mm by 700mm/1800mm by 920mm by 700mm (optionally 800mm).
The standard 15kW spindle motor produces 10,000 rev/min (direct drive) and tool capacity is 40 via the arm-type automatic toolchanger (ATC).
Of heavy-duty cast iron construction, the Tornado incorporates four shear-hardened and ground box slideways, 20/25 bar through-spindle coolant, fourth axis interface and is capable of rigid tapping.
Optional extras include NC rotary index tables, part probing and tool presetting probe.
* CNC has easy-to-use cycles - the machine features Hartol-Fanuc AI200 (21iMB) CNC.
Its user-friendly Hartrol advanced functionality programming routines offer a series of easy-to-use cycles to simplify and speed up programming times and therefore reduce downtime along with other useful setting and maintenance functions for ease of operator use.
For example, the routines embrace workpiece datum setting using edge setter, manual tool setting using calibrated setting block, tool magazine tracking (for arm-type ATC), tool logging and spindle load monitor, as well as full M Code listings and a comprehensive set of special canned cycles.
* Heavy duty milling - The Soraluce milling machine range will be represented at MACH by the TA-35A travelling table milling centre.
It features a 20-station automatic toolchanger and Heidenhain iTNC-530 CNC.
The machine has a fully programmable 2.5 deg by 2.5 deg automatic universal milling head of novel design.
The head offers high accuracy and performance through its 24kW/3,000 rev/min motor with through-spindle coolant facility and auto tool clamping.
It needs no external pipe work.
The machine has a table size of 3700mm by 1000mm to accommodate workpieces of 7,000kg, and travels of 3500mm by 1250mm by 1000mm with rapid traverse rates of 25m/min.
* TW Ward CNC Machinery at MACH 2008, NEC, Birmingham, UK, April 21-25, Hall 5, Stand 5250.
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