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News Release from: Matchmaker M/C | Subject: DCH50 horizontal machining centre
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 January 2006
Accurate HMC has fast acceleration
Key features of a highly accurate HMC include: effective chip removal, reduced non-cutting times, fast acceleration and deceleration and more straightforward maintenance routines.
On show for the first time at a major European exhibition, the new Mitsubishi DCH50 horizontal machining centre will be demonstrated by Yamazen (UK) at MACH 2006 - Hall 5, Stand 5125 Also being put through its paces will be the new, upgraded version of the low cost Matchmaker VMC 820 vertical machining centre
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 14 Feb 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Key features of the highly accurate and productive DCH50 include: effective chip removal, reduced non-cutting times, fast acceleration and deceleration, oil-cooled ballscrews and more straightforward maintenance routines.
Competitively priced, this latest Mitsubishi is also much easier to operate and run than previous horizontal machining centres.
With a working envelope of 700 (X) by 700 (Y) by 650mm (Z axis), the machine is powered by a 22/15kW main motor which provides spindle speeds up to 14,000 rev/min as standard.
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Rapid traverses are rated at 50m/min in all three linear axes and the 60-station capacity automatic tool changer (ATC) has a tool change time of 3.2s chip-to-chip and can accommodate tools weighing up to 8kg each.
Equipped with a BBT40 (Big-Plus) dual contact type spindle, this HMC has three point levelling (for ease of installation and accuracy) and occupies a floor area of just 4.15 by 4.31m.
The full fourth axis CNC table can index 90 degree in 1.2 sec while the twin 500 by 500mm pallets can be exchanged in 6s by the APC system and handle loads up to 500kg.
Control is from a Fanuc 18iMB system and the DCH50 has a positioning accuracy of +/-0.002mm/full length with a repeatability of +/-0.001mm.
This level of precision is due to the use of MP scales on all three linear axes combined with a thermal displacement compensation system.
Meanwhile, the Matchmaker VMC 820 being shown by Yamazen has been upgraded to include: more stylish square-type guarding, the new Fanuc 0i-MC control built in as an integral part of the machine and, a tidier rear area - with the transformer, spindle cooler and lube pump all neatly enclosed.
In terms of specification, the VMC 820 has axis travels of 820 by 520 by 510mm, a 7.5/11kW spindle motor and a 950 by 450mm work table which can handle loads weighing up to 400kg.
Featuring hardened and ground slideways and a solid cast construction, Matchmaker VMCs have an 8000 rev/min oil-cooled spindle as standard (options of 10,000 and 12,000 rev/min are available), a screw-type swarf conveyor, 20 station ATC, high speed contouring, rigid tapping and a remote handwheel.
While the new integral Fanuc 0i-MC control offers user friendly graphics, conversational programming, 32-bit processing, tool life management, 400 tool offset pairs and high definition die mould machining.
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