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News Release from: Yuasa Warwick Machinery | Subject: Six-axis gantry robot for Takamaz CNC lathes
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2002
Six-axis gantry robot loads lathes
quickly
A new gantry loader carrying a full 6-axis articulated-arm robot allows large and/or complex shaped parts to be loaded quickly into CNC lathes.
Takamaz CNC lathes from Yuasa Warwick Machinery may be fitted with a new gantry loader carrying a full 6-axis articulated-arm robot The additional degrees of freedom allow large and/or complex shaped parts to be loaded quickly
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 31 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Japanese manufacturer says that, for example, a part that would take 10 seconds to load using a conventional 3-axis gantry arm may be loaded in 8 seconds using the robot.
As with any gantry loader / unloader, a line of lathes may be served.
The machine pictured is a 2-axis Takamaz X-18 lathe with 8 inch chuck, the possibility of C-axis and six 2.2/1.5kW stations in the 12-station drum-type turret.
Spindle options are 7.5/5.5kW - 3,500 rpm, 11/7.5kW- 3,500 rpm, and 11/7.5kW - 5,000 rpm.
Despite its power, the lathe has a footprint of just 2.5 square metres.
Maximum turning diameter and length are 320mm and 270mm respectively.
Control is by the Fanuc 2Ti-TA with Takamaz user interface.
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