March 2016 Product Spotlight Slideshow: Machining Centers
This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on horizontal, vertical and five-axis machining centers.
Toyoda’s FA1050S 5-Axis uses this dual-drive trunnion table to support workpieces ranging in weight to 4,400 lbs, maintaining performance with a low center of gravity and side-by-side pallet exchange.
The smaller Dixi 125 from DMG MORI is available in a four- or five-axis configuration and with the company’s Celos app-based user interface.
The Mikron Mill P 800 U ST from GF Machining Solutions can perform four-axis simultaneous turning and incorporates a 20,000-rpm HSK T63 spindle.
Available from Absolute Machine Tools, this Johnford SV-60H’s heavily-ribbed Meehanite construction and four oversized boxways in the Y axis help to eliminate vibration while promoting X-axis accuracy, good surface finishes and long tool life.
Mazak’s HCN-6800 is designed for large-part machining, using an NC rotary table, which rotates 90 degrees in 0.001-degree increments for precision, and a 50-hp spindle for high metal removal rates.
The Mikron Multistep XT-200 combines the productivity of a transfer machine with the flexibility of a machining center, with as many as four machining modules (as pictured) each containing two working spindles for turning, milling and drilling.
SNK America’s CMV-100 features this wide, +30/-120-degree A-axis tilting spindle head, enabling undercuts in a single setup.
The Tongtai CT-350 from Absolute Machine Tools provides a wide column, making it torsion-resistant while performing five-axis cutting.
Sharptech’s Super 1320 is designed for mold processing, with features like pre-loaded C3 ballscrews on all three axes for eliminated backlash and high performance.
The highly rigid MU-8000V from Okuma America provides a low center of gravity in workpiece movement to accommodate difficult materials as heavy as 700 kg (1,540 lbs).
The slideshow below, based on our March issue’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight, includes horizontal, vertical, five-axis and multitasking machining centers.
Click through for details and see the links below for more information on each of these machines.
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Toyoda Machinery’s FA1050S 5-Axis horizontal machining center
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DMG MORI’s Dixi 125 machining center
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GF Machining Solutions’ Mikron Mill P 800 U ST multifunction milling center
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Johnford’s SV-60H vertical machining center
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Mazak’s HCN-6800 horizontal machining center
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Mikron’s Multistep XT-200 machining center
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SNK America’s CMV-100 vertical machining center
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Tongtai’s CT-350 five-axis VMC
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Sharptech Precision Machinery’s Super 1320 vertical machining center
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Okuma’s MU-8000V five-axis VMC
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