- 22nd September 2016
- Exhibitor Announcements, Manufacturing, Northern
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- North16
Diversity shows machine tool versatility
Highlighting the versatility and diversity of its machine tool range, XYZ Machine Tools’ stand at Northern Manufacturing 2016 will have a selection that includes mills, lathes, machining centres and turning centres.
Taking centre stage will be three machines that benefit the company’s ProtoTRAK control system, an XYZ SMX3500 bed mill, an XYZ SLX 355 lathe and the XYZ 2-OP vertical machining centre (pictured). These will be accompanied by the Siemens controlled XYZ 710 VMC and CT532 turning centre. The ProtoTRAK control system on the SMX 3500, SLX 355 and 2-OP uses a wide range of conversational cycles, making it suitable for one-off and small batch quantities. The control can be operated without any knowledge of CNC, says the company, with operators producing parts within a day with minimal training. The bed mills and SLX lathes provide a robust machining platform with solid Meehanite cast bases, Turcite-B coated bedways on the mills, and extra wide vee and flat bedways on the SLX lathes.
The XYZ 2-OP is designed to be portable and allows companies to bring cellular manufacturing to virtually any machine shop. The resulting cycle time savings are significant, says the company, with the additional benefit of freeing up more expensive machine tool capacity from doing pre- or secondary operation work and the maximisation of available labour hours. It is compact and portable, but still with axis travels of 355 x 305 x 455mm (xyz), with a table size of 457 x 381mm, a maximum table load of 250kg, and rapid traverse is 15m/min in all axes. Performance is enhanced by the use of a 3HP (50 to 6,000 revs/min) BT30 spindle that is supported by an eight-position tool changer. All within a footprint of just 1,220 x 760mm.
The company will also display a 710 VMC vertical machining centre and a Compact Turn 52 turning centre. The VMC range has solid Meehanite castings and extra wide induction hardened box slideways, with Turcite-B coatings adding to rigidity and performance. Standard specification includes an 8000 revs/min 20HP spindle, with feed rates up to 20m/min in all axes.
The Compact Turn 52 may be the smallest turning centre in the company’s range, with a footprint of just 1,700 x 1,450mm in its standard form. However, it still provides a powerful machining platform thanks to its 5,000 revs/min/20HP spindle and axis travels of 185 and 325mm (x and z), with rapid traverse rates of 20m/min.
See XYZ Machine Tools on stand E14 or go to www.xyzmachinetools.com