GF Machining Solutions has introduced the Mikron Mill P 800 U ST machining centre, which integrates milling and turning in a single machine. This compact model provides 800 mm of X-axis travel, an 800 rpm C-axis rotation speed and a maximum table load of 800 kg.

The Mill P 800 U ST offers a gantry-type concept in direct response to the needs of component manufacturers serving the automotive, aerospace, energy and general machining industries. A small footprint makes it easy to integrate the machine into facilities where space is at a premium.

Being able to fully produce prismatic and turned components on a single machine also eliminates transfer-related part run out and accuracy errors, and helps alleviate production bottlenecks. The five-axis simultaneous Mill P 800 U ST is also capable of four-axis simultaneous turning, a capability often required by customers that need to have the cutting tool positioned at a 90° angle to the workpiece surface to avoid tool shape errors.

Mill P 800 U ST machines incorporate a 20,000 rpm HSK A63 spindle that GFMS says is the industry’s fastest for a milling and turning machine of this size. Water-cooled torque motors for the A and C axes ensure accuracy and stability, while speed has received a boost through the axes’ 0.3-second clamp time in any position.

With the new machine’s gantry concept, the workpiece on the 500 x 730 mm table is fully accessible without rotating the table. This design eliminates errors related to table rotation and avoids the need for hand polishing. The tool changer for the machine is also located so as to avoid moving the table during tool changes.

For further information
www.gfms.com

A Leicester-based precision engineering company has reaffirmed its commitment to high-quality, high-accuracy production by becoming one of the first to invest in Yamazaki Mazak’s new British-built CV5-500 simultaneous five-axis machining centre.

JWA Tooling (JWA) is a specialist provider of high-precision manufacturing solutions to some of the world’s largest blue-chip companies, with capabilities including precision CNC milling, turning and wire EDM. The company had previously invested in a Mazak VCN-530C vertical machining centre to meet customer demand for larger batch sizes. Since its installation in November 2019, the machine’s reliability and speed has proved vital to JWA’s day-to-day operations, freeing up its skilled workforce to take on more complex tasks.

To build on the success of its previous machine, JWA has invested in another VCN-530C, and purchased one of Mazak’s first five-axis CV5-500 machining centres. Conceived, designed and built in the UK, the CV5-500 offers high-rigidity bridge construction with a fully supported trunnion table that travels in the Y-axis direction under the bridge.

The CV5-500’s 12,000 rpm spindle is capable of a peak performance of 18.5 kW and 119.4 Nm, making it suitable for the wide range of materials with which JWA works. Its rapid traverse rate of 36 m/min in the X, Y and Z axes also allows for highly agile performance, and the machine can process workpieces up to 500 mm diameter by 320 mm high, and up to 200 kg in weight.
Peter Wood, operations director at JWA, says: “Frankly, it’s just a great machine – it’s well-built, and the best five-axis machining centre I’ve seen at that price point by far. We’ve certainly got high hopes for it going forward.”

For further information
www.mazakeu.com/cv5-500