Open house at CNC Robotics

CNC Robotics will kick start the summer by opening the doors of its new facilities to the manufacturing and engineering community on 15 June. Located in Mersey Reach, Liverpool, the business moved into an award-winning industrial development during the summer of last year. The open house will include a robotic machining demonstration from the company’s ‘artist in residence’, Liz Wilson. The event will also feature a range of guest exhibitors and demonstrations from companies within the CNC Robotics community, such as Cadline, Hiteco, Kuka, Make UK, Schunk and 3DGBIRE.

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GM Group shows Victor turning machines

Exhibiting for the first time at the MACH 2022 exhibition last month, the GM Group took the opportunity to introduce the Victor Vturn-A20YCM and Vturn-S26/60CM single-spindle turning centres.

The Vturn A20-YCM offers Y-axis milling capability and an 8” chuck with a swing-over-bed of 700 mm, while a 52 mm diameter bar can pass through the headstock for bar-feeding applications. The machine provides X-axis travel of 150+35 mm with 600 mm in the Z axis and a Y-axis driven tooling unit that can traverse ±45 mm.

Within this spacious work envelope sits a main spindle that generates 11/18.5 kW of power with a spindle speed of 5000 rpm. Complementing the power of the spindle is a 4.5 kW motor on the driven tooling turret. This high-torque motor drives the 12-station BMT-55 tooling turret at spindle speeds up to 4000 rpm. Options include a FANUC 0i-TF CNC control, 10.4” colour display, high-pressure coolant system, part catcher, oil skimmer, programmable tailstock and more.

Also on the stand at MACH was the Victor Vturn-S26/60CM. With a 600 mm swing-over-bed and 640 mm between centres, the 6230 kg machine has a spacious work area and a compact footprint. Furthermore, with a 12-position live tooling station that can drive the 25 mm maximum tool diameter at 6000 rpm with its high torque 4.5 kW motor, the milling flexibility of the Vturn-S26/60CM facilitates productive one-hit machining.

With a bar capacity of 75 mm through the drawbar, 640 mm between centres and a maximum turning diameter of 420 mm, the Vturn-S26/60CM is suitable for both one-off components and production runs of small to medium sized parts. Like the Vturn A20-YCM, the Victor Vturn-S26/60CM is available with an extensive list of optional extras.

For further information
www.gm-cnc.com