Mills CNC, the exclusive distributor of Doosan machine tools in the UK and Ireland, has recently supplied ECAM Engineering with a new NHP 6300 horizontal machining centre.

Installed at the company’s 20,000 sq ft facility, it is the first horizontal machining centre acquired by the company in its 52-year history, as well as its first Doosan machine tool investment.

The arrival of the machine has not only increased ECAM’s machining capacity but also its production capabilities and will, over time, improve the company’s operational efficiencies and productivity levels.

Says ECAM’s managing director, Phil Arme: “We have a number of three-axis vertical machining centres at our disposal and use them to machine precision components, made from steel plate of varying thicknesses, that have previously been through our in-house steel profiling and fabrication processes. The arrival of the new NHP 6300, with its twin-pallet configuration and B-axis table, will enable us to machine these parts quicker and more efficiently. Furthermore, the new machine’s rigidity, large working envelope and BT 50 spindle technology provide significant opportunities for us to secure new contracts that involve the machining of larger and heavier components.”

The NHP 6300 supplied to ECAM includes a 37 kW/15,000 rpm BT50 spindle, a 60-tool servo-driven ATC and the latest Fanuc 31i control. Further features include roller LM guideways, a B-axis table that rotates in increments as small as 0.0001°, twin (630 mm) pallets, rapids of 60 m/min and axis travels of 1050 x 900 x 1000 mm.

Says Arme: “In the near future the machine will be used to machine steel components, often with intricate details and features, to high precision and tight tolerances.”

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