Soraluce presents the New Performance Line, a totally new range of machine tools that the company says is built on a platform of reliability, precision and flexibility for medium-large workpieces.The Performance Line comprisesthree families of machines with three different architectures, all based on a common modular structure. Each family has a number of models and configurations, producing machines that are configurable for a number of work environments. Availability of the TA, FA and SA families in the UK is via sole agent, TW Ward CNC Machinery (Ward CNC).

The new Soraluce TA bed mill offers greater capacities than a machining centre in terms of work volume, power output, torque, chip removal and ergonomics, reports the company. There are different versions with square or round tables that can also undertake multi-tasking operations. The machine has standard peripheral guarding with easy front and back access to the work area.

Soraluce’s new floor-typeborer is configurable with floor plate, rotary table or rotary-travelling table; with one or more multi-tasking tables (milling and turning); with a portable rotary table which Soraluce can position vertically with a tailstock or horizontally; with the option of duplex machines – machining using two spindles simultaneously; or with a floor plate at user height for better ergonomics.

The new Soraluce SA fixed-table travelling-column mill has a novel machine architecture whereby the moving column and table share the same base. The work area is fully guarded, with complete front access to the workpieceat user height and the CNC on a sliding guide in front of the machine. Different work area versions include: a fixed table, rotary milling or milling/turning table of 1000 mm diameter on one side of the table, or two milling or milling/turning tables at either end of the machine.
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The range of SpeedMaster high-performance spindles, manufactured in-house by DMG Mori for its machining centres, now includes a model capable of continuous operation at up to 30,000 rpm. The new spindle is for high-speed milling applications and may be factory-fitted or retrofitted to the company’s horizontal and vertical machining centres, such as the NHX 4000/5000 3rd Generation and NVX 5000 2nd Generation, as well as the MonoBlock series.

Previously, the spindles were only available in 15,000 rpm and 20,000 rpm versions. The new SpeedMaster30,000 rpm model is for reducing cycle times and, due to its rigid construction, achieving high surface quality during mould and die work. It is also well suited to machining complex workpieces with small-diameter tools, such as in the electronics industry.

In a comparative test, the company drilled 4000 holes of 1 mm diameter in a semiconductor machinery component in a cycle time 36%quicker than the 20,000 rpm spindle took to complete the job. Tool wear was also significantly less. Additionally, quicker machining times reduce overall power consumption and hence CO2 emissions.

While achieving fine surface finishes is one of the spindle’s attributes, so also is roughing at lower speeds, with 22 kW of power available between 7000 and 15,000 rpm. All Master spindles are covered by a warranty of 36 months.
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Starrag has announced the second – and larger capacity – member of its new Heckert range with the launch of the T55 five-axis horizontal machining centre for the multi-tasking and complete machining of workpieces weighing up to 700 kg.The machine can perform single set-up milling, turning, drilling, gear-cutting/skiving and pointing to accuracies down to 3 µmdue to the interaction between its temperature- and vibration-stable mineral cast machine bed and the double symmetrically-mounted rotary drive unit.

Drive elements such as planet carriers and wheel hub drives for commercial vehicles, agricultural machinery and industrial applications are typical applications.With pallets of 500 x 630 mm and X, Y and Z-axis travels of 850, 1020 and 1000 mm respectively, the T55 is of compact, robust design and has a low-vibration rotary drive unit specially designed for turning operations – plus a dynamic main 72 kW spindle rated at 15,000 rpm and 292 Nm. Acceleration rates are up to 10 m/sec², while rapid traverse is 80 m/min. The NC rotating table carries a rating of 900 rpm and the HSK-T100 toolholder also encourages high chip removal rates.

Although the T55 can machine components with a workpiece contour of 900 mm, chip-to-chip time is only 4.3 seconds and pallet change time is 14.5 seconds. Like its smaller stablemate (the T45), the new T55 is ergonomic, and easy and reliable to operate, while workpiece loading is easily automated by pallet storage units or robots.

Indeed, the success of a two-T45 machine cell with robot load/unload saw a drive manufacturer double productivity, halve overall machine footprint and reduce tool and handling costs by 40%. The T55 could easily mirror this performance on larger workpieces.
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