NCMT (hall 19, stand 640) says the show will mark the UK launch of the DA300 five-axis, trunnion-type, vertical-spindle machining centre from Makino.

The configuration on display will include a Cellro robotic system for automatically loading and unloading components.
Makino’s DA300 machine is aimed at the five-sided and fully interpolative five-axis production of complex components in one clamping. Also on the stand will be the M460V-5AX vertical machining centre, which is the latest addition to the Genos series from Okuma and the first five-axis machine in the range. Machining volume is 762 x 460 x 460 mm. Okuma’s Thermo-Friendly Concept is included in the specification, applied to both the machine structure (TAS-C) and spindle (TAS-S). Tests have shown thermal deviation to be less than 10 µm over a 24-hour period, despite an 8°C variation in ambient temperature. Features such as Okuma’s five-axis tuning system, which fine-tunes the geometry of the machine for precision, and Okuma’s Absoscales on the X, Y and Z axes, are all part of the standard package.
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