Tornado To Demonstrate ‘Lights-Out’ Y-Axis Turn Milling And One-Hit Cycles At MACH 2006

Tornado T8MSY Lights-OUt

BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (PRWEB) March 19, 2006 -- An unmanned demonstration of orbital milling, off-centre drilling and tapping, the machining of hexagons and engraving will be performed on the latest six-axis Colchester Lathe Tornado T8MSY specified with the ‘Lights-out’ package from Colchestersales (UK). The machining operations will show the advantages gained with the latest + 40 mm of Y-axis cross-feed to the 12 station all-driven turret of the Tornado as part of the popular ‘Lights-out’ unmanned production package.

Demonstrated on stand 5334 at MACH 2006, the 54 mm bar capacity Tornado T8MSY with subspindle will be portraying ‘one-hit’ cycles where it is capable of heavy duty milling and drilling through its 12-station Sauter 3.7 kW, 5,000 revs/min power tool turret. The turret is able to accommodate tooling having a shank size up to 20 mm diameter and through the Y-axis, machine up to ± 40 mm either side of centre line.

The ‘Lights-out’ package is the flagship of the Tornado range enabling highly automated cycles to be performed utilising the MBF 1000 integrated barfeed, parts-catcher, swarf conveyor, on-board Renishaw probing, axis tool monitoring with sister tool replacement and on-machine production scheduling software.

The machine has a 22 kW main spindle with options of 3,500 or 5,000 revs/min drive and a 7.5 kW, 6,000 revs/min subspindle. It has a fully programmable B-axis with synchronised part transfer to create ‘single hit’ combined operation production cycles. Chuck size is 254 mm or 210 mm and bar capacity 66 mm diameter with a maximum turning diameter of 260 mm by 500 mm turned length.

Of major importance to its high metal removal capability is the rigidity of the turn/mill platform created through the patented ‘Duo-Stable’ advanced construction techniques employed by Colchester Lathe which integrates a stocky, low profile cast iron bed with a polymer concrete filled machine base. Together this technology is some 300 per cent more effective than a conventional cast iron frame. This construction also provides vastly improved thermal characteristics giving far more consistent machining cycles.

With compliments:
Mike Wildish
Wildish Communications Ltd
36 New Road
Chatham
Kent ME4 4QR
Tel: 01634 832221
Fax: 01634 832224

Issued on behalf of:
Colchestersales (UK), PO Box 20 Union Street, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire WF16 0HN
Tel: 01924 415151
Fax: 01924 415152
web site: www.colchester.co.uk
Contact: Mr David Wilkinson, Sales Manager

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