WFL MILLTURN TECHNOLOGIES recently introduced a "giant of complete machining" — the M175 MillTurn, with significant innovations that ensure the highest precision and an advantageous versatility for customer requirements. The turning-boring-milling unit offers a maximum swing diameter of 1,750 mm and can accommodate up to 15,000-kg heavy workpieces in a very stable fashion due to the new, large-scale bed guideway for steady rest and tailstock.
The turning-boring-milling unit has an X-stroke of 1,620 mm and a Y-stroke of 1,100 mm, and therefore can be used "uncompromisingly and universally," e.g., for deep radial machining.
Due to the large volume box structure of the turning-boring-milling unit cross-slide with a very wide bed-guide base and multiple arrangement of ground gliding guideways in the X- and Z-axis, the tool carrier system has particularly high stability.
The massive and powerful construction is combined with proven main and milling spindle systems, whose 113-kW and 58-kW drives are extremely reliable.
The HSK-A100 tool interface that is provided as standard, in addition to the optional Capto C8, also guarantees full utilization of the potential offered by this device and by its turning power. High-performance drives maximize the feed strength and ensure a speed of processing that is unrivalled in a machine of these dimensions.
Thanks to the B-axis, the workpiece can be machined at any angle and, if needed, using 5-axis interpolation.
The M175 Millturn is suited for both heavy machining and high-precision finishing. From a technological perspective, the list of potential applications includes large landing legs, massive crankshafts, turbine and generator shafts, large valve blocks, and shafts and rollers used in heavy industry.
Tools with lengths up to 900 mm and weighing up to 35 kg can be stored in the forward-accessible tool magazine with up to 200 tool stations. The machine operator can easily equip tools via the rather large window.
The M175 Millturn is offered with a large variety of automation solutions. WFL Millturn Technologies and its subsidiary FRAI Robotic Solutions offer a variety of automation variations for different requirements to maximize productivity, including straightforward loading using articulated robots, a wide variety of gripper systems, and gantry loaders with peripheral transport and storage systems for workpieces, tools, and jaws.
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