600 Centre Has Perfect Solution For Low-Cost Surface Grinding
Introducing a new range of economy surface grinding machines to the UK to complement its Okamoto range of cylindrical, internal and surface and Toyoda-Mitsui Seiki production grinding machines, 600 Centre of Shepshed has launched the Perfect that is dedicated towards the needs of users requiring a straight-forward surface and plunge grinding solution.
Ideal for production, toolroom or workshop, the Perfect range has a table surface from 400 mm by 800 mm up to 700 mm by 2,000 mm with spindle centre to table dimensions ranging between 550 mm and 1,000 mm. Available in four types, these machines can be specified as M for three-axis manual operation and H which utilises hydraulic drive for the longitudinal traverse with manual intervention for cross and vertical movements. The AH version has automatic crossfeed with hydraulic longitudinal travel and a manually operated vertical axis while the AHR provides AC servomotor control of the vertical axis with hydraulic longitudinal axis and automatic crossfeed.
Constructed on a high quality iron casting using Vee and flat ways, the M series utilises ‘AA' grade steel balls for the guideway and the H version Turcite-B coated slideways. Precision angular contact bearings are used in the cartridge design spindle with 3.7 kW motor on the M while 7.4 kW and 11.1. kW spindle motors can be specified on the other machine versions. Wheel speed can be either 1,750 or 1,450 revs/min for the 406 mm by 50 mm by 127 mm wheel size. Automatic crossfeed increments are 0.1 mm to 20 mm with rapid power crossfeed available at 1,100 mm/min. The wheelhead rapid approach/retraction is at 800 mm/min with auto down-feed of 0.001 mm to 0.999 mm/min.
The machines can also be specified with a computerised automatic down-feed for surface and plunge grinding with fast and slow jog and step-feed for the control of roughing cycles, finish and spark-out.
There are a range of options including cross and vertical microfeed, angle and radius forming attachments, parallel dresser, rapid up and down, punch former and a range of coolant and filtration options.
Source: 600 Centre