Tornado T10 Lathes Introduced
Taking advantage of its patented Duo-stable construction having a net weight of 4.5 tonnes, the latest Colchester Tornado T10 two-axis and T10M three-axis bar and chucking lathes are now available for metal removal. The machine's have a 26 kW drive serving a bar capacity of 82.5 mm diameter and a swing over the bed of 600 mm giving flexibility for the 305 mm/265 mm chuck size versions.
Available in two-axis, three-axis and as a 'Lights-out' package, the Colchester T10 has a maximum turning diameter of 360 mm by 600 mm turned length with 270 mm travel in the X-axis. The Colchester T10 also boasts availability of a 4,000 revs/min spindle as an addition to the standard 3,000 revs/min speed.
The standard machine has a 470 mm, 12 station disc turret with VDI 40 tooling and station to station index time of 0.54 secs. Meanwhile, the driven tool T10M has a 472 mm diameter 12 position all-driven turret by a 5.5 kW, 4,000 revs motor able to accommodate tool shank sizes up to 20 mm diameter. Turret index time on the T10M is 0.45 secs.
Rapid traverse rates are 30 m/min in Z and 25 m/min in X-axis and the spindle C-axis has a minimum increment of 0.001 (Degrees). Positional accuracy is + 0.005 mm and repeatability 0.002 mm with linear scale positioning fitted as standard on the X-axis of the T10M. The driven tool machine also has disc-brake hold on the spindle drive to ensure maximum rigidity when cross machining with driven tools.
Control is via Fanuc 21i and includes Manual Guide - i conversational programming technology. This Colchester development has high level graphics support giving full simulation and verification of any cutting cycle in both 2-D and 3-D with the ability to manipulate the machining operation so that the part and tool paths can be viewed from any angle. Also available is the ColCAM off-line programming software.
In the 'Lights-out' unmanned package, fully programmable bar feed and swarf conveyor is included as well as on-machine work scheduling, Renishaw probing axis tool monitoring able to initiate sister tool replacement. A 'Lights-out' version of the two and three-axis chucking machines is also available through turnkey robotic cell application engineering which can be carried out by Colchestersales.
SOURCE: Colchester Sales