Horizontal Machining Centre, T-base

Description: EC-400 HMC, T-Base Horizontal Machining Centre has a work cube of 20' x 20' x 20', a dual pallet changer with 400 mm pallets and a built-in rotary indexer. It is available with an 8,000-rpm, 40-taper spindle powered by 20-HP vector dual drive system. As an option for added performance, a 12,000-rpm spindle powered by a 30-HP vector dual drive system is available. This spindle gives additional horsepower for heavy cuts, as well as 50% more speed for high-speed machining operations. Both spindles feature a unique inline, direct-drive system, which couples the motor directly to the spindle instead of using belts or gears. It also comes with a side mount tool changer (24+1 tools), 1000-ipm rapids and a high-volume coolant system. It is equipped with a triple-auger chip conveyor system that removes chips from the enclosure quickly and efficiently. A belt-style chip conveyor is also provided. The amount of noise generated is very less, due to lesser vibration. It renders better surface finishes, has extreme thermal stability and very quiet in operation. On-the-fly wye-delta switching provides a low-end torque and a wide constant-horsepower band, without having to stop the spindle to change windings. The pallet indexer provides 45? incremental indexing for multi-sided tombstones. As an option a high-precision face-gear indexer with 1-degree indexing is provided for correct positioning of multi-faceted parts. A full 4th-axis rotary table is also available for shops requiring simultaneous 4-axis motion. The servo-driven pallet changer on the EC-400, swaps the pallets in just 8 seconds and each 400 mm pallet has a load capacity of 1,000 lb (660 lb with full 4th axis). A separate load station helps the operator to safely load/unload parts or change fixtures on one pallet while parts are being machined on the other, keeping spindle run time at a maximum.