Travelling column machining centre VHC
Clear in structure - flexible in their assembly
The tilting spindle is the core element of our VHC machine series - maximize your possibilities by machining workpieces from almost any position. The fixed machine tables and stationary positioned tool magazine pool ensure that only the travelling column is in motion. A strong drive motor cater for the very dynamic performance.
Traverse ranges up to X = 10000 mm, Y = 1250 mm, Z = 1250 mm
Main design
- Cross slides, travelling columns and spindle head stock are made from high-quality cast iron
- Extremely rigid, static and dynamically well balanced ground frame construction
- Direct measuring systems for X/Y/Z axes
- Casing according to current machinery directives, totally closed working area with no interfering contours - also in pendulum operation mode
- Total access to working area when doors are fully open
- Excellent accessibility for maintenance and service tasks
- Alternatively with roller guides
- Machine transport in one piece
- Optional with a split machine bed: The machine is designed so that it can be divided along its entire length for transport and installation at the customer’s site.
In addition, the VHC can be flexibly extended. Contact us!
Guideways and drives
- Hardened precision steel slideways mounted on manually scraped or grinded surfaces
- Optimal guiding by extremely large guidance ratio and Turcite coatings
- High rigidity, outstanding long-term precision performance and excellent vibration absorbing capabilities of the guideways
- Excellent resetting and adjustability of the guideways
- Drives and guideways are protected set outside of working area
- Ball screws in all linear axes with patented support units for ball screws in the X-axis for large travel lengths
- Alternatively rack and pinion drive
Tool changing system
- Fixed location coded tool management enables better monitoring for the operator
- Tool pre-selection by double gripper arm during machining
- Support of various tool holding systems such as SK, BT, HSK, CAPTO
- Tool magazine is protected outside of working area
- Placement of the XTS magazine during machining possible
- Tool change takes place behind working area cladding: no disturbing contours in the working area during tool change by the gripper or parts
- Transport unit from XTS magazine has its own drive and moves at up to 120 m/min to the spindle position for the tool change
- Any number of tool pockets are provided by several compact XTS towers
- Tool pockets within a tower can also be expanded at any point in time in the future
Tilting spindle head
- Vertical and horizontal machining
- In combination with a rotary table, 5 face machining or 5 axes simultaneous machining can be achieved.
- Tilting spindle head 0,001° indexing increments or fully interpolating.
- Tilting range up to ± 90° (optional up to ±100°)
