VHC - Travelling column machining centre
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 = 9000 mm, Y = 1250 mm, Z = 1250 mm
Machining from a rear position thanks to the tilting range of +/- 110°
A maximum in flexibility thanks to moveable rotary tables and a variety of clamping devices
VHC 50: The heavy SK 50 pendulum machining centre
Since one of the rotary tables can be driven across the fixed machine table, the work piece length is flexibly adjustable
A further firmly fixed turning tool holder next to the working spindle serves to assimilate the corresponding required CAPTO turning tools
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Main design
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
- Machine transport in one piece
In addition, the VHC can be flexibly extended, for example:
- Through spindle coolant with filter system
- Chip conveyor in slat-band belt, scraper belt or magnetic belt versions
- Controllers either from Heidenhain or Siemens
- Rotary tables horizontally or vertically integrated, in 1 or 2 axes, combined with tailstocks, counterbearings or a further rotary table in gantry mode for clamping bridges.
- Automatic doors
- Clamping systems – hydraulic, pneumatic, magnetic or manual
- Touch probes and tool touch probe systems
- Active power monitoring, collision monitoring and complete process monitoring
- Tool identification systems
- Laser breakage control with tool measurement
- Remote maintenance
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Guideways and drives
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
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Tool changing system
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
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Tilting spindle head
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 ± 100°
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Technical data
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Product brochure
For more information about our VHC please have a look at the product brochure. Click here to open or download the pdf file.
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Examples of use
Examples of use
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Application videos
Application videos
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