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Multi-million-pound order for hollow spindle lathes
06 June 2014
UK-based PTG Heavy Industries has secured a multi-million pound order from a leading Indian manufacturing company for the supply of two of its Versa Turn hollow spindle heavy-duty lathes. These will be used for a variety of machining processes, for the production of steel components of up to 12 metres in length.
Chris Cheetham, sales manager, comments: "We designed the Versa Turn range to offer a modern, totally modular concept in hollow spindle lathe design. As such, Versa Turn models retain a traditional flat bed configuration, something that we believe provides the optimal solution between stability, capacity and cost, yet enables us to create unique permutations for totally different manufacturing environments and applications. For example, positioning the headstock between two bed sections enables simultaneous machining operations to take place at both ends of the lathe – something which has a dramatic effect on machine efficiencies and cycle times.”
Equipped with full CNC control as standard, and using the customer’s preferred system, each Versa Turn lathe also meets the requirements for manual operations for turning and facing, using power-assisted Micro-Handwheel controls. The machine headstock, which is clutchless, benefits from a powerful 80kW (107hp) rated Siemens Digital AC Spindle Drive, supporting a 450mm spindle bore.
