VMCs and tools

The XYZ 2-OP is totally portable due to its footprint of just 1220 by 760mm, and weight of 1100kg. This allows it to be located where it is needed, when it is needed. This portable VMC is said to add significant spindle run time to any business, reducing manufacturing costs, and eliminating secondary operation work from more expensive machine tools.

By adding an XYZ 2-OP, cellular manufacturing can be achieved anywhere in a factory by moving the machine to the work, not the other way round. Put simply, the XYZ 2-OP maximises existing labour hours, and increases profitability, all of which will be demonstrated at Advanced Engineering. 

Alongside the XYZ 2-OP will be a selection of XYZ ProtoTRAK controlled mills and lathes, as well as full CNC machining and turning centres. XYZ Machine Tools will demonstrate the ability and simplicity of the ProtoTRAK control on an XYZ SMX 3500 bed mill and an XYZ ProTURN SLX 355 lathe. The machines feature robust construction, including solid Meehanite castings, Turcite-B coated bedways on the mills, and extra wide vee and flat bedways on the SLX lathes. This combination provides a rigid and accurate machining platform for a wide variety of machining applications. 

The XYZ ProtoTRAK control system is ideal for one-off and small batch quantities and, even without any knowledge of CNC, operators will be producing parts within a day.

For those looking at full CNC equipped machines, XYZ Machine Tools will also be demonstrating an XYZ 710 VMC vertical machining centre and an XYZ Compact Turn 52 turning centre. Across the XYZ VMC range there is a common theme of high quality manufacture, with features such as solid Meehanite castings and extra wide induction hardened box slideways with Turcite-B coatings adding to rigidity and performance. Standard specification of the VMC range includes an 8000revs/min 20hp, BT40, spindle, with feedrates to 20m/min in all axes. 

The Compact Turn 52 may be the smallest turning centre in the extensive range of CNC turning available from XYZ Machine Tools, with a footprint of just 1700 by 1450mm in its standard form. However, it provides a powerful machining platform due to its 5000revs/min/20hp spindle and axis travels of 185 and 325mm (X and Z), with rapid traverse rates of 20m/min. Like all of the machines in the XYZ range, these turning centres benefit from a highly rigid and stable construction, with hardened and ground box slideways and solid meehanite castings for the major components. Stand i5