The CSD-300 parallel spindle lathe from Fuji Machine offers maximum material handling from a compact footprint, designed for the quick and accurate turning of a variety of parts. To securely handle heavy parts of 200mm diameter x 100mm and 5kg plus 5kg, the CSD-300 features a Fuji-engineered hydraulic clamping loader and 8-10in capacity work-holding chucks

Fanuc CNC America will showcase advanced CNC control developments at IMTS 2010, along with industry solutions to meet strict automotive, aerospace, medical, heavy industry and job-shop requirements. The company, which will be found in Booth S-8919, will present the new model 30i-B Series CNC Control, the 0i-D/0i-DMate Control with newly enhanced functionality, the new 35i-B CNC Control for transfer-line machines, new five-axis volumetric error compensation and various industry solutions

At IMTS 2010 Fanuc CNC will exhibit its enhanced 0i-D and 0i-D Mate CNC controls for machining applications.

EPE and Trig Engineering have acquired three new CNC turning centres to further enhance their component production capacity. A further machine will be installed in the near future at Trig Engineering. The machines are Quick Turn Nexus 250MSY turning centres, which incorporate two spindles and a fourth axis, enabling production of a component with both turning and milling to completion in only one setup

Aerospace supplier Murray Productions is using the Edgecam CAM system in the manufacture of cockpit instrumentation, fuel management components, electronic tags and helicopter transmission parts. The company uses a range of manufacturing processes including CNC machining, turning, thread rolling and pressing. Its products are subjected to almost 100 per cent inspection, so it is critical that they are high precision.

The Dugard Eagle Range of vertical machining centres features three models: the Dugard Eagle 1000, the Dugard Eagle 1500 and the Dugard Eagle 2000. The centres offer X travels of 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000mm; Y travels of 600, 740 and 889mm; and Z travels of 570, 680 and 710mm, respectively.

The Ecospeed F five-axis machining centre from DS Technology is being used to manufacture components for the Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft at BAE Systems’ Samlesbury facility. Compared with DS Technology’s ACM machining centres originally purchased by BAE Systems to fulfil this and other work, the Ecospeed F is twice as productive, according to Nigel Tuley, facilities engineer at Samlesbury. Furthermore, the fixed-column machine is 25 per cent faster than the previous generation of Ecospeed moving-column machines, three of which were installed at Samlesbury between 2003 and 2005.

DS Technology has launched the Megamill moving-crossrail vertical-spindle machining centre for the manufacture of parts found throughout heavy engineering. Despite the machine’s large size, characterised by a choice of 10 X-axis travels from 7.5 to 30m and a Y-axis of 4 or 5m, linear rapid traverse rates of 30m/min are achieved.

DS Technology has introduced a linear motion machine from Italian company Mecof that is suitable for processing a variety of materials, including hardened tool steels, light alloys and composites. The Linearmill machine, which features a moving cross-rail, vertical-spindle design, has a large working envelope of 2,500mm to 10,000mm in the X axis by up to 2,200mm in the Y axis and 1,000mm in the Z axis. The general-purpose machine, ideal for large machining centres, features a rigid build and excellent dynamics, enabling the rapid production of dimensionally accurate parts exhibiting a high-quality finish on all machined surfaces, even those of complex 3D shape.

DS Technology has developed a vertical turning lathe (VTL) that is suitable for use in the aerospace industry, as well as wind turbine manufacture and other energy-related applications. The TVU lathe can be configured with milling and grinding capability, robotic tool exchange, automatic pallet change and other features for unattended, single-hit machining of the production of very large workpieces. Mould and die machining and turning of large wheels are further areas of potential use for this VTL.