CNC lathe has NC electric tailstock

Latest production CNC turning machine features a NC electric tailstock that delivers quick set-up with no manual intervention.
Quick Turn Nexus - the solution to the problem The Quick Turn Nexus series of turning centres from Yamazaki Mazak combines those crucial elements required in today's modern manufacturing environment - namely advanced technology, productivity and value for money. In designing the Quick Turn Nexus range Mazak completed a thorough review of the basic machine components and used state-of-the-art design technology to arrive at a range of turning centres ideally suited to meet the production needs of businesses large and small. At MACH 2006 the range will be represented by the recently introduced Quick Turn Nexus 350MY.

This single 30kW/3300 rev/min spindle machine has a machining capacity of 420mm diameter by up to 1538mm long.

It also benefits from the inclusion of a NC electric tailstock that delivers quick set-up with no manual intervention.

The tailstock provides accurate support even for components that can only be supported by low-thrust force.

Positioning and thrust force is achieved using servo motors and are programmable.

Each position in the 12 station drum-type turret can be used for rotary tools, which are driven by a 7.5kW/4000 rev/min motor.

The versatility of the QTN350MY is complemented by the addition of a 150mm Y-axis, further expanding the machine's possible application areas.

Power is matched by agility, with the X and Z axes having rapid traverse rates of 30m/min and 25m/min respectively.

The resulting fast, vibration-free acceleration/deceleration is due to the use of high-gain servo-control and high-power AC servo motors.

Control is provided by the Mazatrol Fusion 640T Nexus CNC unit that features the easy-to-use Mazatrol conversational programming format.

As a result programming time and program length are considerably reduced and editing of existing programs is simplified.

Additional benefits of the Mazatrol Fusion control are its ability to accept modification of programs with minimum editing, cutting conditions are determined automatically by the automatic cutting condition function, edited cutting conditions are stored and recalled when the same material is used again.