Showcasing Manufacturing Marvels

Five-axis Machining Centers

Maximum Precision with the Micro5

For the last five years, the Micro5 has been leading a small revolution in the dynamic and highly precise world of machining tiny medical instruments, delicate jewelry and the most intricate watch parts. The FACTORY5 five-axis machining center from Chiron Group SE is extremely compact and can be set up very quickly almost anywhere – in the production hall or right at the workstation. The ‘5’ in the name stands for the ideal 5:1 ratio of machine size to workpiece, for five times lower weight, and for maximum efficiency. Energy consumption is 50 times lower in comparison to conventional systems.

Knowing the company

The Chiron Group, headquartered in Tuttlingen, Germany is a global company specializing in CNC vertical milling and mill-turn machining centers, as well as turnkey and automation solutions. Comprehensive services, digital solutions and products for additive manufacturing complete the portfolio.

The Chiron Group is proprietor of the CHIRON, STAMA and FACTORY5 brands for new machines, as well as the automation brand GREIDENWEIS, CMS for refurbishment and HSTEC for motor spindles and fixtures. CHIRON machining centers are renowned for their highly dynamic design and their precision. The focus of STAMA is on stability and complete machining, while FACTORY5 expert area is high-speed machining of micro-technical components. GREIDENWEIS is a system partner for custom, end-to-end automation solutions, and CMS provides completely refurbished machines from the Group. HSTEC specializes in the development, manufacture and repair of high-speed motor spindles and fixtures. The final core area of expertise in the CHIRON Group is in additive manufacturing products and solutions.

Vertical Machining Centers

STM’s VL1600

The VL1600 is a VMC that offers rigidity, high performance, and quality output for large parts machining. With a combination of the wide casting base, supported with 4 guideways of equal sizes placed equidistantly, stability and rigidity are assured.

It has a spindle with a G1 balance grade that lowers distortion and vibration to achieve superior finished parts and better tool life. A vertical column with a higher base contact and A-type structure strengthens the machine and minimizes the complete overhang for a higher travel of the Y-axis.

LM Roller Guideways with 3 nos shoes on X and Z axes is to overall enhance the heavy cutting and life of the machine. Directly coupled motors for all axes reduce backlash, belt/direct drive, chip conveyor, coolant through a spindle, auto tool changer and many more features make the machine versatile for machining precision parts.

CNC Turning Centers

UT 350 Duo with Sub Spindle

UT 350 Duo is a compact CNC Turning Center with a sub spindle that has its own linear axis and synchronous control that facilitates the ‘on the fly’ transfer of parts from the main spindle to the sub spindle.

A 12-station Servo Indexing Hydraulic locking turret with a twin-sided tool disc facilitates machining on the main spindle as well as the sub spindle, and also simultaneous machining on both spindles in certain cases.

UT 350 Duo compact CNC lathe with sub spindle enables I and II operations of the part to be completed in one setting with the ‘on the fly’ transfer, thus greatly reducing the throughput time and increasing productivity.

In addition, the In-Line accuracy or geometry of the parts produced in this machine is far better than doing the operations in two different machines as the component is unclamped from one machine and re-clamped again in another machine which leads to inaccuracies and also additional load/unload times.

Long and slender shaft components can be completely machined in one loading with intermittent component transfers from the main to the sub spindle in stages without the need for steady rest.

A pneumatic-operated part catcher is provided on the machine for the unloading of the components from sub spindle after the II operation.

When equipped with a bar feeder and parts catcher, the machine becomes a completely automated cell where a raw bar is loaded, and the parts get unloaded from the machine after I and II operations are completed.

A wide range of workholding options like 3 Jaw chuck, Collet attachment of different makes, and/or dedicated fixtures are offered to suit component needs. All necessary safety interlocks/provisions are incorporated to ensure a trouble-free and safe operation of the machine.

Vertical Machining Centers

J Series from LMW

LMW, Machine Tool Division is India’s finest CNC machine manufacturing company. It will be exhibiting the new range of J Series Vertical Machining Centers at IMTEX 2023. The J Series machines have high demand in the market for its reliability, performance and precision. It provides a wide working area, spindle power ranging from 7.5 to 22 kW and spindle speed up to 12,000 rpm. The ergonomically designed machine supports easy loading and unloading operations. The tool change takes less than 2 seconds, saving significant time. The J series machines are highly versatile and cater to major industries like Automobile, Die & Mould, Pumps & Valves, Forging, General Engineering, etc.

Quality assurance is the core principle of the company since the year of its inception. It has incorporated the use of cutting-edge technologies for testing which ensures every machine shipped out of the factory conforms to stringent quality parameters.

LMW offers integrated solutions like tooling, CNC programming, CAD/CAM, IOT to meet the industry requirements. The products are designed in line with the company’s commitment to deliver innovation and world-class excellence in all of its products and services to benefit the customers.

High-Speed Drill Tap Centers

Tachyon for Fast Drilling and Tapping Operations

Tachyon is a unique concept column moving fast machine suitable for fast drilling and tapping operations where the continuous production line requires precision component output in mass. Tachyon series machines are specially designed to suit the applications where the high dynamic machining solution is desired. The word ‘tachyon’ is derived from the Greek word ‘tachys’ which means swift. Theoretically, it means postulated particles that travel faster than light.

The concept of the base and column structure is designed in such a way that the entire moving axis mass remains on the column, which results in achieving very high dynamics while maintaining high machining accuracy. Due to this design, the Tachyon series machines are offered with a rapid traverse of 60 m/min in all three axes and the Z-axis can achieve a high acceleration of 15 m/sec2 to suit the specific requirement of the automobile, surgical, and telecommunication sectors. The compact and stable design with Y-axis up to 400 mm allows greater machining envelop and sustains high cutting loads. The Tachyon series offers a higher Z-axis stroke of 450 mm, which is the highest among the global competitors. This has been achieved by placing the Automatic Tool Changer (ATC) outside the machine area, making a unique design among drill-tap centers. Direct-coupled BT-30 taper and 10,000 rpm spindle is a standard feature of the machine. It is available with high torque and high spindle speed (up to 24,000 rpm) options.

Electro-mechanical workpiece changer with a load capacity of 300 kg is another special feature of the machine to improve productivity that is designed to operate without a hydraulic or pneumatic system, making it a trouble-free workpiece indexer. The machine with a fixed table is also available as a variant.
To achieve faster tool changing, the ATC of the machines is designed with a special mechanism for tool de-clamping. A shorter tool change arm offers a faster tool changing time of just 1.3 sec. The ATC is available with 16-tool and 24-tool options.

Gear Machining Solutions

GEARSKIVE from TaeguTec

As is the case with any company that’s been around over a century, TaeguTec has been continuously bringing innovative standard products to the market with its technological prowess in indexable insert tools. Over the last decade, TaeguTec has extended its expertise into indexable gear machining solutions.

The company is in the forefront of providing solutions for advanced gear machining methods like gear skiving with its GEARSKIVE indexable insert and head changeable tools. The head changeable tool permits gear machining in the range of Module 0.4 to 2.5 on 5-axis machine. The indexable insert tool can be applied to larger modules of 2.5 to 8. The GEARSKIVE solution will be a game changer for the Automotive industry for small module internal/external gears in single set-up for mass production. Carbide technology not only aids high productivity but also enables hard skiving after heat treatment.

Other advents include indexable insert Hob (M >3.0) and Gasher (M >3.0) for pre-machining of gears for the Wind Turbine, Railway, Construction Machinery and Defense industry applications. The Indexable insert finish gasher for general industry gears with precision ground involute profile inserts offers both accuracy and high productivity for internal/external gears.

TaeguTec’s indexable insert shaper (M 3.0 – 8) compliments machining of gears where HOB and Gasher overruns are not permitted. The high cutting parameters and coolant delivery close to the cutting zone helps to achieve accuracy close to finish form and at the same time reduce machining time by 50 percent.

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