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and paint faster. To make this
Challenges: possible, the machining center
• Bredel wanted to invest in machines that could perform both turning and must have several important
milling operations. elements that not only allow
• It wanted to replace its old CNC machining center from WFL due for an unmanned production
to its age and capabilities and also needed to use the new machine process but also has a high de-
for production for 120 hours per week, with staff required for just one gree of flexibility.”
day shift.
• The company was looking for a machining center with essential elements Optimization in small
to allow for an unmanned production process and a high degree of details
flexibility. In order to machine a wide va-
riety of parts automatically,
Solution: Bredel has equipped the turn-

• The new M65-G Millturn. With the new automated turning-milling ing-milling center from WFL
center that can machine small batches flexibly, Bredel has reduced the with a large chain magazine.
throughput time for a set of pump parts from three days to just one day. The magazine has room for a
• The manufacturer can respond much more quickly to urgent orders. total of 200 tools while taking
• Bredel now aims to achieve 5,500 spindle hours per year with the new up relatively little space of just
M65-G Millturn. a few square meters. The mag- To make the
azine’s special feature is that it best use of
can accommodate tools with a the capabil-
length of up to 900 mm. This ities of the
spindles and milling spindle al- back in the storage without was a particular requirement turning-mill-
low for complete machining of any human intervention. Here, of Bredel to be able to store ing center,
the WFL
workpieces. “In this project, we it is important that various long broaching tools. “For this machine tool
actually focused on unmanned workpieces can be produced project, we took a critical look is equipped
production. The production cell interchangeably. In this way, at the cutting tools. A work- with a large
takes the material out of the we can produce the different ing process can always be im- tool mag-
storage and after machining, parts of a pump as a set, with proved, and the tools play a azine, an
automation
places the finished workpiece the advantage that we can sell crucial role. Take, for example,
solution
from Pro-
mot, and a
jaw quick-
change
system from
Schunk
specially de-
veloped for
this project.

Source: WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & Co. KG

Bredel has fully automated the WFL M65-G Millturn with a gantry loader and a jaw quick-change system. (Photos of Bredel and Tim Wentink)

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