Thursday, July 13, 2006

CNC miller-drillers cut 20% off machining times

With the highly productive DMU 50 / 70 eVolution, DMG has added a new dimension to universal milling and drilling machines designed to save up to 20% on machining times.
With the highly productive DMU 50 / 70 eVolution, DMG has added a new dimension to universal milling and drilling machines designed to save up to 20% on machining times. The DMU 50 / 70 eVolution types are powerful universal milling and drilling machines designed for the exacting machining of flat and prismatic workpieces using a vertical work spindle. Positioning and tool changing time have been significantly reduced thanks to 1G acceleration in the linear axis, 50 m/min rapid traverse, 40 % higher rotational speed of the NC swivel rotary table, and a tool changer which is twice as fast as its predecessor.

Customers will save up to 20% machining time.

With spindle speeds of 18.000 rpm the DMU 50 / 70 eVolution comes standard with the classic high speed cutting (HSC) features.

In addition to the HSK 63 A tool mounting it offers the economical SK 40 version for using tools available in the workshop.

Thanks to a new design of the machine structure coolant dispersal has been optimized and swarf removal significantly improved.

Thus the machine concept is ecological and meets growing demands for ensuring minimum tool lubrication.

Also working with the innovative DMU 50 / 70 eVolution is even more convenient than before.

Coolant tank and swarf conveyor are supported on wheels and easily movable.

Manual cleaning of the screen for the internal coolant supply is replaced by automatic cleaning and the tool changer can be operated directly on the loading side.

The control of the new DMU 50 eVolution is the Heidenhain TNC 430 or the MillPlus IT.

No less than 20 new control features offer more application advantages, such as integrated internet access and planar transformation, an Ethernet interface via TCP/IP protocol and an extended 'look-ahead' function.

Traditional customers of tool and die making will consider the DMU 50 / 70 eVolution also a safe investment thanks to its high performance and accuracy.

As a machine which is designed for 5-sided and 5-axis-machining it is increasingly moving into new industries, such as medical, aeronautical, automotive and electrical engineering.

Axis travels of the DMU 50 eVolution are 500 by 420 by 380mm in X, Y and Z respectively.

Rapid traverse rates are 50m/min in all axes and feed range is up to 20,000mm/min.

Main spindle drive (AC-motor spindle) is rated at 15/10kW (40%/100% duty cycle) The DMU 70 eVolution has a similar specification to the DMU 50eVolution except that axes travels are 750 by 600 by 520mm