A wide range of milling machines and machining centres are being offered at attractive prices from germany and the Czech Republic for toolmaking purposes.
C Dugard Machine Tools distribute, install and support a wide range of machines which are ideally suited to the tool making industry including the Hedelius vertical machining centres and the TOS Kurim CNC milling machines. Hedelius Vertical Machining Centres - Hedelius (a German company) designs and manufactures three distinct types of vertical machining centres (all available in the UK and Ireland through C Dugard Machine Tools): 1: Standard 3-axis Travelling column vertical machining Centres These are available in various models offering a choice of specifications including: * 'X' axis of 1200mm to 6500mm. * 'Y' axis of 620mm to 1000mm.

* Spindle speeds of up to 24,000rev/min.

* Spindle power of up to 55kW.

All the 3-Axis travelling column models feature an automatic toolchanger mounted inside the column to ensure short chip-to-chip times.

Pendulum loading is also available to increase the uses for the machines.

In addition, a full range of 4th axis and right angle attachments are available for this range together with full enclosed guarding and extraction units.

Prices start from GBP 86,000.

2: 5-Axis RS Models - Hedelius offers three different 5-Axis RS models available with rotary tilting tables of 600mm x 600mm and 800 x 800mm and featuring two fully-controlled axes.

Prices start from GBP 120,000.

3: Kombi Models - the third range is the Kombi models: these are effectively a combination of the plain table and rotary/tilting table machines.

The Kombi models have an extended bed with a plain table at one end and the rotary/tilting at the other.

This, combined with Pendulum Operation, allows unloading and loading at one station whilst machining is taking place at the other.

Prices start from GBP 140,000.

TOS Kurim CNC milling machines - TOS Kurim are a well-known company from the Czech Republic which has been supplying toolmakers with milling machines for many years.

Its current product range also comprises of three main types of CNC milling machines (all available in the UK and Ireland through C Dugard Machine Tools): the Bed Type, Travelling Column machines and Gantry configurations.

1: Bed type milling machines are available in three table widths: 800mm, 1000mm and 1250mm.

The range offers a choice of table lengths (and 'X' axis) of: 2000mm, 3000mm, 4000mm and 5000mm.

Prices start from GBP 150,000.

2: Travelling column machines are available in two widths: 1000mm and 1250mm.

Table lengths range from 5000mm to 14000mm with the 'X' Axis traverse ranging from 3000mm to 12000mm respectively.

Prices start from GBP 250,000 Standard features and options are available on bed type and travelling column machines.

On both the bed type milling machines and the travelling column machines, an automatic indexing head is supplied as standard.

Optional 5-Axis simultaneous heads are available to suit the customer's application.

Both Siemens and Heidenhain control systems are offered on these models.

3: Gantry Machines - the TOS Kurim Gantry Machines offer widths of 2000mm, 2500mm and 3000mm, with table lengths ranging from 6000mm up to 20000mm, giving 'X' Axis travels of 5000mm upwards.

The gantry machines have a 5-axis head fitted as standard, with the option of an interchangeable head being available.

If the customer chooses the interchangeable head, a range of 5-axis and right angle heads are available with spindle speeds up to 12,000rev/min.