Integrated milling system based on CNC milling centres mounted at either end of a shared table- work on individual components or one large one - including 5-axis scanning.
Now available from 600 Centre of Shepshed in Leicestershire, is the Fidia Y2K Boxer, an integrated milling system based on either the Fidia K411 or K414 milling centres mounted at either end of a shared table. Both milling centres are totally autonomous when machining different work pieces or can work on different pre-defined areas of a single workpiece. Both spindles can also overlap along the Y-axis of the machine if required.

Five-axis digitising and scanning can be performed using both spindles and there is an electronic tracer whereby the Fidia C20 control compensates for any differences between tracer and milling cutter when machining.

Control is via Fidia's C20 unit with 60GB hard disk memory and HIMILL software for 3-D toolpath generation.

The machines have working strokes of 4350mm in X, 2475mm in Y and 1000 mm in Z for the K411 and 1400 mm in Z for the K414.

Axis speeds are 24m/min and the table will take loads up to 30 tonnes.

The spindles are 34 kW units giving 24,000 rev/min and +95 deg to -110 deg A-axis bi-rotary movement taken at up to 2000 deg/min.

C-axis rotation is + 200 deg taken at up to 1,200 deg/min and the A-axis +95 deg to -110 deg.