XYZ Machine Tools will be highlighting examples from its range of affordable and easy to program CNC machine tools at Tooling 2001 on Stand 1162.

XYZ Machine Tools will be highlighting examples from its range of affordable and easy to program CNC machine tools at Tooling 2001 on Stand 1162. The company's range of value for money CNC lathes and mills has been designed for the rapid production of one offs and small batch work and features simple on-machine programming which is both fast and effective. Four different types of machine will be exhibited: a Proturn 420 manual/CNC combination lathe, an Edge 1500 CNC turret mill, a DPM CNC bed mill and the Fast Tap tapping unit.

Featuring the powerful yet easy to use LX3 control system, the Proturn 420 manual/CNC combination lathe has been developed for general jobbing shop type work.

In terms of specification it provides spindle speeds up to 2500 rev/min, a 480mm swing over the bed (700mm in the gap), a 10HP motor and an 80mm spindle bore.

The lathe comes as standard with an air assisted 'floating' tailstock, constant surface speed and fully interlocked, guarding.

The EDGE 1500 CNC turret mill is a highly versatile and cost effective two axis machine.

Its easy to use control provides the functions machinists really need to increase production without all the 'extras' which make other CNC systems complicated.

EDGE can handle arcs, diagonals and pockets and this 'no nonsense' system provides an easy transition between manual and CNC operation.

Brief specification of the machine includes: axis travels of 660 (X) by 330 (Y) by 406mm (Z), 3HP spindle drive and work table area of 1066 by 228mm.

Developed for larger components and two or three axis CNC milling, XYZ's DPM CNC bed mills provide a higher capacity than the turret mill series.

While DPM machines are more powerful and rigid, they still use the same shop floor programming concept (AGE2 or 3 system) for speed and ease of use.

With a working envelope of 750 (X) by 550 (Y) by 500mm (Z axis), the DPM has a 5HP variable speed head, spindle speeds up to 3600 rev/min and a table measuring 1372 by 355mm.

Finally, Fast Tap machines provide a simple, cost effective solution to threading holes up to M24 in steel and aluminium.

They are designed around a simple pantographic arm carrying an air motor which will tap blind holes and well as through holes, both vertically and horizontally.

With a standard 1200mm reach, the five-model series allows larger fabrications or plates to remain stationery while the tap can be positioned within a 3400mm circle.