Emag has developed a new machine design platform for machining shaft-type components, and will be unveiled at the forthcoming EMO exhibition in Hannover.

Emag has developed a new machine design platform for machining shaft-type components, and will be unveiled at the forthcoming EMO exhibition in Hannover. The company will also show a new machine design for round and out-of-round grinding, which has resulted from the amalgamation of Reinecker, Karstens and Kopp in the Emag group. The technology can be applied to small and large shafts, cam shafts and crankshafts as well as chucked components.

A simple integral loading device is used for workloading/unloading.

Special grinding cycles reduce grinding times by up to 50%, claims Emag.

Kopp will be showing a new 5-axis high performance grinding centre with a tool changer for complete grinding applications.

Folowing the co-operation between Emag and Hardinge, a second larger VL pick-up spindle turning machine, the Hardinge Emag VL 5, will be shown.

This machine, along with the existing VL 3, is a 'leaner' version of the production machines, has a smaller footprint and suits jobbing shop usage.

The VL series is being built at an Emag Hardinge joint venture plant in Leipzig, Germany.