CNC turning centres with a swing over bed of up to 720mm and turning length of 1000mm between centres have a drive power up to 46kW and a speed range up to 4,000 rev/min.

Leader CNC of Nuneaton, UK, is proud to announce that it has been selected as the UK Distributor for German manufacturer Monforts, whose range of high specification CNC lathes complements the DMC turning centres and Toshiba and Kitamura machining centres already distributed by Leader CNC. Leader CNC sales director Mike Serzeniewski commented: 'This new agency now puts Leader CNC in an ideal position to offer the marketplace a complete range of machining and turning centres'. 'As expected of a German manufacturer, the Monforts range has an exemplary build quality with productivity and capabilities to compete with just about any turning centre on the market'.

'This range will be supported by our exceptional sales and service ability that has been proven with Leader CNC serving as Main European Dealer for Toshiba Machine and our award for 'Commitment, Innovation and Excellence' from Kitamura Machinery.' * The Monforts range - with over 100 years experience in design, manufacture and assembly of high quality machine tools, the Monforts range will no doubt achieve considerable success of in the UK.

Now available from Leader CNC is the Monforts RNC, DNC, MNC and the KNC range of turning centres.

The RNC line is the main product line available from Leader CNC and it has the SingleTurn, DuoTurn and MultiTurn options.

The RNC 400, RNC 500, RNC 600 and RNC 700 are available with 420, 600, 640 and 720mm swing over bed diameters respectively and a turning length of 600mm (RMC 400) and 1000mm.

Available with Siemens or Fanuc controls the RNC range has a drive power up to 46kW and a speed range up to 4,000rpm dependant upon the option selected.

All MultiTurn machines come with 12 driven tools and a drive power of 12.6kW and 13.6kW dependent upon control selection.

The RNC 400 and RNC 500 DuoTurn series are available with an A6 spindle nose, 64mm spindle bore 52mm bar capacity in the draw tube and a maximum drive power of 22/25kW.

For complete machining of intricate components the DNC 500 DuoTurn twin spindle turning centre will be available with a Z1/Z2 and X1/X2 traverse of 600/600mm and 260/260mm respectively plus an 85mm bar capacity on both spindles.

With two turrets and two spindles this machine is a successful integration of two high performance machines in a single machine concept that enables turning, drilling and milling for complete machining of complex parts.

For machining of larger components up to 90 and 85mm (125mm option available), the MNC 500 and MNC 1000 range of SingleTurn and MultiTurn turning centres are heavy duty machine tools with 12-fold turrets and driven tools delivers a true sense of complete machining.

The driven tools permit the machining of eccentric bores, threads and milled faces.

The MNC can be developed to suit the exacting requirements of the end user with a tailstock or subspindle, steady rest or lower slide, Fanuc or Siemens control and a Y-axis as just a few of the options on offer.

For machining even larger parts up to 1500mm length, the UniCen turning centre from Monforts is available in two variations - the UniCen 500 and UniCen 1000.

The UniCen is a turning and milling centre with up to five interpolating axes including an integrated B-axis permits the machining of free form faces.

This high productivity machine incorporates an NC controlled chain magazine that has 34 tool positions with the option of 60 or 90 tools, which are available in HSK63 or Capto C6 fittings.

As a measure of quality, all Monforts CNC machines incorporate a maintenance and wear free longitudinal guiding system.

This hydrostatic main guide is free of any frictional contact independent of the rate of traverse.

This hydrostatic slideway comes complete with a 10 year guarantee.

Beside the high specification CNC range of turning centres Leader CNC will also be providing the Monforts KNC 500S, KNC 600, KNC 800 and 800S and the KNC 1000 range of conventional turning centres.

With 580, 630, 830 and 1100 swing diameter over bed, this series of turning centre utilises the MTC K series control system with a control philosophy that is suited to the practical experience of the operator.