Horizontal Machining Center drills aluminum and magnesium.
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Bobcat(TM) Horizontal Machining Center (HMC) utilizes hybrid kinematic design to deliver high acceleration (1.5 g in X and Y axes and 2.0 g in Z axis) and rapid traverse rates (80 m/min). It also provides ±0.005 mm accuracy and ±0.0015 mm bi-directional repeatability. Unit features baseline spindle of 16,000 rpm and its saddle-on-pivot construction eliminates mass of travelling column, increasing acceleration using AC servo motors and ball screws.
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Lamb's Bobcat(TM) Horizontal Machining Center Makes North American Debut at IMTS 2002
Chicago, Ill, Sept. 4, 2002 - Lamb Technicon (Warren, MI), a UNOVA Company, will display its new Bobcat(TM) horizontal machining center at IMTS 2002 in booth A-8101. The innovative Lamb Bobcat represents a new approach to machining center design, one that optimizes metalcutting efficiency in the milling and drilling of aluminum and magnesium workpieces while minimizing capital investment costs.
The key to Bobcat's effectiveness is its unique "hybrid kinematic" design that provides velocity and acceleration comparable to linear motor machines at less cost and with equal accuracy. Bobcat is thus able to deliver high acceleration (1.5 g in the X and Y axes, 2.0 g in the Z) and superior rapid traverse rates (80 m/min in the X, Y and Z axes) together with exceptional precision (±0.005 mm accuracy and ±0.0015 mm bi-directional repeatability). It also features a baseline spindle of 16,000 rpm with an option to upgrade to a 24,000 rpm spindle for high metal removal rates.
Its "saddle-on-pivot" construction eliminates the mass of the travelling column, increasing the acceleration that can be put into the structure using standard AC servo motors and ball screws. The compact and flexible Bobcat is available in stand-alone machining center or transfer machine module configurations, and has been thoroughly field-tested in automotive machining applications.
"Customers want manufacturing ideas that improve both productivity and capital investment efficiency," observes Jim Herrman, president of Lamb Technicon. "Bobcat is an example of Lamb's on-going commitment to develop innovative flexible solutions for high-volume manufacturing, and to do it at a reasonable cost."
Lamb Technicon is one of the world's largest designers and integrators of production metal-cutting and assembly solutions for manufacturers of prismatic parts. Lamb Technicon is a division of UNOVA Industrial Automation Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of UNOVA, Inc. (NYSE:UNA). Headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, UNOVA specializes in the design and integration of manufacturing systems, primarily for the global automotive and aerospace industries. The company is also a leading supplier of automated data collection and mobile computing systems for industrial, distribution and government markets.
