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Bridge-type HSM 400 is suitable for wet, dry, or graphite machining in tool and moldmaking industry. It has 7-position automatic pallet changer, tool magazines with choices of 18, 36, or 68 tools, and laser measurement system that monitors lengths and radii of tooling. Widely spaced guideways withstand forces of high speed machining. Spindle motors are liquid cooled with hybrid ceramic ball bearings to achieve speeds of 30,000, 42,000 or 60,000 rpm.Original Press Release:
Mikron Bostomatic Introduces New Generation Of High Speed Machining Centers For Die, Mold And Precision Parts Manufacturing
HSM 400 Features Integrated Automation and a Maximum Process Security System
MILFORD, Mass., Mar. 25, 2002 -Mikron Bostomatic Corporation, a subsidiary of Agie Charmilles Group, the world's leading system provider to the tool and moldmaking industry, has launched a new generation of high-speed machining centers, engineered for maximum accuracy and dynamics. The bridge-type Mikron HSM 400 is suitable for wet, dry or graphite machining. It features a seven-position automatic pallet changer and easy workpiece accessibility, both distinctive design elements in a bridge-type construction.
The single casting (monoblock) construction of the HSM 400 provides the superior machine strength and stability essential for high speed machining. It boasts a standard integral workpiece changer, allowing for economical, around-the-clock, unmanned operation. Furthermore, the HSM 400 requires no additional space for external robots and no additional controls for operation.
Designed with process security in mind, its control system makes the machine workshop friendly and easy to operate enabling users to make the move to high speed machining quickly and easily.
The concrete polymer base of the HSM 400 provides outstanding rigidity and exceptionally high thermal stability resulting in excellent workpiece surface quality and minimal tool wear. Widely spaced guideways withstand the forces of high speed machining and spindle motors are liquid cooled with hybrid ceramic ball bearings to achieve speeds of 30,000, 42,000 or 60,000 rpm.
Several types of standard pallet systems are available, plus customer-selectable tool magazines with choices of 18, 36, or 68 tools. A built-in standard laser measurement system monitors lengths and radii of tooling. The standard linear measuring system, with glass scales, ensures long-term accuracy and a high degree of operational reliability.
The HSM 400 is equipped with compact, dynamic axes reinforced by strong ribbing plus ball screws and water-cooled drive motors that are thermally separate. All ball screws have bearings on each side to generate maximum feed rates.
Mikron Bostomatic Corporation provides sales, service, parts and technical support of Mikron and Bostomatic high speed, high performance machining centers, the industry's widest range of machines, with travel ranges from 15 through 54 inches, spindle speeds up to 60,000 rpm, in a multitude of three-, four- and five-axis configurations for die/mold, job shop, aerospace, medical, electronic and other high precision applications. Headquartered just west of Boston, the company maintains fully equipped, state-of-the-art technology centers in Milford, Mass., and Chicago, Ill., for customer demonstrations.
For more information on the HSM 400 or other Mikron Bostomatic products, contact Mikron Bostomatic Corporation, 125 Fortune Boulevard, Milford, Mass. 01757. Telephone: (508) 473-4561; fax: (508) 478-7224; E-mail: info@mikronus.com. Additional details are also available at the company's website, www.mikron-ac.com.
