MACH 2010 - World premiere of Star’s 38 mm mill-turn centre

The new lathe has 12 CNC axes shared between two C-axis spindles and three live turrets for one-hit machining of complex components. Rapid traverses of 30 m/min on the X and Z-axis result in short idle times. A 3-axis and a 2-axis turret can perform combinations of turning and prismatic machining concurrently on round or hexagonal bar, rotating at up to 7,000 rpm in the 11 kW main spindle. Another 2-axis turret is devoted to simultaneous back-working on a parted-off component in the 7,000 rpm, 7.5 kW counter spindle. In addition to the ST-38 fitted with an FMB Turbo 5-55 bar magazine, there will be a 10 mm capacity SR-10J equipped with an FMB Micromag and three 20 mm capacity lathes: an SR-20RIII with LNS 5-42 three-metre magazine; ECAS-20T plus FMB Turbo 3-36; and the SR-20JN without guide bush, fed from an LNS short bar magazine. Other equipment on display will include: LNS bar feeders; Star GB's agency range of FMB bar magazines; high-pressure coolant systems from Pumps & Equipment; Filtermist oil mist collection and filtration; Nobel fire suppression; PSL Datatrack production management software; cutting tools from WNT and NTK. Also, two agency lines from Emmaco UK, namely IBAG high speed spindles and Argotech acoustic and power monitoring systems. There will also be the opportunity to inspect manufactured parts on a Hommel Opticline non-contact measuring system from Metrology Direct.