Japanese machine tool maker Brother has introduced the Speedio R650X1, vertical-spindle, twin-pallet machining centre on which workpiece changeover is completed within a 3.4 second pallet change time. This is achieved by activating the tool change process and applying 50 m/min rapid movements in X and Y, along with rotation of a CNC indexer (if fitted) during pallet exchange, not after it has finished. As a result, the tool is ready to cut the next component immediately it arrives in the machining area. The machine is available in the UK from Whitehouse Machine Tools.
The Speedio R650X1 30-taper machine joins the smaller R450X1 model introduced in 2014. Both are two-pallet machines in which Brother’s ‘Quick Table’ technology provides two pallets in one by rotating about its centre.
Linear axis travels are 650 by 400 by 305 mm in X, Y and Z, with up to 30 m/min cutting feed in each.
