Installed in February 2016, the Fox 50 offers 5 m in its X-axis (on a rack and pinion system), 3.8 m in Y (on linear scales) and 1.2 m in Z (on hardened box slideways with temperature control). The machine was supplied with a universal, automatic positioning head, automatic toolchanger, probing and a 6,000 rpm/52 kW spindle.
“William Cook bought the Fox 50 to machine full railway bogies,” explains Gary Sanderson, director at DTS. “The company can machine the entire component, reaching every position, without having to move the bogie, which is a major benefit. In March 2016, it was joined by a Correa HVM travelling-column machine, which is again being used to produce rail industry components.”
The Correa Anayak HVM delivers 5 m X-axis travel, with 1.2 and 2 m in Y and Z respectively. It features two working areas, each equipped with a rotary table to facilitate pendulum machining, if required. Alternatively, users can take advantage of the entire working area for single-piece machining. The machine supplied to William Cook sported the same universal head and automatic toolchanger as those that feature on the Fox 50.
This article was first published in the June issue of Machinery magazine.
