The machine tool, which is currently in build at PTG Holroyd’s UK-based technology centre, will be shipped to one of the compressor manufacturer’s facilities in China’s Jiangsu province early next year.
It will be used to bring greater production flexibility to a PTG Holroyd 8EX rotor milling machine that has been in reliable daily operation since 2014 and is currently supported by a smaller PTG Holroyd CS500 tool management centre.
“Our customer has several PTG Holroyd milling and grinding machines in use across its global sites,” said PTG Holroyd sales director, Mark Curran.
“The CS700 machine has been designed especially for the production of high-accuracy profile forms of up to 700 mm in diameter on finish milling cutters. Offering significantly greater capacity than the CS500 (500 mm diameter capacity) model currently in use, it will play a significant role in expanding the size range of the screw rotors produced by our customer on their 8EX rotor milling machine.”
“The accuracy of any helical screw form relates directly to the accuracy of the cutting tool that is used to create it,” continued Curran.
“In offering the CS700 tool management centre, we are enabling producers of larger helical components to benefit from complete control of all aspects of the cutting tools they use. The CS700 produces high accuracy profile forms on a wide range of tool materials; these range from traditional, high-speed steel, to exotic materials such as carbide and ‘AS’ finish machining systems.”