Ajax brings out the brutes for heavy duty milling
For roughing out when creating datums for dies and moulds, hogging out, removing scale and harder surfaces prior to resetting for precision machining, Ajax Machine Tools has introduced its AJVBM non-CNC vertical milling machine series.. Each of the four machines is constructed on heavy duty ribbed castings, with added rigidity conferred by hardened and ground solid boxways and ISO 50 spindle taper.
The smallest machine, the AJVBM 3, has a 1,700 by 380 mm table with up to 600 mm gap between spindle and table, and travels are 1,000 by 380 by 500 mm. The spindle drive is 5.5 kW, giving a speed range 45 to 1,500 rpm in 12 steps, and the feed range is variable between 20 and 1,000 mm/min.
Weighing in at 11.8 tonnes, the largest machine, the AJVBM 8, has a 2,700 by 750 mm table with up to 770 mm between spindle and table. Travels are 2,000 by 800 by 700 mm. The 11 kW spindle has infinitely variable speed range between 45 and 1,500 rpm and feedrates are variable up to 1,000 mm/min.
The AJVBM Series can be specified with Heidenhain or Newall 2- or 3-axis digital read-out.
