Sliding head success for Dugard

As manufacturers up and down the country switch production output to machining small turned components for ventilator parts, the attributes of the Hanwha range are coming to the fore. The Hanwha XE Series is the latest generation in a well-established and successful line of rigid, productive, robust and flexible turning centres; and particularly successful during this challenging period is the Hanwha XE35.

The compact heavy-duty machine is the largest in the XE Series with the facility to turn bar up to 35mm diameter within its compact 2.3 x 1.2 x 1.7m footprint. The rigid 2,750kg machine is ideal for machining hard materials and undertaking high-volume material removal. This is demonstrated by the vibration dampening heavy cast construction and the strong and rigid tool post that all combine to create a platform for excellent surface finishes and enhanced tool life.

From a technical perspective, the flexible Hanwha XE35 has a powerful 2.2/5kW main spindle motor and a 1.5/2.2kW sub-spindle motor, both achieving a maximum spindle speed of 6,500rpm. The high-torque spindle motors are matched by the powerful and intuitive Hanwha software, the Fanuc-0i CNC and the gear type modular live tooling configuration.

The tooling configuration combines power, rigidity and flexibility with 18 tooling positions that provide simultaneous front and rear spindle machining through a platen of five fixed tools and four driven tools in the X1-axis with another four driven tools on the Z2-axis plane, one on the Z1-axis that is accompanied by an additional four tool stations for boring, drilling and the machining of other internal features.

All live tooling positions offer a high spindle speed of 6,000rpm with a 1kW spindle motor. The modular gear type live tooling configuration is an innovative design that generates high torque levels for heavy drilling and milling cycles.

The axes stroke of the XE35 is particularly spacious with 210mm in the Z1-axis, 62mm in the X1-axis, 340mm in the Y1-axis, 205mm in Z2 and 312mm in X2.

Optionally, the machine is available with the H, J, N and NE configurations to open a world of opportunities to end-users. The H and N variants have been designated as guide-bush and non-guide bush options to provide differing bar turning length, capacity and set-up configurations within the work area for the end-user.

In addition, the XE35 is also offered with the J and NE variants; unlike the H and N variants, these models offer four static tool positions in the Z2 axis as opposed to two driven and two static positions on the H and N models.

Dugard www.dugard.com