Step up to the plate

It can accommodate drilling, milling, marking, scribing, tapping, chamfering and cutting of heavy steel plates up to 100mm thick and 3,100mm in width.

The Tipo G31 system is one of the most productive and versatile machines currently available for manufacturers of heavy structural steelwork, agricultural, earth moving and mining equipment looking to maximise productivity, minimise production costs and increase accuracy when processing large heavy steel plate.

It can be equipped with dual spindles with independent sub-axis which increase the productivity over single spindle lines by approximately 40%. The dual spindles can drill, mill and scribe simultaneously even if the holes are not in line – and up to 24 tools can be available for each spindle.

The Tipo G features a double bridge structure with the spindle or spindles located within the two bridges to maximise spindle guidance and rigidity.

The hold down clamp firmly secures the plate avoiding any vibrations that could compromise the part quality, accuracy and tool life. Once the material clamp is engaged, the sub-axis produces all drilling, scribing or milling operations within the clamping window. This eliminates the need to clamp and unclamp and reposition the material in the length direction for each spindle’s operation.

In addition to the drilling heads, the Tipo G31 can be equipped with two plasma torches (straight or bevel) and up to three oxycutting torches. There is also an option to extend both the infeed and outfeed tables to process plates up to 40ft in length.

The integration of an automatic part unloading system makes the Tipo G ideal for small to medium size parts.

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