Cnc Machines

CMZ said that its powerful TL CNC lathes have a box-section guide design for maximum rigidity and accuracy, which makes they are ideal for machining difficult aerospace alloys.

Spanish machine tool manufacturer, CMZ, offers 24 models of its TL series of CNC lathes and turning centres.

These machines, said the company, combine speed, power and accuracy in a compact and cost-effective package.

The TL range includes driven tool versions with C-axis, sub-spindle versions, servo tail-stock options and chuck sizes ranging from 165mm up to 250mm.

The TL lathes can be fitted with CMZ’s GL20 gantry robot, which provides unmanned operation machining billets or shafts, as well as machining from bar.

* Lot of power from a small machine tool ‘footprint’ – the largest, and best-selling, machine in the range is the TL 25, said CMZ to manufacturingtalk.

The TL 25 is available in two spindle sizes for machining from 66mm or 77mm diameter bar and has a 250mm chucking capacity.

The machine has a massive 40kW oil-cooled integrated spindle motor, combined with 17kW of power on the driven tools, giving it exceptional power in a small footprint.

The TL 25 BMS model features a 12kW sub-spindle powered by an oil-cooled integrated motor.

* Structure – the TL machines have a box-section guide design for maximum rigidity and accuracy, which, combined with the power of the spindle and driven tooling, means they are ideal for machining difficult materials such as aerospace alloys, said CMZ.

The main spindle, and where fitted, the sub-spindle, have oil-cooled integrated spindle motors, which provide exceptional accuracy and surface finish while contributing to the compact design of the machines.

The TL machines are competitively priced, because CMZ uses common components as far as possible across the range.

Common components include the cast iron base, which is machined and heat treated and ground in house on CMZ’s Favretto grinders.

* Largest machines – the larger machines in the range offer a choice or 10 or 12-station high-speed, non-lift servo turrets – rotating 180 deg in just 0.5s and giving adjacent tool change times of just 0.15s.

A 12-station radial or axial VDI 40 turret is offered as an alternative at no extra cost.

The machines are supplied as standard with the latest Fanuc HVi motors – with 1 million pulse/rev encoding for high precision.

Included are the latest Fanuc 30 series CNCs with Manual Guide i conversation programming.