September 2010 eNews
Toyoda has announced its new quill spindle horizontal machining center, the FH1250SW. This quill spindle version of the FH1250SX combines the original HMC’s speed with the capabilities of a boring mill, developed to increase efficiency and versatility of large part machining through process integration.
The machine demonstrates maximum power during large diameter drilling and boring cuts. The 60-horsepower, 3,000rpm spindle boasts 968ft/lbs of torque, making it ideal for steel and casting applications. Equipped with a 5.11 inch quill diameter, the FH1250SW is capable of a 21.6 inch w axis stroke. The spindle is engineered with proprietary bearing technology capable of accommodating a cutting thrust load up to 4500ft/lbs.
The machine’s standard NC table supports work pieces up to 11,000lbs/5000KG table load capacity, and the Y shaped pallet changer configuration allows for simultaneous setup of two pallets.
The FH1250SW is equipped with dual axis ball screws in both Z and Y axis. The oil-chilled ball screws are included on the x, y and z axes to suppress thermal displacement during long cycle times. The 49x49 inch pallets with x, y and z travels allow for large applications to be handled with ease.
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Toyoda
Seeing is Believing at IMTS
Sinumerik MDynamics Milling Roadshow is coming to IMTS 2010. If your company is looking for the way to more efficiently cut parts for aerospace, automotive or medical, one thing is certain — the demand for five-axis CNC machining has risen dramatically. And now there’s MDynamics: using one solid CAD/CAM/CNC process chain will get you to market faster than your five-axis competitors who will be lagging under a less integrated approach.
What is Sinumerik MDynamics?
“For users, it is extremely important to get from the blueprint to the finished part quickly, precisely and cost-effectively,” says John Meyer, marketing communications manager, Siemens Industry, Inc. “Sinumerik MDynamics combines our milling expertise together with our powerful Sinumerik CNC hardware platform, intelligent CNC functions, and our unique CAD/CAM/CNC process chain to form integrated technology packages for three- and five-axis milling.”
Seeing is believing.
According to Robert Scholz, international business development manager, Siemens Industry, Inc., Motion Control Business, “Together with leading machine tool OEMs, Siemens will demonstrate how users can benefit from accurate, high-speed machining and perfect workpiece surfaces. Every roadshow event will demonstrate part programming and simulation with NX CAM, followed by five-axis part manufacturing using MDynamics functions and Sinumerik CNC. With real applications for the automotive, aerospace and medical industry, we will prove to our customers that we are the perfect fit for every industry.”
Attend the Siemens Sinumerik MDynamics Milling Roadshow.
Roadshow schedule
20-minute demonstrations every day during IMTS, September 13–18, 2010
12:30 p.m. — Milling for Medical
DMG/ Mori Seiki, Booth S-8900
1:30 p.m. — Milling for Automotive
Grob Systems, Booth S-9066
2:30 p.m. — Milling for Aerospace
MAG, Booth S-8519
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Siemens Roadshow
Lincoln Electric has introduced phase 2.0 of its “Are You Ready?” fume control regulation awareness campaign. The campaign and its supporting materials are designed to aid fabricators in understanding the effects and requirements associated with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Metal Fabrication Hazardous Air Pollutants (MFHAP) and National Emissions Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulation.
The new EPA, MFHAP and NESHAP regulations, scheduled to take effect July 25, 2011, will require metal fabricators to reduce air emissions of metal compounds such as chromium, lead, manganese and nickel from nine metal fabrication and finishing source categories that affect welders and fabricators. These compounds can pose health risks to workers overexposed to fumes, which are emitted from various operations at metal fabrication and finishing plants.
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"Are You Ready?"
In the second quarter of 2010, order bookings in the German machine tool industry showed another unexpectedly steep rise of 71%. Domestic demand soared by 81 % and export orders were up by 66%.
The German machine tool industry supplies production technology for metalworking applications in all branches of industry.
During the first half of 2010, overall demand was 58% up on the preceding year’s figure. Domestic customers ordered 51 per cent more than in 2009, while export orders rose by 61%.
“The order engine is running at full throttle again”, comments Dr. Wilfried Schäfer, Managing Director of the VDW (German Machine Tool Builders’ Association) in Frankfurt am Main. “The steepest slump in the history of the machine tool industry has now been followed by the highest growth rates we’ve seen since the early 1970s.” What he finds particularly gratifying is the high rate of growth in domestic demand during the year’s second quarter. This, he added, shows that production output has found its feet again in wide sections of German industry.
Other important statistics for machine tool trends are also pointing upwards. Capacity utilization has climbed from its nadir in the middle of last year, at 65.9%, to 76.3% in June of this year, while the order backlog, following its low point of 5.6 months in October 2009 has recovered to 6.9 months in June of this year. In view of the downsized total capacity, however, this may be regarded as encouraging. At the end of the year’s first half, the sector was employing approximately 63,800 people: this corresponds to a fall of almost 10% compared to the preceding year. In the last few months, however, there has been discernible stabilization.
Germany’s machine tool industry, employing almost 70,000 people, produced machines and services worth 10.2 billion euros.
VDW’s Managing Director Schäfer calls for level-headedness in assessing the situation. There continue to be imponderables, he points out, such as setbacks on the US market, the anticipated slowdown in China’s growth or risks in the financial market. “The VDW’s forecast of a 12% fall in sales remains in force”, he affirms. Three aspects, he says, indicate that despite the improved situational environment the sales figures will nonetheless show a minus.
First, the order backlogs at the companies continue to be thin. Second, the high growth rates in order bookings are also attributable to a baseline effect. The order volume showed a minus of 66% in the first half of 2009. And finally, the key question is when the order bookings will show up in the actual sales figures. The answer has to differentiate between manufacturers of general-purpose and customized machines: companies making general-purpose machines who possessed sufficient liquidity to fill their component stores are able to deliver quickly, and can indubitably book sales during the ongoing year. The majority of customized-machinery manufacturers, however, need longer lead times, due to more protracted negotiations with high-demand large-scale users, plus the larger amounts of design work also required. Their coffers are not going to start filling again until next year.
The German machine tool industry ranks among the five largest sector categories in the mechanical engineering segment. It supplies production technology for metalworking applications in all branches of industry, and makes a vital contribution to boosting productivity. Due to its absolute key position for industrial production, its development is also an important indicator for the dynamism of the nation’s industrial sector as a whole. In 2009, Germany’s machine tool industry, employing almost 70,000 people (firms with more than 20 employees) produced machines and services worth 10.2 billion euros. This corresponded to a decrease of 30 per cent in production output following an historic high in 2008.
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