Compact drill/tap/milling centre

Citation

(2008), "Compact drill/tap/milling centre", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 80 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2008.12780eab.018

Compact drill/tap/milling centre

Article Type: Aerospace technology From: Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: An International Journal, Volume 80, Issue 5

The Dugard Eagle 450-XP is a high speed drill/tap/mill centre that occupies a very compact floor area of just 2.4 × 1.5 m. In typical C Dugard of Hove flexibility of specification details, the machine can be almost tailored to a specific production requirement with, for instance, a choice spindle taper of BT 30 or BT 40, from spindles having a high torque 8,000 revs/min, a mid-range 12,000 revs/min or high speed 15,000 revs/min. There is also a selection of control systems from Fanuc or Siemens, a fourth-axis package as well as electronic tool length measurement and spindle probing options.

The Eagle 450-XP has a 700 × 320 mm table carried on a wide slideway design of a heavily ribbed Mehanite casting that weighs some 2.2 ton. Travels in X, Y and Z are 450 × 350 × 380 mm that are covered at a rapid traverse rate of 36 m/min in each axis. Positioning accuracy is +0.005 mm and repeatability +0.003 mm.

A choice can be made of 8,000 revs/min spindles from Fanuc with a 5.5 kW drive or 8.5 kW from Siemens. In addition, the Dugard Eagle 450-XP+ version can be specified with a 15,000 revs/min Fanuc drive. Toolchange is via 12 position carousel as standard on the 450-XP with a chip-to-chip time of 10 s or a 16 station, twim-arm toolchange with a chip-to-ship time of 2 s.

A chip management system is standard with powerful flushing and screw conveyor to the rear of the machine. Control options are Fanuc O/with 7.2 in. LCD screen or Siemens 802D carrying a 10.4 in. colour TFT with graphic display. Rigid tapping is standard.

For further details please contact: C Dugard Machine Tools, Tel.: +44 (0)1273 732286, web site: www.dugard.com