NEW TURNING, MILLING, COIL-FED TURNING SYSTEMS
Based on the Tornos (Lombard, IL) Deco a-line, the new EvoDECO offers the highest possible rigidity and the most powerful spindles on the market today. Fully synchronous drives offer incredible acceleration/deceleration to significantly reduce cycle times for parts that require a lot of stopping. A versatile and affordable machine, the EvoDECO comes well equipped and works with or without a guide bush.
Ten axes plus two C axes on the EvoDECO 16a (or 8 + 2 on the EvoDECO 16e) are managed simultaneously with perfect interpolarity between axes. Four independent tool systems on the EvoDECO 16a (three on the EvoDECO 16e) allow simultaneous bar and secondary operation work.
Key to the EvoDECO?s success is its new powered-spindle technology that provides identical front and counter spindles with an increase in power and torque on both ? plus a significant reduction in downtime due to stoppage, indexing, acceleration, deceleration which allows the EvoDECO machines to go from 0 to 8,000 rpm in milliseconds. The new spindle technology, with rotational speeds of 12,000 rpm on the main and counter spindles, also eliminates noise and reduces maintenance.
Standard equipment on the EvoDECO includes: an integrated chiller unit, rotating guide bush and tool motors, C1 + C4 axes, interpolation in polar coordinates, clamping force fine adjustment, pneumatic workpiece ejector, collet cleaning with oil, automatic centralized lubrication cycle, cooling pump with self-cleaning filter, timer for preheating cutting oil, feeder and connecting tube interface, and TB-DECO + ADV programming software on a Fanuc 16i TB control.
A new Tornos single spindle turning center and an expanded Almac and Esco by Tornos product lineup will also be on display at the show. The EvoDECO is the latest innovation to come out of Tornos Switzerland and comes with a renown 50-year build quality, Swiss precision, and world-class local service. The productivity improvements afforded by this latest innovation will allow manufacturers to shift workflow to the processes that ensure the greatest return. Where some production methods were once considered too targeted or too small a niche and demanded a highly enriched workforce, shops using this equipment can now achieve high productivity with the workforce they have employed right now. Swiss turning of exotic materials and highly complex parts utilizing simultaneous front and back working and a high number of special tools is no longer ?black magic.? Tornos machines have these capabilities built in and optimized. Current operators can take on work that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago.
The company will also be showcasing expanded Almac milling machines and Esco by Tornos coil-fed turning machine lines. All Almac and Esco by Tornos machines are backed by Tornos? first-class service and support here in the US. The Almac product line is manufactured in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and its Swiss-made quality, like other machines offered by Tornos, is evident in the machines? rigid construction and very high precision output. The complete product range includes horizontal milling machines with 3 or more axes, vertical milling machines, high speed machining centers, and drilling machines. Of special note at IMTS will be the Almac CU 1007 machine paired with a robot.
Esco by Tornos turning centers accept coil stock in addition to bar stock, which has several unique benefits for parts in the Esco range of up to 12 mm diameter. Coil stock requires less floor space and eliminates the downtime caused by bar stock changeover. It also produces less scrap than bar stock for parts in the Esco range. In Esco by Tornos machines, the cutting tools (mounted onto the spinning tool head) rotate around the material.
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