XYZ Machine Tools will populate its stand (S122) at Southern Manufacturing with a diverse selection of milling and turning machines from its extensive range. These machines will highlight the benefits that XYZ machines can bring to a wide cross-section of manufacturing businesses, from the smallest tool room through to blue-chip companies
Central to XYZ’s range are its ProtoTRAK controlled mills and lathes. These will be represented by the popular SMX 3500 bed mill and the SLX 355 lathe. Both machines benefit from XYZ’s ProtoTRAK control system which provides simplicity and ease of use, thanks to a wide range of conversational cycles, making it ideal for one-off and small batch quantities. The control can be operated without any knowledge of CNC, with operators producing parts within a day with minimal training. Combined with the control the XYZ bed mills and SLX lathes provide a robust machining platform with solid Meehanite cast bases, Turcite-B coated bedways on the mills, and extra wide vee and flat bedways on the SLX lathes.
Also on display is the new XYZ 2-OP portable vertical machining centre, which also features the ProtoTRAK control system, making it 
fully compatible with existing XYZ machines. The XYZ 2-OP is designed as a portable vertical machining centre that can bring cellular manufacturing to virtually any machine shop. The cycle time savings resulting from using the XYZ 2-OP in this fashion are significant, with the additional benefit of freeing up more expensive machine tool capacity from doing pre- or secondary operation work and the maximisation of available labour hours. While the XYZ 2-OP may be compact and portable, it still has an impressive specification with axis travels of 355 mm by 305 mm by 455 mm (xyz), with a table size of 457 mm x 381 mm, a maximum table load of 250 kg, and rapid traverse is 15 m/min in all axes. Performance is enhanced by the use of a 3 hp (50 – 6000 revs/min) BT30 spindle that is supported by an eight-position toolchanger. All of this sits within a footprint of just 1220 mm by 760 mm.
For those looking at full CNC equipped machines, XYZ Machine Tools will display an XYZ 710 VMC vertical machining centre and an XYZ Compact Turn 52 turning centre. Across the XYZ VMC range there is a common feature of high quality manufacture, with features such as solid Meehanite castings and extra wide induction hardened box slideways with Turcite-B coatings adding to rigidity and performance. Standard specification of the VMC range includes an 8000 revs/min 20 hp spindle, with feedrates up to 20 m/min in all axes.
The Compact Turn 52 may be the smallest turning centre in the extensive range of CNC turning available from XYZ Machine Tools, with a footprint of just 1700 mm by 1450 mm in its standard form. However, it still provides a powerful machining platform thanks to its 5000 revs/min/20 hp spindle and axis travels of 185 mmm and 325 mm (X and Z), with rapid traverse rates of 20 m/min. Like all of the machines in the XYZ range, these turning centres benefit from a highly rigid and stable construction, with hardened and ground box slideways and solid meehanite castings for the major components.
XYZ Machine Tools
Tel: 01823 674200
Email: nigel.atherton@xyzmachinetools.com
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