Seymour unveils heavy-duty milling/boring machines

Seymour Engineering has introduced a range of heavy-duty, large-capacity precision CNC milling and boring machines: the F Type (travelling column) and the T Type 3,000mm (travelling table).

The machines can be built with various column heights and longer or shorter rams.

The F Type X axis can be built to customer requirements and the T Type table can be shorter if required.
An F Type version is currently being built for a customer in Lancashire with the following specification: fabricated bed sections; cast-iron column, ram and saddles; precision linear rails and guides; high-precision ball screws; gearless ram drive to the milling head; X-axis travel 13,000mm; Y-axis travel 3,000mm; Z-axis travel 1,050mm; hydraulic counterbalance to the Y axis; and manual universal milling head with hydraulic draw bar.
The CNC is Siemens 840D SL and servos are from Siemens Sinamics.
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If only we had CNC on our heavy machines

On visits to heavy engineering and power station maintenance shops, the production engineers there have often said: "If only we had CNC.... Acu-Rite now offers free feasibility studies to fit CNC.

On visits to heavy engineering and power station maintenance shops, the production engineers there have often said: "If only we had CNC on this Kearns horizontal borer, on this Noble and Lund plano miller ....

Well, Acu-Rite, manufacturers of digital read-out systems and 3D CNC retrofit 'kits', is now able to take enquiries from users of 'heavy' and 'super-heavy' machine tools.
The company offers free feasibility studies for fitting advanced DRO or full CNC systems and drives packages - Mike Page.
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