Following its appointment earlier this year as the exclusive UK distributor for the portfolio of machine tools from the Czech firm TOS Kurim, Axe & Status Machinery Ltd, Milton Keynes (
www.axestatus.com), is now promoting a number of machining centres from the range to machine shops faced with heavy-duty machining tasks.
For instance, the FU series of floor-type travelling-column horizontal machining centres features a modular build concept and automatic interchangeable milling heads.
The machine design is said to allow for a range of machining operations — milling, boring, roughing, reaming and threading — with target applications including the machining of heat exchangers, steam turbine parts, wind turbine shafts, engine blocks and locomotive/carriage bogies.
There are two models in the range, the FU(Q) 125 and FU(Q) 150, denoting 1,250 or 1,500mm of travel in the Y axis. Both models are available with X-axis travels ranging from 3,000 to 20,000mm (in 1,000mm increments). In addition, there are six choices of Z-axis travel between 1,400 and 4,000mm. The maximum W-axis travel is 400mm (quill) or 800mm (boring spindle).
Another important machine type in the TOS Kurim portfolio is the FUT series of table-type horizontal machining centres, which was launched at the EMO exhibition in Milan last year. Featuring rapid travel rates of up to 30m/min, these machines are built on separate longitudinal and transverse bases in the form of the letter T. Like the FU range, there is a choice of spindle head options.
The two models in the range, the FUT 150 and FUT 200, are defined by Z-axis travels of 1,500 and 2,000mm respectively. X-axis options are 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 or 6,000mm, while customers can choose from 2,000, 2,500 or 3,000mm for the Y axis.
Further machines in the portfolio include: FUB-series floor-type heavy-duty machining centres; FRU-series double-column machining centres with a travelling gantry and a fixed bed; FRF-series double-column machining centres with a fixed table and a travelling column; FRP-series double-column machining centres with a fixed elevating bridge and a travelling table; and FS-series bed-type machining centres.