High Speed Electrode Machining Center

Sodick Inc. is expanding its product line with a new high speed electrode machining center, the TT1-400A. "Designed and built in Japan, the TT1-400A is ideal for the milling of graphite and copper electrodes with extreme precision. Sodick has been a manufacturer of high precision machining centers since 1988. It developed the TT1-400A based on the advanced core technologies incorporated in the company's HS Series. The TT1-400A shares the same ultra precise motion control and linear motor drive platform that is utilized in the HS Series to achieve maximum speed and acceleration," said a company spokesperson.

Sodick first introduced linear motor driven machines in 1999, replacing the ball screw technology at the time. Sodick has over 30,000 linear motor machines delivered. "The TT1-400A benefits from the advantages of linear motor drives, including; no ball screws, no backlash, no lost motion, increased cutting speed and no maintenance. The new LN3X controller, developed by Sodick America in San Jose, CA, is designed to maximize the speed and acceleration of the Sodick linear motor drives, on the X-, Y- and Z-axes and incorporates new features to simplify work set-up," said the spokesperson.

The TT1-400A has an X, Y, Z travel of 15.75" x 9.84" x 11.81" (400 x 250 x 300 mm), respectively. The maximum spindle RPM is 40,000 and the maximum acceleration is 1.2 G. The machine is designed for stability and precision down to one micron. Other standard features of the TT1-400A include; Heidenhain glass scales, Blum Laser Tool Measurement, Integrated Torit graphite dust collector, air purged dust protection, oil mist system with mist collector and an integrated part probe.

For more information contact:

Sodick Inc.

1605 N. Penny Lane

Schaumburg, IL 60173

847-310-9000

info@sodick.com

www.sodick.com