The Giddings & Lewis T-bed horizontal boring mill, introduced at IMTS 2016, is now available with a range of contouring heads and programmable boring bars also known as feedout tools. Feedout tools add an extra level of machining versatility to live spindle horizontal boring mills. Providing a programmable axis capable of turning and complex machining operations, contouring heads and programmable boring bars improve quality and decrease cycle time and manufacturing costs by reducing the number of tools and set-ups required.
Because they are a programmable axis, feedout tools are able to machine part features of varying sizes with a single tool. The live spindle Z-axis motion moves the attachment cross slide providing radial feed to the tool. Bores, tapers, grooves, chamfers, phonographic finishes and recesses of differing sizes are just some of the operations possible with a single tool. Giddings & Lewis T-bed boring mills are available with contouring heads able to produce bores from 0 to 1,250 mm (0 to 49.2") in diameter. The cutting range of the programmable boring bars is 150 to 580 mm (5.9" to 22.8") depending on the bar size. The ability to do turning operations without the need to move the part to a lathe improves part quality by reducing the potential for errors.
The U.S.-built Giddings & Lewis T-bed boring mill, with rigid cast iron construction and extreme accuracy, was designed and priced with job shops in mind. Engineered for flat-floor installation, small footprint and low ceiling clearance, the boring mill is configured with a 10,000-kg capacity (22,000 lbs) 1,250 x 1,400 mm (49.2" x 55.1") contouring rotary table. The 130 or 155 mm (5.1" or 6.1") gear-driven spindles are available with drives up to 45 kW (60 HP) and 3,380 Nm (2,493 ft-lbs) of torque.
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Fives Giddings & Lewis, LLC
A subsidiary of Fives Machining Systems, Inc.
142 Doty Street
Fond du Lac, WI 54935
920-921-9400
www.fivesgroup.com
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Hillary Machinery, Inc.
1825 Summit Ave, #207
Plano, TX 75074
972-578-1515
www.hillaryinc.com
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Cardinal Machinery, Inc.
7535 Appling Center Dr.
Memphis, TN 38133
901-377-3107
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Carl J. Brownlee, Jr.
6060 Rocky Schoals Ct.
Tucker, GA 30084
770-309-5365
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Crotts & Saunders, LLC
2709 Boulder Park Ct.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
336-765-7250
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Edward J. Walker Company, Inc.
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6416 Fly Rd.
East Syracuse, NY 13057
315-432-0708
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Ross Machinery Sales, Inc.
212 North Plains Industrial Rd.
Wallingford, CT 06492
203-269-2950
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Concept Machine Tool
15625 Medina Rd.
Minneapolis, MN 55447
763-559-1975
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407 Austin Circle
Delafield, WI 53018
763-559-1975
www.conceptmachine.com
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Maruka USA, Inc.
1210 NE Douglas
Lee's Summit, MO 64086
816-607-5444
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Methods Machine Tools, Inc.
2400 Vantage Dr.
Elgin, IL 60124
847-783-6800
www.methodsmachine.com
MI
Methods Machine Tools, Inc.
50531 Varsity Ct.
Wixom, MI 48393
248-624-1720
www.methodsmachine.com
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