Kitamura Machinery will showcase, for the first time, its new SUPERCELL-300G 5-axis, horizontal flexible manufacturing cell. Attendees will be able to view the SUPERCELL-300G and its 20-station APC with work I.D. system and 174 tool matrix style tool changer in the Kitamura booth.
Packing 20 pallets into a 151" wide footprint, the SUPERCELL-300G is a space saving production center with the ability to run small to medium sized, highly complex parts completely unmanned. With up to 80 pallets available, Kitamura's integrated work I.D. system employs an IC chip on each pallet allowing for storage and communication of pallet work data quickly and accurately to the pallet scheduling sub menu. Pallet table size is O200 mm (O7.9") round with a maximum height of 200 mm (7.9"). The uniquely integrated design of the pallet pool system in front of the machine allows easy access and easy visibility of all pallets simultaneously for easier part set-up and quality control.
Kitamura's Automatic Work Handling Robot is exclusively designed for the SUPERCELL-300G, allowing for smooth and swift pallet change out, reducing pallet load and unload times for precise and safe JIT operation for highly mixed production runs.
The SUPERCELL-300G is designed with a 360° rotary table combined with a highly rigid integrated trunnion table with an A-axis travel of 30 to -120° for maximum flexibility in positioning the workpiece closer to the spindle. The 4th and 5th axis employs ultra-high precision roller gear cam technology along with a hydraulic clamping system designed to tackle more complex 5-axis simultaneous machining with stability and accuracy.
The standard 20,000 RPM, built-in, dual contact spindle offers the benefits of high speed, smooth precision and the ability to handle a variety of exotic materials often found in the medical, aerospace and general machining industries. The horizontal spindle design brings with it increased rigidity and easy accessibility to the workpiece when compared to a spindle unsupported in the vertical position. The SUPERCELL-300G also offers the advantages of enhanced chip management for greater levels of accuracy, increased productivity, better surface finishes, quick part change over and longer tool life when compared to a vertical machining center. Positioning accuracy is +/-0.002 mm (0.000079")/full stroke, and repeatability is +-0.001 mm (0.000039").
Enhanced magazine tool capacity and ease of use can be found in the 174-tool matrix style tool changer (up to 314 tools available). The matrix magazine handles tools up to 350 mm (13.7") in length, O150 mm (O5.9") in diameter and weighing 22 lbs. Kitamura's patented high-speed, fixed pot ATC system ensures proper tool identification, and the matrix design means quicker (1.3 second) and smoother tool changes when dealing with more complicated parts that often times require a large number of tools.
"Linear scale feedback in all axes, high speed rapid feedrates of 60 m/min (2,362 IPM), 67 million pule encoder technology and Kitamura's original icon driven Arumatik-Mi CNC deliver fast, smooth processing for optimum simultaneous machining of complex parts-completely unmanned," said a company spokesperson.
For more information contact:
Kitamura Machinery of USA Inc.
78 E. Century Drive
Wheeling, IL 60090
847-520-7755
info@kitamura-machinery.com
www.kitamura-machinery.com
IMTS 2018 Level 3, Booth S-339148