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Compact Mid-Size HMC Offers High Speed



Kitamura Machinery has expanded on its small footprint horizontal machining center (HMC) lineup with the Mycenter-HX300iG/400. "Manufactured in Japan with premium grade castings that are meticulously hand-scraped and assembled to assure final fit and finish unmatched in the industry, the HX300iG/400 offers customers heavy duty cutting performance, enhanced accuracy and long-term reliability in horizontal machining applications, while providing a large work envelope within an 8 feet x 12 feet footprint," said a company spokesperson.

"The Mycenter-HX300iG/400 offers a large work envelope for a machine of its size: X-axis=460 mm (18.1 inches), Y-axis=510 mm and Z-axis 560 mm (22 inches) with a maximum workpiece diameter of O500 mm (O19.7 inches), maximum workpiece height of 745 mm (29.3 inches) give the user the size and performance comparable to 400 mm HMCs offered by the competition," said the spokesperson. A newly available 400 mm table option offers additional workholding possibilities. An additional 5th axis can be added to both pallets in the field for greater flexibility and less handling of more complex parts.

"A 30 HP, 15,000 RPM, #40 taper, direct drive, dual contact spindle has the ability and rigidity to handle a variety of exotic materials and offers best in class speed and performance," said the spokesperson. A 20,000 RPM high speed, dual contact spindle is an available option.

The HX300iG/400 is automation ready and field expandable up to an 8-station pallet pool for unmanned operation potential. FMS connectivity is an available option. The standard fully integrated 4th axis rotary table with integral drive motor enables high speed rapids of 150 RPM (54,000 deg/min), reducing cut time, eliminating backlash and providing positioning accuracy of ±2 arc sec.

A field expandable 50-tool fixed pot ATC (assures tools are always returned to the same pot and the next tool to be used is kept in a "stand-by" pot) allows for the addition of up to 200 tools as needs change. A 1.3 sec. tool to tool change contributes to the reduction in overall cycle time.

"Ultra-high precision means enhanced positioning accuracy of ±0.002 mm (±0.000079")/full stroke with 67 million pulse encoder technology, delivering 67 times finer resolution and 67 times better finish accuracy. High rapid/cutting feeds of 60 m/min (2,362 IPM), ball screw cooling and fine resolution (10 nanometer) optical linear scale feedback in X, Y, Z linear axes are all standard features, making this space-saving, mid-size HMC the go-to for a wide variety of metalcutting requirements," said the spokesperson.

Kitamura's interactive touchscreen icon driven Arumatik-Mi control offers user friendly, unique features, such as on demand "HELP" guidance, visual work setting, maintenance support functions, Anywhere-Remote E-mail status update technology and a 19" swivel color LCD to easily guide the user in a completely customizable and expandable control environment with software upgrades available throughout the life of the control.

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

SOUTHWEST

NM

Dennis Leonard

AME, Inc.

5770 Clarkson Street, #C

Denver, CO 80216

303-922-9266

www.amerm.com

TX, OK, AR, LA

Gary Tipton

Campat Machine Tool

1700 10th Street

Plano, TX 75074

972-424-4095

www.campat.com

SOUTHEAST

GA, NC, SC

Steve Flint

Flint Machine Tools, Inc.

3710 Hewatt Court

Snellville, GA 30039

770-985-2626

www.flintmachine.com

AL, MS, FL (Panhandle Only)

Jim McDaniel

McDaniel Machinery, Inc.

187 Cahaba Valley Parkway

Pelham, AL 35124

205-403-9900

www.mcdanielmachinery.com

FL (Except Panhandle)

Andy Pennington

Campat Machine Tool, Inc.

13131 56th Court, Suite #301

Clearwater, FL 33760

314-422-9338

www.campat.com

NORTHEAST

MA, NH, VT, RI, ME, CT

Wendell Packard III

Packard Machinery Co., Inc.

504 Groton Road

P.O. Box 1618

Westford, MA 01886

978-692-3100

www.packardmachinery.com

PA, S. NJ, DE, MD, N. VA

John Watkins

JBM Technologies, Inc.

76 Vincent Circle

Ivyland, PA 18974

215-672-8878

www.jbmtechnologies.com

JBM Technologies, Inc.

(West Branch Office)

24688 US Highway 322

Cochranton, PA 16314

814-425-2505

www.jbmtechnologies.com

N. NJ, S.E. NY

Neil McGill

Allendale Machinery Systems

16 Park Way

Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458

201-327-5215

www.allendalemachinery.com

NY (Upstate Only)

Brian Cregg

NYMAT Machine Tool

2650 Baird Road

Fairport, NY 14450

585-248-8200

MIDWEST

N. OH

Jim Tipton

Tipton Machinery Company

7725 Hub Parkway

Cleveland, OH 44125

216-524-5750

www.tiptonmachinery.com

S. OH, N. KY

Scott Mays

Reynolds Machinery

760 Liberty Lane

Dayton, OH 45449

937-847-8121

www.reynoldsmachinery.com

MN, ND, SD, NE, IA

Craig Conlon

Concept Machine Tool

15625 Medina Road

Minneapolis, MN 55447

763-559-1975

www.conceptmachine.com

WI, MI (Upper Peninsula only)

Bob Jurack

Concept Machine Tool Wisconsin

407 Austin Circle

Delafield, WI 53018

262-646-4488

www.conceptmachine.com

N. IL

Dave Deering

Campat Machine Tool, Inc.

1760 Britannia Drive, Unit #6

Elgin, IL 60124

630-837-1145

dave@campat.com

www.campat.com

MO, KS, S. IL

Gene Jacobs

Eclipse Machine Tool Solutions

A Division of NYMAT Machine Tool Corp.

15661 South Mahaffie Street

Olathe, KS 66062

314-269-0012

MI (Except Upper Peninsula)

Eric Harma

Methods & Equipment Associates

31731 Glendale Ave.

Livonia, MI 48150

734-293-0660

www.methods-equipment.com

IN, MI (Except Upper Peninsula)

Tom Goin

Heartland Machine & Engineering

2848 Graham Rd

Franklin, IN 46131

317-346-0463

info@heartlandme.com

www.heartlandme.com

WEST

AZ

Ray Beauregard Jr.

CNC PROS

1502 N 17th Ave.

Phoenix, AZ 85007

602-483-4414

www.cnc-pros.com

WA, OR

Gail Hogue

Hogue Precision Machinery

1033 Bartch Road, P.O. Box 651

Patterson, CA 95363

209-892-5649

info@hogueprecision.com

www.hogueprecision.com

N. CA, NV

Jim Selway

CNC Solutions

1011 #A Pecten Ct.

Milpitas, CA 95035

408-586-8236

sales@cncsolutions.biz

www.cncsolutions.biz

S. CA

David Cogswell

Machinery Sales Co.

17253 Chestnut Street

City of Industry, CA 91748

626-581-9211

mail@mchysales.com

www.mchysales.com

CO, WY

Dennis Leonard

AME, Inc.

5770 Clarkson Street, #C

Denver, CO 80216

303-922-9266

www.amerm.com

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