XYZ Open House success
XYZ Machine Tools Ltd’s mid-February ‘open house’ resulted in orders totalling more than £250,000.
The figure includes four orders for the new XYZ Compact Turn 52 turning centre. This 15 kW/ 5000 rev/min machine is the smallest model in the XYZ range of turning centres, occupying just 1700 mm (W) by 1450 mm (D) of floor space. It is, however, capable of turning diameters up to 220 mm to a maximum turned length of 280 mm.
According to Nigel Atherton, Managing Director, the two-day event at the company’s Waltham Abbey, London, showroom attended by 30 companies has produced several further enquiries likely to result in firm orders. “It confirms that investment is still being given a high priority and this is very reassuring ahead of MACH 2008,” he says. “We will have 17 machines on our MACH stand, including the £26,000 Compact Turn 52, and the emphasis, as always, will be on productive and affordable technology.”
Equipped as standard with a 155 mm diameter three-jaw power chuck, the Compact Turn 52 has a 52 mm bar capacity (61 mm spindle bore) and a 12-station VDI tool turret holding turning tools with a maximum shank size of 20 mm by 20 mm. The VDI turret, which can hold boring bars up to 32 mm diameter, enables maximum use to be made of the tool management system within the Siemens 810D ShopTurn conversational control, allowing for the quick change-over of tooling between jobs.
