Mill/Turn Center With Twin Spindles

March 21, 2011

Stama America has introduced the MC 726/MT-2C mill/turn, twin-spindle machining center for automotive, fluid power, tooling, and medical applications in which parts to be milled and turned in production operations.

Two independent spindles are onboard, each on a traveling-column assembly and each supporting an independent swivel table, one of which acts with a bar feeder mechanism. Workpieces are introduced to the turning spindle, then transitioned by a conveyor-based gripper assembly to the milling indexer and fed to the milling spindle, before finally exiting the work area.

Complete six-sided machining is possible between the two cutting operations. Also, simultaneous machining occurs when one part is being milled while the next part is being turned.

For more information, visit www.stama-america.com.