Now available from Yeovil-based YMT Technologies, the new Goodway GS-2000 series of CNC turning centres offer high performance and accuracy, along with economical advantages.

Using industry leading technology and high quality components the GS-2000 series combines power, strength and speed to deliver performance for all industry sectors. Major structural components have been combined into one solid platform, giving a low centre of gravity on the 30^o slant bed design.

Finite Element Methods (FEM) have been used for optimal positioning of the reinforcing ribs, which are cast directly into the FC35-Meehanite one-piece cast iron bed structure. This increases mechanical rigidity by more than 40%, allowing the GS-2000 series to perform heavy-duty turning while maintaining precision for extended periods.

Extra wide hardened and ground box ways are directly formed onto the machine bed during the casting process. They are precision machined and widely spaced to provide the rigidity needed for interrupted turning applications. This rigidity also significantly increases tool life.

Howard Mancey, the company director, said: “The GS-2000 series is modular and customers could specify a turning centre that precisely matches their needs. However, the reduced investment required to purchase such a capable machine means that engineering companies can add more functionality and performance and still achieve a saving on the investment made.”

Mr Mancey also explained how the GS-2600YS equipped with a Hydrafeed bar feed unit provides the perfect example of this. As a fully specified turning centre it is equipped with a high precision 26 kW built-in spindle motor, providing 40 – 4,000rpm with full C-axis control, while the 15 kW sub-spindle provides a speed range of 60 – 6,000rpm. Both the X and Z axes rapids are 30m/min and travels are 280mm and 800mm respectively. A 100mm Y-axis on the 12-station tooling turret allows milling, drilling and tapping operations to be carried out on even the most complex components.

“Compared to other similarly specified and capable turning centres, we offer a cost saving of around 35%,” added Mr Mancey.

With a 10” main chuck, a 6” chuck fitted to the sub-spindle and 65mm diameter bar capacity, the GS-2600YS provides exceptional turning scope; with the ability to automatically transfer parts from the main to the sub-spindle. Its live tooling turret, able to carry milling; drilling; and tapping tools, allows for complex prismatic machining to be carried out.

Increasing the tooling available for turning and milling operations for maximum productivity, YMT also provides the Algra range of high precision driven tooling.

Using twin tooling units with front and backend working, the 12-station turret can potentially be expanded to hold 48 tools. This productivity is supported by the tooling turret itself, which has an integrated servo motor achieving a station-to-station indexing time of just 0.2 seconds.

Control for the turning centre comes from the Fanuc 18i-TB with CAP conversational programming to simplify data inputting, and advanced canned cycles that allow complex machining to be carried out automatically, or the Mitsubishi 720L with its powerful NAVI LATHE conversational programming system.

“We see customer support for the transition from straightforward 2-axis turning to the multi-axis turning that is available on the Goodway GS-2600YS as crucial,” concluded Mr Mancey. “To aid our customers with this process ‘leap of faith’ we have employed two new applications engineers, both of whom have extensive multi-axis turning experience. We feel it is this back-up and attention to detail that makes YMT Technologies stand out."

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