The Korean company Hankook — represented exclusively in the UK by Sheffield-based TW Ward CNC Machinery Ltd (www.wardcnc.com) — will be showing a VTC-250E vertical boring and turning machine.

Weighing in at 15,000kg, this features a 2,500mm-diameter four-jaw manual chuck, 0.001deg C-axis indexing, ram- and turret-type driven tools, a maximum turning diameter of 3,000mm and a maximum turning height of 2,000mm.

The automatic tool changer accommodates 12 turning tools and 12 milling tools. (Hall 2, Stand H39)