Two machining centres and two CNC lathes will make their European debuts on the stand of High Wycombe-based Hurco Europe Ltd (
www.hurco.co.uk) this year, which marks the 50th anniversary of the company’s formation (Hall 6 Stand 180).
Two bridge-type three-axis Hurco machining centres have been introduced, the smaller BX40i having been previewed at the company’s Open House at the end of last year.
MACH will be the first appearance of the larger BX50i, a 13-tonne machine with axis travels of 1,350 x 950 x 600mm, giving it a work envelope over twice as large as that of its smaller counterpart. The feedback of axis position is via linear scales.
The 1,500 x 960mm table accepts workpieces weighing up to 2.5 tonnes, compared with 1 tonne for the smaller machine. Both models have 18,000rev/min HSK-63A spindles with through-coolant and 30-tool (optionally 50-tool) magazines. Control is by Hurco’s proprietary WinMAX CNC system.
Among additional three-axis machining centres on show will be the Hurco VM5i and VM30i models.
On the five-axis front will be the Hurco VC500i. This features a cantilever design (constructed using a one-piece cast-iron frame) and a 360deg rotary table mounted on a trunnion that swivels through 220deg around the Y axis.
At the show, this entry-level machine will sit alongside the established — and slightly larger — Hurco VCX600i.
Other five-axis machining centres on display will include a Hurco VMX42SRTi with B-axis spindle, a Hurco VMX30Ui trunnion-type machine fitted with an Erowa Robot Compact parts-handling system, and a Roeders RXP600DSH trunnion machining centre.
Hurco will also preview new software that is being developed for its machining centre controls, whereby a 3-D DXF or solid model can be imported to allow five-sided parts to be programmed conversationally — directly from a STEP or IGES file — by automatically inserting transform plane commands.
Two Hurco CNC lathes will make their first appearance at this year’s exhibition — the TM8i XP and TM10i XP. The suffix denotes upgraded versions of the previous models, including larger spindle bore, roller guideways, a more compact footprint and a new control system that mirrors the Max5 programming of Hurco’s vertical machining centres.
Additional features include concurrent programming, estimated run time, error check and recovery restart, plus improved rigid-tapping performance.