Searching for High RPM Vertical Machining Centers
Searching for High RPM Vertical Machining Centers
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We machine bronze and soft steel (1008/1010) with small ballnose and regular endmills. The tool sizes are continually getting smaller. Currently our smallest is .0354" in diameter. I am looking for a machining center that offers a high spindle RPM (35,000 - 40,000) as well as high feeds and rapids without compromising reliability with minimum upkeep. We currently are using a HOWA machining center which we are very happy with, but they do not offer RPM's over 20,000. I am looking for any suggestions or even names of machine builders that I may research that would offer what I am looking for.





RE: Searching for High RPM Vertical Machining Centers
RE: Searching for High RPM Vertical Machining Centers
Lots of vendors, lots of ways to drive it. Some double or triple your machine's spindle speed. Some are electric. Some are air.
Watch end play and bearing float for what you really need, and spend some time looking.
Chances are that any machine you'd buy would have one of these companies spindles installed in it anyway.
WATCH OUT FOR THE COST OF COLLETS ! THE COST OF THE TOOL HOLDERS FOR SOME OF THESE SPINDLES WILL NUMB YOU. Check that out BEFORE you buy!!! $300 to $800 for a tiny collet !!! It's truly sick, but I'm NOT joking!
Larry
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not sure how high rpm a mazak will get, i was just down there in july. our shop is full of mazaks
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