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Medical Is Always on the Technology Lookout “Complete milling on Swiss machines is something that is desirable for medical, defense or gun applications, as well as aerospace. The medical market is always looking for more of everything, more tools, more axes, and more capability,” said Bob Erickson, regional manager, Hanwha Machinery America (Franklin, WI). “That’s not unusual. The heart and soul of the mar- ket, about 80– 90% of market needs, are satisfi ed by the standard 7-axis machine, at least what we call 7-axis. We have a C axis standard on the main spindle and on the subspindle.” Hanwha has introduced a large ca- pacity eight-axis Swiss-type turning center, the XD38HII with Y2 axis. “We have taken our standard 7-axis machine and added a Y axis on the back working station, adding more tooling capabilities. The large capacity 8-axis XD38HII Swiss-type turn- ing center has bar capacity up to 38 mm at the main and subspindle and features high rigidity and cutting accuracy.
“The sweet spot in the Swiss machining market volume is the 20-mm machine, especially for medical applications where the heaviest volume is.”
“The other big buzz in the mar- ketplace is the programmable B axis, which is driven more by aerospace and medical applications. The program- mable B axis helps in any type of ap- plication where angular drilling, milling, three or four-axis simultaneous milling capability are desired. Our new H2 series platform has the Y2 as standard and the B axis optional,” said Erickson. “We also have two different styles of machines that are 11-axis machines
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that are available to those who want to do some pinch milling, turning, pinch drilling, or tool up with a lot of tools for machin- ing many different parts. In addition to our newer machines in the H2 series, we’re also introducing the XE 20 entry-level
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