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The Mitsui Seiki HU63-T’s blisk blade machining capabilities in action
Aerospace Manufacturing hears how Mitsui Seiki’s latest HU63-T 5-axis machining centre combines quality of build with new software to meet growing aerospace industry demands.
the latest Mitsui Seiki HU63-T combined with new software developments is able to manipulate high accuracy work on its vertically-orientated table for 5-axis simultaneous machining up to 800mm in diameter by 550mm high and weighing up to 300kg.
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imed at the production of larger circular disc style components such as critical rotating blisk and impeller components used in the aerospace sector,
Specialised software developments Available through distributor 2D CNC, the 5-axis machines are designed for high precision cutting on tough and hardened materials. High power spindle motors are able to deliver torque levels up to 1081Nm and in addition, following specialised software development by Mitsui Seiki’s application team, offering a customised solution - that is said to be unavailable on any other 5-axis machine – to overcome significant time losses attributed to datuming fixtures and components. Mitsui Seiki’s Advanced Dynamic 5-axis Fixture Offset (ADFO) software is able to automatically create the data for
positioning fixture/component offsets, therefore enabling important time-savings to be made when setting and datuming high value parts for machining. With an X-axis travel of 900mm, Y-axis and column travels
in Z of 800mm coupled to the rotary table B-axis of -90° to -180° and 360° C-axis, the ultra-high accuracy table-on-table configured machine uses high precision glass scales for position and feedback working to an accuracy of 1µm in X, Y and Z and 0.001° in B-and C-axes. Working through the high specification Fanuc 30iMA
control, the ADFO software adds important functionality especially when setting for simultaneous contouring type applications. As the application is dynamic it will continuously calculate any offset vectors from current positions and will accordingly offset X, Y and Z co-ordinates in real-time.
A datum to remember By simply applying the work co-ordinate offset adjustment the Fanuc control will continuously track in real-time and dynamically update the vector points in the part program.
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