information on the Hyundai WIA machines they felt would be a good addition and bring value to our company. “We ordered the first Hyundai WIA machine two years ago, and we now have four turning centers and one vertical ma- chining center,” says Payne. “We really like the live tooling in the two L700MA turning centers. Those are the first two machines we bought from Hyundai WIA, and the live tooling was a very strong selling point. The larger turning centers have allowed us to compete for larger and larger parts, whereas before we were not competitive in those markets. These machines have definitely given us a competitive advantage against other companies of our size that don’t have the capabilities that we now do." The Hyundai WIA L600 heavy-duty
CNC turning center has a maximum turning diameter of 36.2" (919 mm), a maximum turning length of 128" (3.2 m), a bar capacity of 4.6" (117 mm) in diam- eter, a 24" (609-mm) hydraulic chuck, spindle speed of 1800 rpm, with 60-hp (44.7-kW) spindle power. The two Hyundai WIA L700MA
heavy duty CNC turning centers have a maximum turning diameter of 36.2" (919 mm), a maximum turning length of 128" (3.2 m), a bar capacity of 6.5" (165 mm) in diameter, a 24" (609- mm) hydraulic chuck, spindle speed of 1500 rpm, with 60-hp (44.7-kW) spindle power. The Hyundai WIA VX650-50 vertical
machining center has a 63 × 25.6" 1600 × 650-mm) table and a 2866 lb (1300- kg) table load capacity. Axes travels are 55.1" (1.4 m) in the X, 26" (660 mm) in the Y and 25" (635 mm) in the Z. Spindle taper is NT#50, spindle speed is 6000 rpm and spindle power is 20 hp (15 kW). Rapid traverse rates are 1417 ipm (36 m/min) for both X- and Y-axis; 1181 ipm (30 m/min) for the Z axis.
“We’re running these Hyundai machines 68 hours a
week and have been from day one,” Payne says. “They are never down, and we have parts continuously running through them. Further, these machines are not difficult to
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