bound conveyors and guarding that are customized to receive the integrated macro chuck, for full lights-out automation. The heart of the Med Cell is the RoboDrill vertical machin- ing center (VMC), which is designed for years of continu-
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ous, full fi ve-axis machining via powerful CAMplete software (optional) for today’s exotic materials and designs. RoboDrill offers a 14-tool (or optional 21-tool) toolchanger, 10,000 or 24,000-rpm spindle, torque to 56 ft-lb (76 N•m) rigid tap- ping to 5000 rpm (8000 rpm optional), accelerations in X, Y, Z axes to 1.5 g, rapid traverses to 2125 ipm (54 m/min), feed rates to 1181 ipm (30 m/min) with optional 2362 ipm (60 m/min), high- speed reverse tapping, thread milling, 1000 registerable programs, and 54 work offsets. In addition, the industry- standard FANUC 31i control is operator- friendly and easy to use. The Med Cell can also be modifi ed for use in turning
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The RoboDrill Med Cell has full fi ve- axis machining capability and is well- suited to medical machining applica- tions including short-run production of parts in a variety of materials from stainless steel to titanium.
applications in conjunction with a Na- kamura CNC lathe, also from Methods Machine Tools Inc. An optional graphite machining package is also available, and a vision system can also be added to identify parts of differing sizes. ME For more information on Methods
Machine Tools Inc. go to www.methods- machine.com or phone 978-443-5388.