Compact and easy-to-use
September 1st 2007 Combining metalcutting
with fabrication has paid
dividends at Swift Precision
in Pinxton, Nottinghamshire.
The initial investment on
the machining side of the
business was a 'job shop'
package of manual/CNC
ProtoTRAK turret mill and
manual/CNC ProTURN
lathe supplied by XYZ
Machine Tools.
Nicolas Smith, MD of Swift
Precision was sure the
move into precision
machining would attract
sufficient work to make it a
worthwhile diversification.
He says "We just got busier
and busier, so much so that
it seemed a natural
progression to install an
XYZ Mini Mill 560 compact
vertical machining centre
and then two XYZ Mini Mill
450 VMCs."
The 13HP, 8000 rev/min
Mini Mill 560 was chosen
on the basis that its 560 by
400 by 500mm work
envelope satisfied virtually
all the prismatic machining
requirement. Subsequently,
two 9HP, 8000 rev/min Mini
Mill 450s were chosen.
Their 450 by 310 by 360mm
work envelope covers most
of that requirement while
taking less floor space.
The Mini Mill 450 is of
solid cast construction and
weighs 2220kg. Its box
slides are induction
hardened, ground and
Turcite-coated to ensure
smooth running. It has a
530 by 320mm table, BT40
spindle nose, 10-position
tool magazine, auto
lubrication and flood coolant.
All three machines have
XYZ CNC7 control that
allows the control to be
configured to match existing
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