Reconditioned Driller / Borer Has High Precision
Obled-Sacsum has reconditioned its Poreba boring and drilling machine using a Dualdrive rack-and-pinion-drive system from Redex Andantex . This subcontractor of complex components now has a high capacity, precision machine capable of holding workpieces of up to 100 tonnes, with dimensions of 10m x 6m and a precision of +/-2/100mm on positioning. High speed is a fundamental characteristic of this type of large capacity machine since it can work continuously on the same product for three weeks. It contributes directly to the profitability of the production equipment. The cost of the refurbished model is six or seven-times less than that of an equivalent new machine. Obled-Sacsum, having first invested in the latest generation of numerical control, then dedicated its research efforts into precision and productivity benefits. In this area, it is clearly mechanical drives that have largely contributed to the machine's improved performance. The critical axis is the 10,000mm stroke X-axis...