Kail Acquires Machining Centres From Leader CNC
Kail has acquired a Matsuura H+630 twin-pallet horizontal machining centre and a Toshiba TMF-10 Vertical Turning Centre from Leader CNC. With a 26kW table motor and an 11kW spindle motor set upon a fully cast base that gives the TMF-10 an overall weight of over 11 tonnes, the Toshiba met rigidity and power requirements. Ray Welsh, Kail general manager, said: 'We had to consider the work envelope of the machine and, above all, the ability to machine as many faces as possible without repeatedly re-setting the castings. 'The Toshiba has a rotating 1m bed with a 700mm working height that gives us sufficient working space, which drastically reduced setup times. The setups are further reduced and production cycles improved, with a 24-tool carousel with driven tooling that enables the subcontractor to maintain its tool settings for its 20 to 30 castings that incorporate hundreds of internal component variations. He added: 'The bores on the castings vary from 2 to 8in diameter an...