Floyd To Present Tooling For Sliding-Head Machines
On stand 5281 at Mach 2010, Floyd Automatic Tooling will be demonstrating its ability to supply a wide and specialised range of tooling to users of sliding-head turning centres. Visitors to Mach will be able to see the F40 collet and sleeve kits, which can increase bar capacity up to 36mm diameter on 32mm capacity sliding-head machines. Designed by Swisscollet in Geneva, this kit has been developed to cater for bar sizes up to 36mm; however, this is subject to machine type. The kits are designed to be used with the existing main spindle collet nut. The system can be used with a standard guide bush up to 33mm or with a reinforced guide bush up to 36mm, using a modified bush nut. The F40 collet kits are available for many sliding-head machines such as the Citizen, Star and Tornos ranges. Floyd will also be showing the Swisscollet expanding arbor system that can improve the workholding capabilities of turning centres. Adapting to any machine using a dead-length collet system, the modular...