Machinery World - September 2016

NEWS NEWS NEWS
BySTRONIC OPEN
HOUSE SUCCESS –
THREE LASER
CUTTING
MACHINES SOLD
Sheet metalworking machine supplier,
Bystronic UK, welcomed more than 80
visitors to its latest open house, held at the
company's Coventry headquarters and
technical centre from 12th to 14th July.
During the week of the event, orders were
placed for three laser cutting machines,
indicating that UK manufacturing still has a
positive outlook post-Brexit.
Bystronic’s latest fibre laser machine was
on show, the ByStar Fiber, which boasts
Industry 4.0 readiness and a new control
system. The machine has been designed from
the ground up to move a fibre optic cutting
head across the laser bed as efficiently as
possible. A full length sliding door allows
users to remove rush jobs or inspect
components from the side at any time, even
when large orders are running, which is a big
advantage for job shops as they need to be
flexible.
Another focus at the open house was on
pressbrake operation. Theoretical and
practical presentations throughout the
mornings on Bystronic Xpert machines
introduced visiting engineers to tips and
tricks for saving time and increasing
productivity and component accuracy.
The company also highlighted improved
ergonomics on the Xpert 40 pressbrake,
which can now be equipped with a heightadjustable,
22-inch touch screen.
The redesigned generation of BySprint
Fiber 3015 and 4020 laser cutting systems was
also promoted. It has an extended
performance package that includes
additional functions in the basic version. The
machines can now be controlled from a 22-
inch touch screen, allowing the operator to
load the cutting plans with a few swipes of a
finger. In the background, the software
accesses an extensive database containing
cutting parameters for all common sheet
metal materials and thicknesses. Taking the
component geometry into account, it
generates the ideal cutting process.
In addition, Bystronic has expanded the
basic version of the BySprint Fiber with three
powerful additional functions to deliver
more performance at no extra cost.
Tel: 08448485850
Email: david.larcombe@bystronic.com
Web: www.bystronic.com
FUCHS LAUNCHES NEXT GENERATION
COOLANT
FUCHS Lubricants has unveiled a
groundbreaking metalworking fluid which
significantly increases tool life and boosts
productivity.
FUCHS ECOCOOL ULTRA-MOTIVE has
been described by the manufacturer as “the
greatest development in soluble
metalworking fluids for a generation”.
The product, which builds on FUCHS’
unique patent-pending ‘GLOBAL’
technology, was officially launched at the
MACH Exhibition.
The novel platform chemistry has been
developed to provide excellent levels of
lubricity, cooling and corrosion protection,
whilst being free of boron and other SVHCregistered
components.
FUCHS ECOCOOL ULTRA-MOTIVE has
been benchmarked against many competitor
products. Customers have reported over 40
per cent reduction in tooling costs when
using the latest Fuchs technology. Greater
savings can be realised when tools are
optimised for the process.
In tooling tests with titanium alloys, tool
life increases of 150 per cent were recorded.
ECOCOOL ULTRA-MOTIVE is suitable
for machining ferrous materials including
cast iron, stainless steels, Duplex, Super
Duplex and alloys of aluminium, nickel and
Graham Harris’ quest to replace an ageing
bar-fed lathe with a like-for-like replacement
took a new twist when he saw a gantryloaded
Takisawa Japan turning centre being
demonstrated by T W Ward CNC Machinery
(Ward CNC).
While he was suitably impressed with the
machine’s billet handling capabilities, he
didn’t want to forego bar-fed work since
around 85 per cent of the throughput is
derived from bar at his company, precision
machinist Harris RCS.
titanium.
Extensive in-house testing took place on
FUCHS’ own CNC machine tool. Cutting
speeds were increased to provide real
benefits in productivity while maintaining
excellent tool life.
The rate of metal removal can also be
increased. Results indicate a 16 per cent
increase in cutting speed is possible when
matching the tool life of FUCHS’ previous
class leading product, ECOCOOL
ULTRALIFE A.
The product is designed for use in both
hard and soft water with a wide range of
materials allowing effective product
rationalisation and a reduction in complexity
for all automotive manufacturers and similar
industries.
Web: www.fuchslubricants.com
MODIFIED TAKISAWA JAPAN TURNING
HANDLES BAR AND BILLET WORK FOR
HARRIS RCS
So, Ward CNC simply modified the
machine so that it could process both bar and
billet work – with the result that the
Takisawa Japan TCC-2000GAL3 singlespindle
turning centre is now successfully
machining a range of parts at the longestablished
company based in Coventry.
Mr Harris explains: “With a number of
other Ward CNC-supplied/supported
machines onsite – Hyundai Kia lathes and
vertical drilling and tapping centres - I am, of
course, fully conversant with Ward CNC’s
service and back up, and when looking to
update one of our older bar-fed lathes I
obviously opened discussions with Ward
CNC.
“I was impressed with the Takisawa
Japan machine and its automatic billet
loading but, because much of our work is
from bar, I hesitated about investing a
machine which on that basis, might have
stood idle for much of the time. That
dilemma was immediately resolved when
Ward CNC offered to modify the machine,
using a Hydrafeed MV65 short magazine
system, and adapt it for bar work, too.”
Tel: 0114 276 5411
Email: lwilson@wardcnc.com
Web: www.wardcnc.com
8 Machinery World, September 2016