One-hit works wonders
May 1st 2009

Unicut Precision's production engineering culture of implementing 'one-hit' single machining cycles on very complex components has won it a long-term contract to produce batches of 250 flow control bodies that caused concern even to the supplier of the machines on which the parts would be processed.

But the final process developed by Unicut's unit business manager Martin Branch, on the twin-spindle Miyano ABX-64 TH2 multi-axis mill/turn centre, has resulted in a fully-deburred part, washed and supplied to the customer, along with other components ready for final assembly.

The machining process involves all the 36 tool positions available on the Miyano's triple turret configuration, each of which have 12 driven stations. Of the 36 tools employed, 18 tools are driven. Two of the turrets have four axes of movement, with Y-axis cross feeds and a third is a single three-axis unit that is able to work with either spindle. For full details call the number below.