Motors & Drives Information

No compromises made over quality and productivity The Gildemeister Twin 32/42, a new 2-spindle lathe centre for bar and chuck work has a distance between centres of 210mm, acceleration 1G, rapid feeds of 30m/min in all axes, turret indexing times of only 0,1 seconds and an acceleration time of the spindle motors to reach 8000 rev/min in 1 second. These are the most important characteristics of the Twin 32 which will particularly impress suppliers to the automotive industry and users from the hydraulics, fittings or electrical/electronic industry. The Gildemeister engineers' propensity for innovation can be seen in the machine base alone, which is made of a Meehanite cast and provides for a high rigidity due to FEM optimisation.

In addition, the 60deg machine base ensures optimum chip clearance.

The machine top stands in an oil tray and, as a result, any coolant dropping off automatically reaches the chip conveyor.

Another focus of the developers' activities was the minimisation of down time, which particularly entails a maximisation of the dynamic force.

The Twin 32 provides an acceleration of 1G (this acceleration due to gravity) due to highly dynamic feed drives, and to the excellent linear guiding systems, high rapid feeds of up to 30m/min are possible.

The other features of the Twin 32 are also pure high-tech.