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The event is being used, and also provides the ideal hi-tech venue, to formally introduce a Heller HF 5500 FLEX horizontal simultaneous 5-axis mill-turn machine to UK and Irish component manufacturers.
A Focus on One-Hit Machining
The event aims to demonstrate to visitors how they can increase productivity, improve process efficiencies, and maintain their competitive edge by embracing one-hit machining and investing in advanced multi-tasking machine tools and integrated automation systems and solutions.
UK and Irish Debut for the Heller HF 5500 FLEX
The Heller HF 5500 FLEX, a horizontal simultaneous 5-axis mill-turn machine, will be the centerpiece of the event. This machine, equipped with the new Siemens (SINUMERIK) ONE control and a 24” multi-touch screen, is designed for simultaneous 5-axis machining and complex mill-turn operations. It features a powerful HSK-T spindle, high rapid rates on its linear axes, a rotary tilting table, and a high-speed 50-tool position ATC.
For the event, the HF 5500 FLEX will be demonstrating the fast and precise processing of a complex aerospace blisk component made from a heat-resistant super alloy.
What Visitors Can Expect
For component manufacturers evaluating multi-tasking investment, the event offers a direct look at the Heller HF 5500 FLEX alongside Mills CNC's broader automation and machining technology focus. The event also showcases ten DN Solutions’ machine tools, including two DVF 4000 simultaneous 5-axis centres, two DN Solutions mill-turn machines, a large-capacity V8300M vertical turning lathe, and a NHP 5000 horizontal machine integrated with a linear pallet system.
Mills is also using the event to showcase its latest automation systems to attendees. The company’s innovative T-series, designed for High-Mix/Low-Volume production, can be integrated with CNC lathes, machining centres and mill-turn machines to create flexible, high-productivity automated manufacturing cells capable of lights-out, unattended operation.
“Our Innovation Day, best-practice event is focused on one-hit machining and is aimed at UK and Irish component manufacturers who, owing to older and less capable machine tools and/or outdated and labour intensive processes, may be struggling to improve their productivity and maintain their competitive edge.
“Although one-hit machining is not a new concept, the continuous development of new machine tools capable of delivering single set-up machining means that the one-hit machining landscape is constantly changing and improving.
“Our Innovation Day event provides a unique opportunity for visitors to check out the very latest DN Solutions and Heller multi-tasking machines, and to see how they can revolutionise their productivity and help them realise their true potential.”
Tony Dale, Group CEO at Mills CNC
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