Noting the new machine’s twin-spindle, twin-gantry automation, Muratec USA explained that its MW50GT turning machine increases productivity and accuracy while reducing cycle time in a compact footprint. “The MW50GT’s twin-spindle, twin-gantry construction is engineered to provide exceptional rigidity, high-precision processing and high productivity,” according to Steve Landrum, North American sales manager of Murata Machinery USA’s Turning Division. “With its compact, energy-saving design, the MW50GT is ideal for compact line operation, flexibility and versatility in manufacturing, and easy set-up change.”
Murata Machinery USA Inc. is a machine tool manufacturer and a subsidiary of Japan’s Murata Machinery Ltd. The same company builds automated material-handling systems and textile machinery, and the Machine Tool Turning Division supplies twin- and single-spindle automated turning centers with compact and with intelligent gantry-loader material handling. Muratec turning machines also incorporate environmentally friendly, semi-dry cutting features to reduce dust, oil mist, and odor.
Users of Muratec’s automated CNC turning lathes include shops supplying aerospace and automotive manufacturers, and other industries that require precision, high-speed turning.
The “super-compact” MW50GT is an automated CNC turning center developed to produce parts that are 50×50 mm (2×2 in.) It has twin horizontal spindles and twin four-station tool blocks, and its twin, three-axis CNC gantry loader offers greater versatility in automation, high productivity with minimum production time, and drastically reduces cycle time. This three-axis CNC gantry loader makes it possible to load and unload stocker systems, conveyors, post-process gauges, and post-process systems more quickly. Compared to single-spindle machines, the MW50GT’s compact design also saves space in production set up for more efficient line planning.
