Vertical milling machine XS

for the aerospace industry5-axis or more3-axis

The XS is the line of medium/large size gantry machines. It is dedicated to 3 – 5 axis high speed machining as well as heavy duty machining on hard materials (steel, inconel, titanium, etc). The possibility to have automatic head changing system or as alternative, the automatic spindle cartridge change, allows the machines to be much flexible and suitable for complex machining both in moulds/dies industry and in aerospace industry. The XS has modified the accuracy terminology, it has introduced the volumetric accuracy: not only positioning and repeatability accuracy, but accuracy of the tool centre and vector in the space within the full work envelope of the machine. The structures have been designed using powerful advanced analysis software. With the target to achieve an high dynamic control of the machine, the structures are manufactured with steel alloys ensuring higher rigidity with the same mass compared to conventional materials such as cast iron. The structures of the machines are designed with double wall box concept and they go through thermal stress relief process Thanks to the Patent giving the thermal stability of the wall box concept and they go through thermal stress relief process. Thanks to the Patent giving the thermal stability of the structures, the structure of the gantry is manufactured in a single element which gives an high rigidity to flexion an torsion. The slideways of the ram are in forged hardened steel and integral to the structure of the ram giving very high performances in heavy duty roughing operations. The slideways are also drilled inside with internal cooling liquid circulation to maintain a constant temperature with that of the ram.