Mazak Spotlights New Possibilities in Large-Part Manufacturing

Mazak introduces the Orbitec 20 that employs a unique headstock design to generate turned features on large valves and other big, odd-shaped parts with ease and accuracy. This large-part machining center also integrates with other Mazak products to form a unique Multi-Tasking solution with unsurpassed productivity advantages. 

Equipped with a standard two-pallet changer, along with the availability of Mazak’s PMC-WEB cell controller software, the Orbitec 20 easily pairs with the Palletech.

Because both the Orbitec and Integrex machines utilize a common pallet size, parts can undergo various turning operations on the Orbitec 20 and then transfer over to the Integrex via the Palletech for final processing without having to be re-fixtured. With the PMC-WEB cell controller software over standard PCs and networks, shop management can monitor operations, view and change schedules on-the-fly, manage part program files from anywhere on the network, track tool life/breakage, and issue instructions to the shop floor. Users are able to interrupt a planned machining queue and produce an emergency part with no cost penalty.

The Orbitec 20’s patented headstock effectively generates turned features on parts by keeping the workpieces clamped and stationary, moving only the cutting tool. As an internally counter balanced system, the Orbitec 20’s headstock, with 40hp (30kW), 600rpm integrated spindle motor, keeps tool tips facing either toward or away from the centerline of rotation while tools orbit around workpieces. This provides stable precision machining and less part interference because tools do not protrude beyond the rotating headstock when working on more larger diameters.

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