CNC turning machines—Hansca Technologies, booth 2862

Modern Machine Shop, March, 2003 by Shauna Steigerwald

The Esco New Mach CNC 647 combines coil fed economy with CNC flexibility and is useful for short and long runs of precision parts. The machine features a 12,000-rpm rotating toolhead, four independent cutting tools and backworking capabilities including cross drilling, threading, milling and broaching. The latest option allows the rotation of the part in the pickup spindle with C-axis interpolation or at a turning speed of up 4,000 rpm.

The company says the Esco CNC New Mach 649 Plus features two additional back-working stations and a multiple function subspindle designed for producing complex, tight tolerance and high quality surface finish parts up to 1/4" diameter. The machine uses either bar stock for short runs or coil stock for high volume production applications. Its tool presetting unit is said to speed up both the initial setup and subsequent tool change times. The machine has the same 12,000-rpm rotating tool head with four independent cutting tools as the 647 model.

Hansco Technologies. Inc., (201) 3910 700. Enter 233 at www.mmsinfo.com to visit Online Showroom, or write 233 on RS card.