Hurco's New Slant-Bed Lathe Features Renishaw Swing-Down Tool Setter for Quick Setups
The newest addition to the Hurco Companies, Inc.'s lathe lineup, the TM8MYi was built to fill the gap between Hurco's general purpose TM Series and high-performance TMX Series of turning centers.
This true slant-bed lathe features live tooling capabilities and a Y-axis that makes it possible to machine a pocket with straight walls and flat bottoms or perform off-center machining operations. It features a BMT55 turret, which is more robust than the more commonly used BMT45, ensuring maximum rigidity.
The TM8MYi also has a bi-directional, servo-driven live tool that delivers speeds up to 5,000 rpm for dynamic milling, drilling, and tapping. Engineered for durability and performance, the TM8MYi features a Renishaw swing-down tool setter for quick setups, linear roller ways to reduce vibration and increase rigidity, and direct-drive linear axes for faster axis response and improved accuracy.
With an 8-inch chuck, maximum turning diameter of 12.60 inches, drag-and-drop tailstock, A2-6 spindle nose, and spindle bore diameter of 3.07 inches, this lathe handles a wide range of turning operations. The powerful main spindle, delivering 15.5 hp and 72.4 ft-lbs of continuous torque, provides reliable performance for heavy-duty applications.
Of course, the TM8MYi comes equipped with the powerful yet intuitive Hurco control that includes both conversational programming and NC in addition to NC/Conversational Merge, a feature unique to the Hurco control that combines the best of both programming methods.
A few of the other Hurco control features deemed customer favorites include UltiPocket, Advanced Verification Graphics with 3D Solid Rendering, 3D Import and Data Block Search.
The Hurco control also simplifies the tedious task of searching for a data block or line of code during the editing process with its Data Block Search feature. Users can easily touch the selection they need to edit on the graphics screen, and the cursor will jump to the corresponding program selection.
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