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MCR
The perfect solution for all applications calling for heavy-duty cutting with optimum damping characteristics, coupled with high-precision fine machining. BW offers nine different types with 1,400 to 3,500 mm (option 4,800 mm) workpiece swing diameter and 1,500 to 20,000 kg payload.
Machining Unit
| Machining unit | Made by BURKHARDT+WEBER | |
| Powerful and robustly dimensioned | ||
| Strictest quality controls | ||
| 24-hour load spectrum on BW test stand with programmable counter-loads | ||
| 2-stage horizontal | Powerful gear spindles, up to 52 kW and 2,000 Nm | |
| Up to 10,000 rpm for state-of-the-art tools | ||
| 4-stage horizontal | Powerful gear spindles for heavy machining, up to 80 kW, 3,600 Nm | |
| Generously dimensioned bearings with large support span and speeds up to 5,000 rpm | ||
| 5-axis swivel head | NC-controlled, two gears | |
| Up to 42 kW, 2,000 Nm, 8,000 rpm | ||
| 5-axis simultaneous machining | ||
| Generously-dimensioned bearing and high holding torque |
Machine Tables and Pallets
| Machine tables and pallets | Made by BURKHARDT+WEBER | |
| Pallet loads from 1,500 kg to 20,000 kg | ||
| Particularly high tilting and tangential moments due to low table design and generously dimensioned axial roller bearings and holding brakes for optimum machining performance and excellent geometric results | ||
| For pallet loads over 12,000 kg, all tables have hydrostatic axial and radial bearings | ||
| Face plates | Face plates fitted vertically on the machine table | |
| Optimum chip clearance and easy access when using short tool | ||
| With a 5th NC-controlled axis | ||
| Face plate diameter up to 2,000 mm | ||
| Automatic switching from the pallet changer tooling station to the working area | ||
| Reliable and virtually wear-free thanks to cable-guided connection (no couplings) | ||
| Face plate surfaces are freely configurable, because they are made in-house |
Tool Magazine
| Tool magazine | Made by BURKHARDT+WEBER | |
| Maximum capacity of 608 tools | ||
| 5 highly dynamic NC axes | ||
| Traversing speeds up to 200 m/min | ||
| Changeable weight up to 60 kg, tilting moment up to 150 Nm | ||
| Tool lengths up to 1,200 mm | ||
| Boring bar diameters up to 900 mm | ||
| Automatic determination of the tool tilting moment and weight | ||
| Application-oriented pre-storage and comprehensive tool management for maximum convenience | ||
| Every magazine can be fully customised at the time of ordering and easily retrofitted or expanded, if required, even years later | ||
| Loading and unloading at a loading station with 2 x 8 locations operating in parallel with machining | ||
| Clever tool management and 21" smart control panel (optional) | ||
| Tool data transfer via chip, print code or online | ||
| Versions | 128 locations in basic version for series production | |
| 352 locations for machining workpiece families | ||
| 608 locations for maximum flexibility |
Operation
| Operation | Smart panel: 24“ full HD multi-touch panel | |
| Three independent display areas | ||
| Process data monitoring | ||
| Camera image | ||
| PDF-Viewer | ||
| Virtual keyboard | ||
| Easy-care, high-quality glass surface | ||
| High-quality aluminium housing | ||
| Machine control panel | ||
| Short-stroke keys with very good tactile feedback | ||
| Separate correction switch | ||
| Spindle speed | ||
| Feed rate | ||
| Rapid traversing speed | ||
| Keypad for customer-specific additional functions | ||
| Pivoted, height-adjustable mounting | ||
| Convenient operating tasks | Intuitive and quick operation | |
| New and innovative display elements | ||
| Operator control of machine functions | ||
| Linked auxiliary functions | ||
| Straightforward navigation | ||
| Process monitoring | ||
| Favourites list | ||
| Search function | ||
| Tool management operating area | ||
| Easier tool data entry | ||
| Graphic support | ||
| Automatic determination of the tool type | ||
| Data auto-completion | ||
| Straightforward and dynamic | ||
| Plausibility check |
Automation
| Pallet changer, standard | Dual pallet changer; set up during machine operation | |
| Load-dependent, servo-driven gates for rapid pallet changing | ||
| Third and fourth pallet changing station | Very economical in the case of multiple clamping locations or a third shift | |
| Every tooling station can be set up autonomously | ||
| Rotary pallet store | Rapid changeover with up to six pallets in the system | |
| Motor-driven, rotating, generously dimensioned tooling station | ||
| Linear linking systems | Unmanned operation of multiple machining centres in BW's own rail-guided linked system | |
| Integration in high rack systems | Simple integration in modern high rack systems | |
| Robot loading | Automated workpiece handling | |
| Intelligent, self-centring, hydraulic clamping devices |